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Muni ready for AARTO rollout in December
Polokwane Observer
|October 09, 2025
Motorists will soon have to adjust to a new way of handling traffic fines and violations as the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act takes effect nationwide on December 1.
Die stelsel, amptelik in die Staatskoerant gepubliseer nadat dit op 1 Augustus deur president Cyril Ramaphosa onderteken is, sal in 69 munisipaliteite regoor Suid-Afrika geïmplementeer word, insluitend Polokwane, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Mbombela en Kaapstad.
Die res van die land sal op 1 April 2026 volg, met die finale demerietpuntfase wat na verwagting op 1 September 2026 sal begin.
Onder Aarto sal verkeersoortredings nie meer as kriminele oortredings behandel word wat hofverskynings vereis nie.
In plaas daarvan sal motoriste oortredingskennisgewings ontvang wat geskik, betwis of in paaiemente deur 'n administratiewe proses betaal kan word.
Diegene wat versuim om op boetes te reageer, loop die risiko van afdwingingsbevele, wat lisensiehernuwings kan blokkeer, en die geleidelike ophoping van demerietpunte teen hul bestuurrekord.
This story is from the October 09, 2025 edition of Polokwane Observer.
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