The national rollout date for the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act has been postponed as a result of the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The AARTO entity is responsible for the rollout date for the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences.
There were media reports in August 2019 that the AARTO Bill was signed into law. Although no date was officially announced, it was intended to take national effect by mid-2020. According to the Transport department the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak severely compromised the capacity of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA).
“For this reason, RTIA is in no position, at this stage, to successfully conduct the national rollout of AARTO,” said the department.
Meanwhile the RTIA could not determine the rollout date and has suffered severe loss of revenue to support the preparatory activities due to Covid-19.
“The situation will be reviewed in due course for further determination as to when the rollout date will be promulgated,” said the department.
