JEREMY MAGGS: Let’s get straight to it and start with this. The South African National Roads Agency [Sanral] has reportedly extended its e-tolls collection contract until December. In early June, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse [Outa], raising alarm bells that another contract to extend collections might have already been signed, which has now been confirmed by Sanral. Let’s get a view from Outa and we talk to Wayne Duvenage. Wayne, welcome to you.
So why they continued to limp on with a scheme they’ve decided and reallocated funds to settle Sanral’s debt, I just don’t know. To me, it’s ineptitude, it’s an inability to implement a decision that’s already been made. We see this often in government where they make a lot of good statements, but they just cannot implement.
Now, this issue around refunding is a concern because we don’t know where they’re going to get the money from, and Sanral is the company that has to do that, not government.JEREMY MAGGS: So what role do you see your organisation playing, if at all, in trying to resolve this situation? Where are you applying pressure now?