It seems that the South African authorities have dropped their recent
licencing proposal and replaced it with a new one.

Their existing licencing scheme in South Africa has a Full (ZS call)
licence and a Restricted (ZR call) licence, the latter having privileges
above 30 MHz only, both taking the same theory test, but the ZS calls
having to pass a 12wpm code test. IOW, exactly as the UK A and B licences
were back when I first got a UK licence.

The authorities in South Africa reacted to the demise of the ITU code
test requirement in a truly bizarre way, by suggesting a third class of
licence with a ZT call, with a 5wpm code test and limited HF privileges.
This has been shelved, due to what they say were a large number of
comments. No such licence will now be implemented, so don't expect to
hear any ZT calls anytime soon.

Instead, they are proposing a dual route to a full licence, offering a
choice between either an advanced theory test or a code test for each
candidate. This was proposed by many people in many countries whilst
there still was an ITU requirement for a code test, but this is the first
time I have seen it resurface since it ended. If South Africa does
implement it, they will be the first and probably only country to do so.

They are also proposing to give the same limited HF privileges that they
would have given to the new licence, to the existing restricted licence
instead, without any addtional testing.

73 de Alun, N3KIP