Salga is challenging the implementation of AARTO Phase 2 implementation.
The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, will this week hear an urgent bid by the South African Local Government Association (Salga) to interdict the implementation of Phase 2 of the Administration and Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO), scheduled to commence on July 1.
The application follows repeated engagements with the Department of Transport (DoT) and the Minister of Transport over unresolved financial implications of AARTO for municipalities, among other issues.
Salga said it has consistently supported the objectives of AARTO, particularly its purported contribution to improving road safety and reducing South Africa’s high rate of road accidents.
However, Salga has raised serious concerns about the funding model underpinning the Act and more particularly its regulations. It pointed out that municipalities are already operating in an increasingly constrained fiscal environment, with limited resources to deliver essential services.
