We arrive in SA last year April. Yesterday 18 months later my bike was finally registered on the South African Natis register.
Get your LOA and your ITAC permit BEFORE you leave on your trip if you intend importing the vehicle to SA on arrival.
As a "returning resident" you can import a vehicle for Zero duties if you owned it for longer than a year; or was it 2...check.
At the border on entering the SADC!!! region you don't use your Carnet. You declare and pay custom and exices. Make sure you get a block stamp on the back of your SAD500 form and get a reciept even if it is for a zero amount. We didn't which is why my wife's bike is still not registered and the fight continues...
We don't know about the SADC thing and had quite a issue getting the Namibian border to exit stamp our Carnet on entering SA as they are not a SADC entry point at Noordoewer/Vioolsdrift. I asseum that's the same reason why the Bots guys didn't want to exit you.
As you have now entered SA on the Carnet I would imagine that as with everything in Africa they will find another unofficial way of getting your car imported and registered. Just act ignorant, or drive back up to Bots and have another go.
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