Big problem with online driver's licence renewals in South Africa — why one province has steered clear
Most of South Africa's provinces still don't offer motorists the ability to book and pay for driver's licence card renewals online, more than seven months after the Road Traffic Management...
New speed limits for bakkies proposed
The Western Cape provincial government has proposed several new traffic laws for South Africa, with one aiming to reduce the speed limit for open bakkies or trucks transporting passengers.
Andricus van der Westhuizen, the provincial spokesperson for...
South Africans are renewing their driver's licences — and then not fetching them
Only one in ten drivers who have been sent SMS messages to confirm that their licence cards are ready for collection are coming forward, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).
In an interview...
Videos show BMW and taxi crushed in illegal import clampdown
The Road Traffic Management Corporation has posted several videos of South African police destroying illegally-imported cars at its safeguarding storage in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
Police are carrying out the crushing of 91 seized...
South Africa's speed limits and road deaths vs the world
South Africa's speed limits are relatively high compared to other countries, and road deaths are excessive in proportion to its population.
This is according to a MyBroadband analysis which compared South Africa's speed limits and road...