If your mental picture of driving in South Africa still involves navigating dead robots every afternoon, it's worth updating. As of publication, Eskom has gone more than 475 consecutive days without implementing national load shedding, a genuine turnaround from the...
Most South African drivers assume that if a pothole damages their car, their insurer is the only place to turn. That's not quite right, and getting it right matters, because you generally can't pursue both routes for the same incident. You can claim against your own...
If you have been driving for several years without making an insurance claim, you may have built up one of the most valuable benefits on your car insurance policy: a no-claim bonus. A no-claim bonus, sometimes called a claims-free discount, can help reduce the cost of...
Most South African drivers know that a modified engine or a lowered suspension needs to be declared to their insurer. Far fewer realise that something as ordinary-seeming as upgrading to bigger wheels or fitting performance tyres falls into exactly the same category,...
There is no single best car insurance company in South Africa, and that hasn't changed since this question first started coming up. Every insurer builds its own pricing model from a slightly different set of assumptions, so the same driver can genuinely get the best...
There is no single correct premium for a given car and driver age. Two South Africans can drive the identical make and model, live in the same suburb, and still pay meaningfully different monthly premiums, because insurers aren't really pricing the car, they're...
Total loss car insurance is a narrower, cheaper form of cover that pays out only if your car is written off in an accident or stolen and not recovered, without covering the dents, scratches, and mechanical faults that comprehensive cover typically includes. It's a...
Getting a better price on your car insurance starts with one simple step: complete a single online form, and we send your details to a panel of South Africa's leading car insurance companies. Each insurer that can quote you will get in touch directly with their best...
Women generally do pay less for car insurance in South Africa, and the most current data backs this up with real numbers. According to King Price's own claims data, published in August 2026, women pay around 18% less than men on average, and still around 12% less even...
Driving a company car comes with a common assumption, that insurance is handled, the cover is comprehensive, and there is nothing to worry about. For many South African employees, that assumption is never tested until something goes wrong. A claim is submitted, and...
South African drivers are paying more for car insurance than they need to. Not because good value does not exist, but because most people get one quote, accept it and renew automatically every year without ever checking whether a better option is available. The result...
When your car is written off, stolen or hijacked, the last thing you want is a bill from your insurer before they will help you. Yet that is exactly what a standard car insurance excess does. Before your insurer pays out a rand, you are expected to cover the first...
Car insurance is not compulsory in South Africa, and it shows: around 65% of the country's roughly 13.4 million registered vehicles are estimated to be uninsured, according to the South African Insurance Association. That means roughly 8.7 million cars on South...