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Note 6 on fines, penalties and forfeits states that the traffic fines contract (SYNTELL) was finalised and in effect for the entire twelve months of the year, which resulted in increased revenue, with better-than-expected performance on manual citations. The revenue table gives fines, penalties and forfeits of R175,592 thousand (group, 2024) against R148,341 thousand (2023). 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Note 6 says traffic fines revenue exceeded budget largely because the JMPD shifted focus from camera reliance to deploying more personnel for vehicle stops, tickets and roadblocks; fines, penalties and forfeits were R414,595 thousand against a budget of R168,996 thousand and R175,592 thousand the year before. 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Its National Contraventions Register tables show the JMPD captured 3,884,300 notices in 2023-24, of which 3,588,982 were AARTO 03 camera-captured notices, against 758,020 and 674,296 in 2022-23. The report is signed on 27 September 2024. 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The JMPD Traffic Enforcement Programme states that the department recorded over 1.6 million speed-related violations and issued a combined 91,004 AARTO notices, and its challenges table lists expanded speed enforcement using mobile units and static cameras. Cited for the audited-year description of the camera layer and as the second count beside the RTIA and JMPD figures.", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-beced0abc682f523", "title": "City of Johannesburg — Setting the record straight on speed law-enforcement in Joburg (18 Aug 2017)", "url": "https://www.joburg.org.za/media_/MediaStatements/Pages/2017%20Press%20Releases/18082017-Setting-the-record-straight-on-speed-law-enforcement-in-Joburg.aspx", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "joburg.org.za", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-1bcc099ce24b5e22", "clm-7116f785b5d3d5ec", "clm-f8164ae67e54a497" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": "2017-08-18", "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-10-11", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-10-11", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "Public Safety department statement: in January 2017 the City found the speed enforcement contract had been unlawfully extended, terminated it, and the service provider removed the fixed cameras; 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the high-speed unit recorded 6,312 speeding cases on 1 January; motorists had not received speeding fines since May 2021 when the previous provider's contract ended; the City had previously put the revenue loss at about R36 million.", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-559f526188136ab0", "title": "The Citizen (Moneyweb) — The day Joburg's speed cameras went awol (26 Jan 2026)", "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/business/the-day-joburgs-speed-cameras-went-awol", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "citizen.co.za", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-d447a70d3d458fe2", "clm-7ff1e12804d69ebb", "clm-8d0208bff3d60752" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": "2026-01-26", "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-10-11", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-10-11", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "Moneyweb report (Antoinette Slabbert) republished by The Citizen: three sources confirm the Syntell contract, which provided the cameras and the back-office system to process fines, lapsed on 23 December with no replacement appointed; 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