Johannesburg has always had a paid parking system
The City of Johannesburg welcomes the assistance of the media in uncovering that its contractor, Ace Parking, apparently breached their contract by sub-contracting to another service provider without properly informing the city.
As a result of this, the city has started engaging Ace Parking with a view to remedy the breach of contract and other steps possible to take.
Joburg is a high performing metropolitan government that pro-actively contributes and builds a sustainable, socially inclusive, locally integrated and globally competitive Gauteng City Region.
Having said this, it is important to reiterate that most cities have a parking management system together with enforcement measures to ensure a fair simple parking solution for motorists. Paid parking systems are a primary municipal management strategy for ensuring that traffic flow and reduction of parking problems.
Benefits of this system are: