Traffic Fine **** at the Municipality

On Monday 5 May 2025, i went to the traffic department to apply for professional Driving permit.at the counter, i was told thy could not process the payment for the PrDP because a traffic fine is blocking the transaction. i was issued with a paper that shows a traffic fine under the Johannesburg Metro Police department dated March 2021 to be paid at the local ABSA before my PrDP can be processed. it was very funny that only one traffic fine out of the many was highlighted.Upon arrival at the ABSA bank branch in Brits, the cashier demanded the fine to be paid in cash and i told him that i do not have cash and would like to make a card payment. i was then told to wait as the system is offline. after an hour of waiting, the cashier told me that they cannot accept the payment as the system is still down. i therefore logged into my computer and checked the fine under the Pay my fine website and made an online payment. upon return to the traffic department, i told the cashier that ABSA could not take the payment because the system was down and that i made an online payment on Pay my fine. when itried to show her proof of payment, she said it is fine and processes my PrDP.

i suspect there is a cash **** on traffic fines targeting unsuspecting and desperate people at the traffic department. the document i was given to go to ABSA was teared to remove the header with the name of the cashier that printed it. However, the same cashier is the one that took my payment and her names appear on the PrDP. there is *******ion happening at the traffic department and i am willing to produce all the evidence to fight this.