Somerset West DLTC (Strand)

Strand Municipal Building, cnr Main & Fagan Street, Strand, Western Cape.

No headcount reported in the last 3 hours.

Services: Licence card renewal, Learner's licence, Driving test, Vehicle licensing.

The City calls this the Somerset West testing centre, but it's in the Strand Municipal Building. Have your paperwork sorted before you queue.

How this branch runs

• Only 6 people wait inside at a time; the rest queue outside.
• Two lines: left for car registration, right for licences.
• Groups of 6 go upstairs to wait for eye tests.
• Eye tests run 4 at a time across 2 machines.
• Bringing your own eye test doesn't help here, even where other branches accept them.
• Card readiness isn't proactively communicated. Phone the City to check.

Live queue reports from people at the branch, on Q-tsek. Not affiliated with the government.