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— Sate security vetting of any private individual,
— Mass surveillance of all South Africans’ communications.
This is extremely important. Have your say at the link right away.

❗️CALL FOR COMMENT – THE SPY BILL❗️
https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/gilab-spy-bill/

The Ad hoc Committee on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill invites public comment on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB)

Securocrats are pushing for the ‘Spy Bill’ to become law at break-neck speed before parliament dissolves in May 2024. The new bill, once law, will affect us all. It will effectively allow for:

— Sate security vetting of any private individual, non-profit organisation, religious organisation, or even businesses (at the behest of the intelligence forces);
— Mass surveillance of all South Africans’ communications, with little meaningful oversight;
— The continued abuse of secret service account funds; and
— A toothless Inspector-General of Intelligence (the public watchdog of in the intelligence agencies)

All of these aspects played a key role in the State Security Agency’s capture during the tenure of former president Jacob Zuma.

The new bill ignores the findings of the Zondo Commission, and thus could clear the way for another episode of State Capture.

⭕ Do you support the Spy Bill?

HAVE YOUR SAY RIGHT AWAY AT THIS LINK; https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/gilab-spy-bill/

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FREE service to check if you have traffic fines listed under your name. Pass it on.

AARTO Act and demerit points the AARTO Act has been in force for more than twelve years in the jurisdictions of the Metropolitan Municipalities of Tshwane (from 1 July 2008) and Johannesburg (from 1 November 2008).

Should the President NOT listen to the public, we will pursue this matter in court.

⭕️Make your voice heard immediately!

❗️CALL FOR COMMENT – STOP THE HATE SPEECH BILL❗️ https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/dear-mr-president/

Hate Speech Bill – Petition to the President
— your right to have a say is under serious threat.

Parliament has passed the Hate Speech Bill that criminalises hate speech. The major problems with the Bill centre around its wide definition of the element of “harm” (which includes vague concepts such as social harm) and the fact that the element of “hate” remains undefined.
The result is that you will not be able to know beforehand if you are committing a crime.

If the Hate Speech Bill is signed by the President, it becomes law and is enforced by the full criminal apparatus of the State.

However, he does not have to sign this Bill.
Section 79 of the Constitution gives the President the power and prerogative to send the Bill back to the National Assembly if he has reservations about its constitutionality – and there are plenty of solid reasons why he should send it back.
So how can you help?

We have created a participation campaign that enables you to send a comment (or pre-drafted letter) to the President to urge and encourage him to do the right thing – exercise his constitutional prerogative.
Our hope is you will value your freedoms and right to have a say enough to speak up, and that the President will listen to the voices of thousands of us.
Make no mistake - our fundamental freedom to have a say, to express our opinion, our faith, our views and our beliefs is hanging in the balance.

Should the President NOT listen to the public, we will pursue this matter in court.

⭕️Make your voice heard immediately!

https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/dear-mr-president/

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Caught on camera "speeding on South Road, Sandton" on Saturday 6 February 2021? Perhaps you should have a quick look at this:

https://www.jp-sa.org/warning-check-camera-fines-carefully/

WARNING: Check Camera Fines Carefully - Justice Project South Africa JPSA has warned vehicle owners to carefully check any speed camera-based traffic fines they receive or happen to discover on their banking app or on the internet.

What do you think? Is the national implementation of the AARTO Amendment Act going to be the silver bullet Fikile Mbalula thinks it is or is it going to be a monumental [insert profanity here]?

AARTO-Aware: The Long and Winding Road to Better Driving | Carte Blanche | M-Net South African motorists have a bad rap for notoriously reckless and unsafe driving. The country has among the highest road fatality statistics in the world. ...

Suspension of senior RTIA executives is a serious matter - JPSA - Justice Project South Africa Dembovsky said the AARTO Amendment Act, signed by the President in August 2019, and the draft AARTO regulations published for public comment on 2 October 2020 “unashamedly favour profit over road safety”. He said they envisage a vast flood of revenue which, in South Africa, has proven an open in...

