South Africa’s new zero-tolerance drunk driving law
During March 2020, the South African Cabinet approved the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill (“the Bill”) for submission to Parliament. The Bill proposes amendments to the National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996 (“the Act”). The most prominent amendment to the Act is the change of the alcohol level limit of drivers in South Africa […]
Slow down there, speedy
Mandie does not take traffic laws seriously and has come to accept traffic fines as a “fact of life”. She regards transgression as bending the rules rather than the commitment of a crime. Months later, when the traffic notice arrives in the post, Mandie prepares herself for a speeding fine but is shocked when the […]