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2.3. Key Policy Developments And Legislative Changes

The RTIA approved annual performance plan had 17 annual targets of which 13 were achieved with the remainder of 4 not being achieved during the year under review. A remedial plan has been put in place to ensure seamless implementation of those annual targets during the 2024/25 financial year. Amongst other notable and sustainable programmes implemented, the RTIA has enhanced its public awareness and education campaigns through virtual interface with the road users and its stakeholders using the social media as well as traditional outreach interventions. The Agency has established 44 additional AARTO service outlets in all provinces which increased road user interface with the AARTO process and the RTIA National footprint. 2.2. Organizational Environment The implementation of the approved APP and the audit action plan from the previous years’ audit findings were prioritised whereas some key findings were addressed and eliminated as per the plan. The Registrar has during the year under review implemented the programme of the Board to ensure achievement of the APP targets and to ensure application of the good governance practices in all the divisions of the Agency. The new Board has brought incredible stability and heighted compliance to the governance as well restoring confidence of the workforce to remain focused on attaining high performance on the Agency’s performance scorecard. The DoT has filled all the Board vacancies and all board Committee vacancies have been filled to ensure seamless implementation of the RTIA mandate.

Following the assenting of the AARTO Amendment Act into law by the President of the RSA in October 2019, the RTIA has finalised the draft proclamation for the Amendment Act and developed the draft AARTO Regulations which have been submitted to the Department of Transport for further handling. The process of finalising the appointment of the AARTO Appeal Tribunal members will be resubmitted to the Department of Transport after a thorough selection and vetting of gender balanced and race representivity, qualified candidates has been done. The Minister of Transport rejected the initial list of candidates since it did not satisfy the requirement of gender and race representivity. The Constitutional Court has announced its judgement on the validity and constitutionality of the AARTO Act on the 12 July 2023 which allows for a possible implentation of AARTO National Rollout during the 2024/25 financial year. 2.4. Progress Towards Achievement Of Institutional Impacts And Outcomes The Agency made changes to the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan to ensure alignment of the MTEF targets reflected in the approved 2023/24 annual performance plan. The related changes sought to address the A-G recommendation which emphasised the need to realign the two strategic documents on which the misalignment were occasioned by the Covid-19 and the North Gauteng High Court judgement on the validity and constitutionality of the AARTO Act.

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Road Traffic Infringement Agency • Annual Report 2023/24