Lobby organisation AfriForum has sent a letter to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral), expressing its opposition to the use of facial recognition software that it says will violate citizens’ constitutional right to privacy, and which may form part of the proposed broader use of machine learning technology that is being investigated to improve road safety. AfriForum questions whether Sanral is able to successfully implement such a project and how Sanral plans on preventing the possible abuse of machine learning technology.