The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) welcomes the Constitutional Court decision to dismiss Tasima’s application for leave to appeal against the judgement to hand over the eNatis system and related services to the RTMC.
In unanimous decision handed down today (Tuesday 17 July 2018), the Court said, “it was not in the interest of justice to hear the envisaged appeal” and ordered Tasima to pay the legal costs involved in the matter.
A dispute arose between Tasima and the RTMC as to the time-frame within which Tasima was required to handover the eNatis system and its accessories following the November 9 2016 Constitutional Court ruling that declared the five-year extension of the contract granted to Tasima to operate the eNatis system to be invalid.
Tasima was ordered to hand over the eNatis system to the RTMC within 30 days but the company held on to the system beyond the period until it was ordered by the North Gauteng High Court to vacate the eNatis system premises with immediate effect in April 2017.
“This judgement represents a major victory for government and confirms our long-held view that eNatis system should be controlled by government and not private contractors, “said RTMC CEO Advocate Makhosini Msibi.
“We’re pleased with this outcome as it will save the government millions of monies that it will have paid to a private company to deliver services that government is capable of delivering. We are proud that the system has functioned smoothly since we took over in April 2017,” he said.
Advocate Msibi thanked the RTMC Shareholder committee, the Board of Directors, management, staff and stakeholders for their support throughout the court battle. who have remained patient throughout the entire court battle.
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