EDITORIAL | South Africans being taken for a 26-year-long ride on the Aarto mobile with no end in sight

Transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga promised the demerit system would be live by February 1

12 February 2024 - 20:46

The latest burst tyre to sidetrack the controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act from reaching its destination has taken South Africans on a long-winded tour of our infamous potholed roads...

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