I don't know what planet Xtrovet is on, but the comments above are extremely unhelpful.
As commented earlier in the thread, the carnet bond is designed to stop you from selling the bike without paying import duty in South Africa. If the purchaser is prepared to pay the import duty, then I cannot see any reason why the bike cannot be imported legally into South Africa, your carnet stamped, and then you can discharge the security on your carnet.
If the purchaser (or you) are not prepared to pay the import duty, the alternative will be to drive the bike to another country that does not require a carnet (Zim or Mozambique will both work), stamp the bike out of SA on the carnet and then re-enter the SADC region on a temporary import permit.
Selling the bike on a temporary import permit is also difficult, but at least you do not have the bond to worry about.
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