The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) has confirmed that all motorists will begin with a clean record once the new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) system goes live.
One of the most controversial aspects of South Africa’s new driving laws is that it will introduce a demerit point system where individuals will receive points on their driver’s licence for various traffic offences.
Once a person exceeds 15 points, their licence will be suspended.
However, the RTIA clarified via a series…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do incredible work.