The Department of Transport allocates R163 million for penalty point system
The Department of Transport has allocated R163 million for the national rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act in the 2026/27 financial year.
Presenting the department's budget...
New fake traffic fine notice warning
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) has warned South African motorists about fraudulent traffic fine notices that threaten to block them from renewing driving licences and licence discs.
The agency urged motorists who receive such notices to ignore...
Outa thinks new traffic fine system contract sounds like a "money-making scheme"
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has warned of a high risk of corruption creeping into a tender to design, build, and operate South Africa's new traffic fine system.
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency...
Aarto traffic fine scam warning
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) says the electronic servicing of Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto) documents has not yet received the necessary legal approval.
RTIA spokesperson Monde Mkalipi urges motorists to...
Aarto national rollout officially confirmed to start on 1 December 2025
The national rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act will officially begin on 1 December 2025, and its driving licence demerit point system will launch on 1 September 2026.
President...
Google Feed started feeding me these websites. Doing a Google search I can't verify the information and it looks like the same website copied over various domains. Now these websites also seem to come up on my searches as the first websites listed.
I can block the sources on my feed but can't...
So allegedly there is this 50% discount on a traffic fine if you pay it within 32 days.
Is this automatically deducted when you go to the traffic dept to pay, or is it only deducted when you go pay by the court?
Tried the traffic dept and they said they can only take payments and not do the...
Transport department will battle court ruling against Aarto
The Department of Transport will appeal a Pretoria High Court ruling that last week declared the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offence (AARTO) Act, unconstitutional and invalid.
This was on Tuesday revealed by Transport...
New traffic fine system rollout begins in South Africa
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced the start of the rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto).
South Africa's new traffic enforcement regime will be implemented in four phases over the course...
New traffic rules require you to pay an extra R100 when fined
The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act has introduced a new “infringement penalty levy” of R100 which is payable on every infringement committed.
While this levy is not new – it was contained in the...
The court battle against South Africa's "unconstitutional" road laws
South Africa’s new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act is expected to be in full effect from June next year (2020), bringing major changes to the way traffic offences are policed.
These new road...
New traffic laws will hit South African motorists hard – JPSA
The latest Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) amendment bill was passed in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
So on Saturday I was given infringement notice for not having with me the original Traffic Register Certificate (seeing that I'm a foreigner here)
R1250 fine, or R500 if I go to the JMPD offices and present the documents.
For now waiting to see if it will show up on the system, and most...
I have an issue I'd appreciate some advice on.
I was driving 96 to 100 in an 80 zone, the fine was issued through AARTO but the charge code is incorrect. Basically I was driving a normal motor vehicle but the charge code states the fine is for a "combination of vehicle, with a total GVM >...
The imminent collapse and inability of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto) to collect fines from errant motorists could see the collapse of the e-tolling system even before it starts.
The Star yesterday revealed how Aarto is imploding because, among others...
Reports that traffic fines could be emailed to motorists were incorrect, Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) said in a statement on Monday.
"Nowhere in the proposed amendments is it contemplated that an ordinary motor vehicle owner or driver will have infringement notices delivered to them...
Hi
Please may someone provide me with some much needed advice. I recently received a fine for forgetting to renew my Vehicle licence disk. It was 22 days after the date. So i got a infringement notice. It has been 2 weeks, and I have been to the post office, payfine and absa, they all cant...
Somebody posted this link in one of the tolling discussion threads, but I thought it was worth re-posting here because it is important and it went under the radar during the december holidays...