Minister of Transport admits to major problems with e-tolling

Today, Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters, finally confessed to massive problems relating to the e-toll billing system, the collection of data relating to road traffic fatalities and the policing of South African roads. 

The admission was made during a sitting of the Transport Portfolio Committee, held in Parliament. 

The Minister not only admits to inaccuracies in the South African National Road Agency's (Sanral) e-toll database but also admits to the prevalence of cloned and duplicate number plates hampering the implementation of the system. 

Peters also confesses that road fatality figures, jointly released by her department and the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) are large unreliable. 

However, despite this acknowledgement, there are still no plans for resolving problems relating to e-tolls and policing. It seems, as usual, the Minister remains adamant to continue with this disastrous project - which South Africans neither want nor can afford.

Today, I asked the Chairperson of the Transport Portfolio Committee, Ms Nozabelo Bhengu, to reconvene the committee in order to question the Minister on how problems at Sanral and those relating to policing on roads are to be resolved, especially during the upcoming Easter season. 

We remain committed to ensuring that we protect every Gauteng resident who is subject to abuse by this system. 

Statement issued by Ian Ollis MP, DA Shadow Minister of Transport, February 18 2014

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