Tweets are not law, Mr Minister - Justice Project South Africa As of 5 January 2021, no government gazette which gives any effect to the said extension of the validity period of vehicle licenses and the discs associated with them has been published. This rubbishes the Minister’s claims that as of 31 December last year the said extension had already been effec...

Earlier this month, Howard Dembovsky was honoured to be invited by Marius Roberts to discuss some of the implications of the AARTO Amendment Act, which the Department of Transport appears to be hell bent on implementing nationally in 2021.

The video below starts at 13:16 into the full episode, because that is where my interview begins. We think his new show, "Motor Driven - Straight Torque" is going to be a hit with petrolheads.

MOTOR DRIVEN 2 starring the Toyota Starlet, featuring the VW T-ROC and we discuss AARTO On our second episode of Motor Driven:VW recently launched their final T-SUV model into the South African market - we take a quick look at the T-ROCGuy Botte...

A little food for thought. Dronkies, be grateful Howard Dembovsky does not enforce the law and is not being listened to by the powers that be.

Crime Watch I Drunk and Driving I 14 December 2020 Will government’s new proposed laws for a zero alcohol limit on drinking and driving be the answer to clamp down the carnage we see on our roads

RTMC threatens motorists with unlawful arrest - Justice Project South Africa Justice Project South Africa (“JPSA”) notes with concern that the RTMC has stated its intention to flout the law and violate the Constitution this festive season. According numerous media reports, “The RTMC advises all motorists to check if they have any outstanding traffic fines before embark...

You should take the time to comment on this, even if you do not drink alcohol!

National Road Traffic Amendment Bill public participation re-opened

https://www.jp-sa.org/national-road-traffic-amendment-bill-public-participation-re-opened/

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"Shocking" but not surprising revelations by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula regarding the broken driving licence card renewal process. Capacity of 50K to deal with demand of 90K a month and on top of things, corrupt officials manipulating the system for personal gain. We look forward to his announcement by no later than Friday 13 November. 🤨

A backlog of 30,000 driver's licence renewals due to the lockdown in Gauteng eNCA has exposed the shocking state of online registration for driver's licence renewals. Shahan is joined by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Courtesy ...

Mediated conversation: Unpacking the AARTO Act and License Renewals Adv Mncedisi Bilikwana. Acting Registrar for the Road Traffic Infringement Agency Ms Susan Walls - Technical Advisor, South African Insurance Association Howard Dembovsky- Justice Project SA Chair Layton beard- AA Spokesperson

The AARTO Amendment Act for mere mortals - Justice Project South Africa Much confusion surrounds the AARTO Act which has been in force in Johannesburg and Tshwane since 2008, and its Amendment Act which is mooted to commence nationally on 1 July 2021.

Sadly, AARTO enforcement orders are fuelling crime - Justice Project South Africa Scammers operate under the noses of licensing authorities and take advantage AARTO of enforcement orders blocking licensing transactions.

JPSA and its head fully endorse the AA’s AARTO regulations submission - Justice Project South Africa JPSA and its head fully endorse the AA’s AARTO regulations submission

Please support this petition.

https://www.aa.co.za/petition-to-extend-the-licence

PETITION TO EXTEND THE LICENCE | Automobile Association of South Africa Petition to Extend the Licence Recently the Minister of Transport extended the validity period of driving licences which expired during lockdown Levels 4 and 5 by 90 days from 1 June. This means these licences are valid until the end of August 2020. The Automobile Association (AA) recently wrote to....

JPSA supports the AA’s licensing extension request - Justice Project South Africa Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) supports the call of the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) for Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula to extend the validity period of all licenses beyond the 30 August deadline.

A draft law sets SA’s drunk-driving limit to zero Guest: Howard Dembovsky

Compulsory wearing of face masks in public places - Justice Project South Africa Since 1 May 2020, it has been law that a cloth face mask, homemade item or other item which covers the nose and mouth of its wearer must be worn in public, when entering buildings or premises, or while travelling in public transport. It has also been law that all employees of businesses who may come...

National Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2020 to be introduced to Parliament "during 2020" - Justice Project South Africa On Friday 3 April 2020, the Minister of Transport published his intention to introduce the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2020 to Parliament during its 2020 sittings, in the separate Government Gazette number 43201. Zero-alcohol "limit" is among the numerous draft amendments.

Let's just get this straight. 18 months training. All of them passed training "standards". Now they have to be retrained? Come now! Why have they not been fired?

JMPD recalls 1000 officers due to ‘lack of skills’ More than a 1000 newly trained Johannesburg metro police officers had to be taken off the streets and sent back to training.

Can you spot anything wrong with this picture of our esteemed Minster of Transport bragging about distributing something like 1,000 pedal cycles to youngsters?

To make things easier to view, we have published the full story on our and the RTIA's AARTO perception surveys on our website at https://www.jp-sa.org/results-of-social-media-polls-on-aarto/

Results of social media polls on AARTO - Justice Project South Africa Thank you to those who participated in our polls on social media regarding your knowledge on AARTO and whether you want it to be implemented nationally in June 2020. Below are screen captures of the results of our Facebook and Twitter polls, together with one run by Pigspotter, who has a large follo...

Thank you to those who participated in our poll regarding your knowledge on AARTO and whether you want it to be implemented nationally in June 2020. Below are screen captures of the results of our Facebook and Twitter polls, together with one run by Pigspotter, who has a large follower base.

While some may say that those who participated represent a fraction of a percent of the driver population (which is 100% correct), there is a good reason for this.

You see, just like was the case with a survey conducted by the RTIA in 2017, the questions we asked were intentionally loaded. The only difference is that it is easier not to participate on social media than when you are ambushed a licensing department, while standing in a queue.

Why do we say the questions were loaded? Well, because the normal human reaction to a question that asks if you know EVERYTHING there is to know is to not want to look ignorant - or to put it bluntly - stupid.

The loaded nature of the second part of the question plays to people's sense of reasonableness. After all, what reasonable and law-abiding motorist would not want a points-demerit system to finally come into play in South Africa, when it has been promised for so long? The first "victims" of it would be minibus taxi drivers, right?

It was not our intention to dupe anyone, just to conduct a social experiment. With that said, it seems a tad unlikely that Mr Monde Mkalipi of the RTIA was being truthful when he said "most South Africans want the AARTO Act" when the sample results below appear to indicate the exact opposite.

To be fair, no-one can make a decision either way unless they do know EVERYTHING there is to know about the AARTO Act (or anything else for that matter).

It has been our observation over more than a decade that motorists know very little about the prosecution instruments relating to road traffic offences, and even less about the AARTO Act. This is simply NOT their fault.

That said, it is our stance that the RTIA, being the government enterprise tasked with educating motorists on the AARTO Act should have made some progress in the eleven and a half years the AARTO Act has been in force in Tshwane and Johannesburg. It is apparent that it has made little, if any at all.

IF the AARTO Act does come into force nationally in June 2020, motorists are in for a nasty surprise and many who regard them as being "law-abiding citizens" (because they pay their traffic fines) will find their driving licenses being suspended quite quickly. If/when that happens, there will be an outcry, but it will be too late to do anything about it.

Please go and have a look at https://aarto.co.za so that you understand the full implications of the AARTO Act. After that, if the small percentage of you who say you know everything there is to know and want it to come into force in June still feel that way, then fine, that is your prerogative.

The time has long since passed to formalise the “blue light protocol” - Justice Project South Africa JOHANNESBURG – On 6 December 2019 Justice Project South Africa announced the withdrawal of its endorsement of the “Combatting of Blue Light Gangs Protocol” (often shortened to the “Blue Light Protocol”) it had developed together with the Road Traffic Management Corporation in late 2013. Th...

It looks like the Tshwane Metro thugs picked on the wrong "victim" this time.

German law professor at Unisa says Tshwane metro cops assaulted, unlawfully arrested him Professor André Thomashausen was arrested by three Tshwane metro officers late on Tuesday night as he, his wife, and two visitors from Germany were heading to his home.