The Cabinet on Wednesday welcomed the Constitutional Court ruling providing for the Electronic National Traffic Information System (eNatis) to be taken from private operator Tasima and returned to government management. The judgment, handed down last week, ended the long-running dispute that had stymied eNatis, which proposes to regulate and administer the licensing of all vehicles‚ learner drivers’ and drivers’ licences‚ along with vehicle roadworthiness tests. It also seeks to introduce a demerit system for offending motorists. The eNatis wrangle has sucked in former transport minister Sbu Ndebele, who was recently recalled from his posting as the country’s High Commissioner to Australia. Ndebele, who was the political head of the department when this happened, is accused of receiving more than R10m in bribes from Tasima and is due to appear in the Commercial Crimes Court in December. The Constitutional Court found that a five-year extension won by Tasima to run the system from 20...
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