The Minister for Transport, Fikile Mbalula has announced that the implementation of South Africa’s Driving Demerit System by The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act has been delayed. Instead of an initiation date of 1st July 2021, the system will be rolled out in stages.
As reported by Business Tech, in an original article posted on 1st July, the rollout stages are as follows:
Phase | Dates | Description |
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Phase 1 | 1 July 2021 – 30 September 2021 |
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Phase 2 | 1 October 2021 – 31 December 2021 |
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Phase 3 | 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022 |
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Phase 4 | 1 July 2022 |
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Table courtesy of Business Tech
Read the full Business Tech article for more information.
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