source: AllAfrica News: South Africa
Active Citizenry Deals Blow to Traffic Fine Illegitimacy
[Daily Maverick] For many years, due process of traffic violation enforcement has not been followed by those in authority, forcing the public to pay for fines while their rights to challenge them has been effectively denied. That was until a brave acti…
[Daily Maverick] For many years, due process of traffic violation enforcement has not been followed by those in authority, forcing the public to pay for fines while their rights to challenge them has been effectively denied. That was until a brave active citizen, Cornelia van Niekerk, came along and challenged the abuse of authority by questioning the unacceptable conduct of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) processes and the law enforcement representatives' conduct. Their conduct in running roughshod over the cu