Cape Town: The City of Cape Town offered the new opportunity to go fine free. The latest traffic fine roadshow has been introduced before the Easter weekend. It provides motorists and opportunities to clear the outstanding fines or warrants in the central location and eliminate the risk of a run-in at a roadblock.
The roadshows related to Traffic Services are very popular in Cape Town. More than 2,000 clients were assisted to finalise the 16,923 fines and 5,150 warrants, during the last instalment in Dec 2023.
Reportedly, the total payments after the representations amounted to just over R4.6 million. The roadshow will return to the Cape Town Civic Centre this month for three days.
The roadshow will be conducted for three consecutive days from Monday, March 25, 2024, to Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
The City of Cape Town has reminded the public of the considerable services that will be available for the citizens of the town, such as:
- All enquiries related to fines for vehicles will be registered in the name of the applicant
- The application for the reduction of traffic fines will be issued within the municipal boundaries of the City of Cape Town.
- Services of paying outstanding fines
- The applicants can make an enquiry about the warrants and summons issued in their name and finalise them.
- The administration marks can be removed against their name on the Natis system.
As per the sources, the event will begin from 08:30 a.m. everyday but will operate accordingly to the times that could be amended depending on operational requirements.
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Safety and Security Alderman JP Smith has stated that “they have been meeting the motoring public halfway with very positive results”.
So, they have encouraged the outstanding fines and warrants to exploit the latest opportunities, added Alderman Smith.
The Safety and Security Head of Cape Town has a good-faith gesture as they head into the busy Easter weekend. The officials have also announced that there will be increased roadblocks and operations to trace scofflaws.
“So do the right thing and settle any overdue fines or warrants, either by visiting the roadshow or using the existing channels available,” said JP Smith.
Smith highlighted that the alternative is to risk time behind bars, which should be caught at a roadblock or vehicle checkpoint, or worse, it can be that it can be tracked down by the tracing teams.