How the new computer learner's test works

What changed: paper to touchscreen

At centres on the new system, the paper booklet is gone. You tap your answers on a screen, and the system marks the test.

The Regulations allow an approved electronic learner's licence test as well as the paper form.

Hessequa Municipality in the Western Cape says applicants write on tablets the centre provides, so you do not bring your own device. It also says the way you apply and the documents you need stay the same.

Because the system marks your answers, your result is ready as soon as you finish. Hessequa says it goes straight to NaTIS.

64 questions in three sections

28 on the rules of the road, 28 on road signs and 8 on the controls of your vehicle.

Hessequa Municipality says the system picks your 64 questions from a bank of 1,200. No app has the questions from your test, K67 included, so learn the rules and signs themselves rather than a fixed list of answers.

The controls section is about the vehicle you are applying for. A Code 1 learner answers on motorcycle controls, and a Code 2 learner on car controls. Not sure of your code? See which code you need.

Hessequa also says you can write the test in any of 11 languages.

You pass each section on its own

At least 22 of 28 for rules, 23 of 28 for signs and 6 of 8 for controls.

A strong score in one section cannot carry a weak one. You need all three. Hessequa Municipality says these are the same pass marks the paper test used.

The pass marks, section by section, with a worked example.

How long you get

Hessequa Municipality gives 60 minutes for the 64 questions.

That figure comes from Hessequa's own test page. We have not found a national rule that sets the time, so ask your testing centre if you want to be sure.

Sixty minutes is just under a minute a question. Sit a timed practice test or two first, so the pace feels normal on the day.

Where the computer test runs

The RTMC says it runs at more than 300 testing centres in all nine provinces.

The Citizen reported this on 11 May 2026, quoting the Road Traffic Management Corporation. If you are not sure which test your centre uses, ask when you book. Bookings and the current rules are on natis.gov.za.

Fewer learners pass it

In the Western Cape, 17% of computer learner's tests were passed in 2025/26.

On the paper test, the province's pass rate was 61% in 2024/25 and 63% in 2025/26. These are Western Cape figures from the provincial MEC's reply, as News24 reported them.

With a bank of 1,200 questions to draw from, learn the rule behind each answer rather than memorising answers.

Tips for the day

Bring your documents, leave your phone behind, and read every answer before you tap.

• Ask your testing centre what to bring. The Regulations ask for your identification, two identical recent photos and the fee your province sets. More on what to bring.
• The examiner checks your eyesight, so wear your glasses or contact lenses if you need them.
• Leave your phone out of the test room. Using any unauthorised aid in the test is an offence.
• Read all the options before you tap one. Trainers who help learners prepare told News24 that many questions are worded in ways that trip people up.
• Take extra care on controls. It has only 8 questions, and 3 wrong answers fail the section.
• If you finish early and the test lets you go back, check your answers before you end it.