Project increases company competitiveness

The government says it intends to fix the controversial and unreliable driver’s licence system by going digital. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured motorists that his department will soon launch a new digital licence renewal system. The department faces a huge backlog of drivers waiting for their new driving licences. The department faces a huge backlog of drivers waiting for their new driving licences. The department can’t issue any new licences until the machine is fixed.

Road management company Bakwena N1/N4 Platinum Highway will undertake major rehabilitation of the base layers in the left-hand lane on portions of the N4 between Kameeldrift and Ga-Rankuwa Interchanges as part of its 2022 planned maintenance programme. The detailed design for this work was completed and an 18-month contract was awarded to G4 Civils last year. Work is scheduled to start on January 18, with an expected completion date of June 2023.

Industry association the Road Freight Association (RFA) says the North Gauteng High Court’s judgment that the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Act (Act 4 of 2019) is unconstitutional is unsurprising because there had been many significant changes made to the original Act (46 of 1998), which had passed Constitutional scrutiny. "The RFA has been very clear and outspoken about the flaws that the association identified in AARTO that, in our view, were predicated on revenue generation and not on changing driver behaviour and vehicle maintenance to ensure safer roads," says RFA CEO Gavin Kelly.