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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    How to dispute dubious traffic fines

    How to dispute dubious traffic fines South African motorists should remain calm and avoid verbal altercations with traffic officials when accused of violating road laws and being issued with fines this festive season, a prominent civil advocacy organisation has advised. December and early...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Afriforum begins court battle over 5-year licence card validity

    Afriforum begins court battle over 5-year licence card validity The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard Afriforum's legal application calling for the scrapping of the five-year validity periods on South Africa's driver's licence cards on Monday, 7 August 2023. The civil rights...
  3. Jan

    Outa launches interdict and legal action to overturn state of disaster

    Outa takes legal action over the electricity state of disaster The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) filed an urgent application requesting the overturning of the national state of disaster over load-shedding in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday, 16 February 2023. The civil action...
  4. Jan

    SABC sends ambiguous threatening SMS to non-paying TV Licence holders

    SABC threatens non-paying TV Licence holders with frightening SMS The ambiguous wording of a South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) TV licence debt collection SMS could lead people to believe that the SABC is implementing High Court proceedings against them. A MyBroadband reader...
  5. Jan

    "Time for motorists to understand... they had no excuses for not renewing their driving licence cards"

    No excuse not to renew your driver's licence card — even if the system is down The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) says there were "no excuses" for motorists not to renew their driving licence cards, apparently not even when the Natis system is down. Speaking during the launch of...
  6. Jan

    Karpowership slates South African government over project delays

    Karpowership rips into South African government as R218-billion deal stalls Karpowership, the world’s biggest supplier of floating gas-fired power plants, said some South African government agencies have stalled its projects and their conduct isn’t conducive to creating an attractive investment...
  7. Jan

    Driving licence renewal chaos - how to avoid getting fined

    Driving with an expired licence card — what to do if you struggle with booking a renewal Motorists with expired licence cards must keep any proof of attempts to renew their cards to show traffic officials should they be pulled over. This is the advice from Outa's executive director of...
  8. Jan

    Powership electricity costs R5 per kWh - Outa launches legal challenge against Karpowership licences

    Powerships will cause massive electricity price hike in South Africa — Outa challenges Karpowership licences The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has launched a legal challenge to overturn the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa's) decision to award power generation licences...
  9. Jan

    Driver's licence card renewal booking chaos

    Driving licence booking and renewal chaos South Africans are finding it challenging to book driver's licence renewal appointments through the online portal, eNatis. Motorists have flooded social media with complaints, reporting that they can't secure appointments or were booted out of the...
  10. Jan

    SABC can't blacklist TV licence holders for not paying - except by getting a court order

    Blacklisting over unpaid TV Licences — the one way the SABC could do it The SABC can't blacklist TV licence holders who refuse to pay unless it goes to court to get an order. This is according to Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse accountability division executive director Stefanie Fick, who was...
  11. Jan

    Driving licence chaos - Government starting a war it can't win, says Outa

    War with motorists over drivers licences The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has revealed that, by its estimates, more than one million motorists will have expired driver's licences come 1 April 2022. Outa executive director Stefanie Fick warned the government that it "should not start a war...
  12. Jan

    TV licence debt collector "trace alert" warnings and your credit record

    TV licence payment warnings and your credit record — what you should know South African TV licence holders who have not paid their fees should be aware that warnings from debt collection agencies don't necessarily mean their credit record is under threat. A MyBroadband forum member recently...
  13. Jan

    Aarto unlawful and unconstitutional, rules High Court

    South Africa’s new traffic fine laws declared unlawful and unconstitutional The Pretoria High court has ruled that the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto) and Aarto Amendment Act are unlawful and unconstitutional. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa)...
  14. Jan

    Aarto scheduled to roll out to 144 municipal areas before July

    New traffic fines coming to 144 towns and cities in South Africa The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) is scheduled to add 144 municipal areas to South Africa’s new traffic fine system between 1 January and 30 June 2022. This is part of the third phase of the rollout of the...
  15. Jan

    Outa begins legal fight to stop AARTO

    Legal fight to stop driver's licence points demerit system in South Africa Civil action group Outa has launched its court battle against the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act.
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