REGISTRY OF VEHICLE DATA
Court rejects Tasima’s last-ditch bid to retain eNatis control
The Road Traffic Management Corporation will have immediate access to eNatis, its codes and premises
Tasima’s control of the electronic National Traffic Information System (eNatis) system ended on Wednesday after the High Court in Pretoria denied it leave to appeal against an earlier decision to hand it over to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). This means that by Thursday morning, the RTMC will have access to the system, its codes and premises. In it’s application for leave to appeal Tasima said handing over the system to the corporation within 24 hours as ruled by the court would lead to a disorderly transfer that could compromise the system’s integrity or security. But the RTMC dismissed this saying it had been prepared since mid-2015 to assume full control of the system. The electronic registry of vehicle information allows for, among other things, sales or transfer of vehicles and issuing of licences, administering R14bn in road traffic revenue from about 2-million transactions per day at 2,700 sites nationally. Tasima had been in control of the system since 2002,...
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