# South Africa license plate: Zulu royal ZK

> The South Africa zulu royal ZK license plate: format ZK 999, for example ZK 525, documented since 2000, car, van, truck, and bus.

Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/zulu-royal-zk · Markdown version of the HTML page, which is canonical. Site map: https://vehiclesdb.com/llms.txt · Terms of use: https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/terms

Part of [South Africa license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa) (20 registration series).

![South Africa license plate, Zulu royal ZK (documented since 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-zulu-royal-zk/south-africa-license-plate-zulu-royal-zk.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `ZK 999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2000 → today (documented from 2000; the format is likely older) |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 520 × 113 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `za-zulu-royal-zk` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/zulu-royal-zk) |

Sources:

- [reg 27(5)(c) as substituted by GNR.865 of 2007: 'set aside for the use by the King of the Zulu Nation, shall consist of the letters ZK followed by figures or letters or combination of figures and letters'; reg 27(2)(bB) and reg 28(4B) inserted by GNR.589 of 27 May 2009](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)
- [GG 37542 GN 287 of 9 April 2014 reproducing reg 27(5)(c) identically](https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/37542gen287.pdf)

## Other government plates here

- [Government G](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/government-g) (documented since 2000)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-zulu-royal-zk.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-africa?series=za-zulu-royal-zk
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/za` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "za-zulu-royal-zk"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

---

Open data, CC BY 4.0: reuse it with a visible credit to VehiclesDB and a link (https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution). Plate images show sample serials and are not open data (https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/image-license). Dataset commit db0ec0a: https://github.com/vehiclesdb/vehiclesdb