The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) has released the latest fees for the six permits it issues to allow drivers of various vehicles to transport passengers or loads across borders in South Africa and neighbouring countries. The C-BRTA offers the temporary as well as long-term permits for passenger and freight road transport operators in the […]
KwaZulu-Natal is no longer the most expensive province in South Africa to licence a truck and trailer in. SA Trucker’s latest analysis of the different fees charged by all nine provinces show that the most expensive title now goes to the Free State, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, with Gauteng in the third most expensive spot. The
All visitors into Botswana, truck drivers included, will now have to be fully vaccinated or they won’t be allowed entry, the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness has said. The Ministry of Health and Wellness, in a statement, told members of the public and the international community that effective 14th February 2022, there will be
AARTO and AARTO Amendment Acts have been declared unconstitutional in the Pretoria High Court today, 13 January 2022. This after OUTA challenged the constitutional validity of the AARTO Acts and in October 2021 asked the High Court to declare both the main act and the amendment act unconstitutional. Judge Annali Basson found in favour of
South Africa is facing increased calls for lower speed limits in urban areas in an effort to reduce road fatalities. In May, the United Nations called on policymakers to act for low-speed streets worldwide, limiting speeds to 30 km/h (20 mph) where people walk, live and play. We would need to look at local data
A civil rights group and the Automobile Association (AA) have raised concerns with some of the draft regulations for the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act. The regulations were gazetted earlier this month by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and are out for public comment until December 1. Concerns were raised regarding a R100
The validity period of vehicle licences that expired during the lockdown has been extended by another three months, to November 30. In early June, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) had announced that all learner’s licences, driver’s licences, motor vehicle licence discs, temporary permits, roadworthy certificates and professional driving permits (PrDPs) that expired during March
The Automobile Association (AA) has launched an online #ExtendtheLicence petition to extend the validity of vehicle licence discs and driving licence cards to the end of January 2021. It has called for transport minister Fikile Mbalula to extend the current August 31 cutoff as a more feasible option, given the reduced capacity of driving licence
The Ministry of Transport this week said that the national roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) bill, which includes the licence points demerit system, has been postponed. Originally signed into law in August 2019 and earmarked to be operational on June 1 2020, the outbreak of the coronavirus and the continuing
The government has rehashed a bill intended to set to 0% the level of alcohol that motorists should have in their blood when behind the wheel. The transport ministry gazetted a notice of its intention to introduce the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill on April 10. The notice said Minister Fikile Mbalula intends to introduce
