More than six million traffic fines issued to Gauteng motorists between April 2009 and December 2012 have been cancelled by the Johannesburg metro police department.<\/p>\n
JMPD director Gerrie Gerneke told reporters yesterday that fines issued during this period would no longer affect licensing processes.<\/p>\n
Drivers would not be pulled over at roadblocks in connection with them, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cases have been taken off the system and marked as \u2018finalised\u2019 with a special code.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last month, the JMPD announced it had complied with the public protector\u2019s proposed remedial action for issuing infringement notices via ordinary mail instead of registered mail.<\/p>\n
On December 18, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said in a report that the JMPD had acted improperly. The fines did not comply with the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act, she said in her report.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acts of the JMPD accordingly constitute improper conduct and maladministration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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