{"id":96230,"date":"2026-02-23T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/outa-raises-red-flags-over-r1-2bn-aarto-outsourcing-deal"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:22:16","slug":"outa-raises-red-flags-over-r1-2bn-aarto-outsourcing-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/outa-raises-red-flags-over-r1-2bn-aarto-outsourcing-deal","title":{"rendered":"OUTA raises red flags over R1.2bn AARTO outsourcing deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>OUTA is slamming proposals by the Road Traffic Infringement Agency to team up with a private &#8216;turnkey&#8217; partner to help roll out the much-delayed AARTO system.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is reportedly worth around R1.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences system aims to remove traffic offences from the courts and handle them administratively, coupled with the introduction of a demerit system.<\/p>\n<p>OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage says the structure of the proposed tender raises serious concerns about profit-driven traffic fine administration, particularly if incentives are introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen PPPs come in, we&#8217;re not opposed to them, we&#8217;re opposed to them when there&#8217;s a lack of clarity around how long and how much money is going to be made by these private companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Duvenage questions why this is no longer a government competency, as it has been until now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen this movie before, where private companies get involved, tenders are almost set up for private companies to win, and you and I pay the price of that for many years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) maintains that the arrangement is needed to pay for operations and fund system gaps.<\/p>\n<p>It says payments will not necessarily be linked to the number or value of fines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s those exact operational matters that the RTIA must do; they run the operations,&#8221; says Duvenage.<\/p>\n<p>He also questions the timing of the tender. This is where the red flags start going up, he says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you are about to launch in December, and then you put it on hold because you&#8217;re not ready, and then ten days later, suddenly a tender goes out for this billion-plus rand development of a system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Duvenage says a letter voicing OUTA&#8217;s concerns was sent to Transport Minister Barbara Creecy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got a very short letter back from Barbara Creecy, not answering the bulk of the letter, saying there were 47 potentially interesting parties. But the bulk of the questions, we haven&#8217;t had any responses to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. OUTA is slamming proposals by the Road Traffic Infringement Agency to team up with a private &#8216;turnkey&#8217; partner to help roll out the much-delayed AARTO system. The deal is reportedly worth around R1.2 billion. 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