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A medical doctor operating in Mbizana has been arrested and accused of fraud relating to R18m in claims made against the Road Accident Fund (RAF), reports AlgoaFM.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that a new-generation ‘smart’ driver’s licence card will be rolled out from October 2023, with the current card to be phased out over a five-year period.

The government will be able to introduce a driving licence demerit points system despite the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act and the Aarto Amendment Act being declared unconstitutional and invalid by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) last week.

The opposition-led Johannesburg and Tshwane metros which have ‘guinea pigs’ for the implementation of Aarto are contemplating legal action against government for lost revenue, according to a Rapport report.

The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) yesterday found the Aarto Act and its amendment, on which the planned demerit system for traffic offences is based, inconsistent with the Constitution. Consequently, Judge Annali Basson declared the Aarto Act and the Amendment Act ‘unconstitutional and invalid’, reports TimesLIVE.

New rules under the National Road Traffic Amendment Act will effectively introduce the total prohibition on the use and consumption of alcohol by all motor vehicle operators on public roads.

Twelve truck drivers are today due to appear at the Ladysmith Magistrate's Court in relation to the N3 Van Reenen's Pass road blockades which took place on Friday.

The Constitutional Court has allowed a man, left mentally incapacitated after a 2010 accident, to claim for compensation from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) even though the application was lodged well past the deadline.

On the eve of a challenge in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) about the constitutionality of the Aarto Act, it emerged that speeding motorists in Johannesburg and Pretoria have had a free pass since 1 July due to system glitches.

The multimillion-rand police blue lights corruption case against former senior officers, including ex-Acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and former Gauteng Police Commissioner Deliwe de Lange, has been postponed to 25 November.

The owner of a struggling Johannesburg restaurant told a judge he bought a R1.8m Maserati to improve his credit record. But with the SUV missing, a debt that has ballooned to R2.7m and an overdraft rejection letter on his desk, Charles Renney failed to convince Acting Judge Jenine Khan to throw out WesBank's repossession application, notes a TimesLIVE report. 

A meagre R32 550 – that is all the Eastern Cape Department of Transport has been able to collect for traffic fines issued across the province, with almost R200m still outstanding for the past three financial years, reports HeraldLIVE.

Injured motor vehicle accident victims are having to wait up to an hour for an ambulance as private ambulances are refusing to attend to crash scenes as their battle over non-payments with the Road Accident Fund (RAF) remain unresolved.

By placing obstacles which make it nearly impossible to lodge claims, the Road Accident Fund (RAF) is infringing on the constitutional rights of claimants.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has said the requirement for drivers to renew their licences every five years is necessary for road safety.