South African road accidents and deaths cost the country in excess of R168 billion according to the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula. Road traffic accidents are also the leading cause of death of young people aged between 5 and 29 years. Yet, despite a reduction in fatalities over the 2019 […]
AARTO and Demerit System
21st Annual Road Traffic and Transport Legislation workshop
You are invited to register for our Annual Road Traffic and Transport Legislation workshop: Our 21st Annual Road Traffic and Transport Legislation workshop dates and venues are: Stellenbosch – Protea Hotel, Technopark – 10 November 2020 Durban – Garden Court, Marine Parade – 12 November 2020 Pretoria – CSIR, Lynnwood […]
AARTO Implementation a Big Concern says The Road Freight Association
The Road Freight Association (RFA) is working with all relevant role-players to ensure that the proposed Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) regulations are properly considered before implementation and that AARTO will achieve its main purpose of ensuring road safety – if implemented at all. This is according to […]
Update on Road Traffic Legislation, 22 July 2020, Extension for validity of licences
The Minister of Transport has published amended directives in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 in Gazette number 43539 on 22 July 2020. The gazette is available on our website under Downloads. SCHEDULE Definitions In these directions, the “Directions” means the Directions on measures to address, prevent and combat […]
Road Traffic Update – AARTO Regulation Amendments
The Department of Transport and the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) have published an amendment to the AARTO Regulations (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Regulations), 2008 in Government Notice No. 1319, for public comment. Comments may be submitted for 30 days from the date of publication (10 November 2019). […]
Workshops to be held to discuss the impact of AARTO
The AARTO legislation has remained in the news over the last few weeks, and everyone is awaiting the implementation of the legislation. The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) indicated that the Regulations, in terms of the AARTO Act, as it is amended by Act 4 of 2019, will be published […]



