DA raises concerns on irregularities within RTMC report

By Ofentse Mokae
31 January 2010

The official opposition party the Democratic Alliance has revealed that it received a confidential Road Traffic Management Corporation audit report unpacking serious irregularities.

The confidential financial audit was completed in September last year by accounting firm Deloitte and Touche and the party says it is calling for a full investigation.

The DA said the report reveals a lengthy list of a problematic state of affairs at the Road Traffic Management Corporation.

Amongst them is the approval of salary increases apparently without limits, a lack of controlling the organisation’s budget and serious mismanagement of the traffic violation database on the eNaTIS system.

The opposition party said allegations of poor management against the corporation’s CEO Ranthoko Rakgoale surfaced last year, but said no action was taken despite calls for a full investigation.

The DA said the report is more proof of irregularities at the corporation and is calling for Rakgoale to be suspended pending a full enquiry.

”In light of this report, supported by other information revealed by whistleblowers and obtained from the annual report, the DA will be writing to the Public Protector to ask for an investigation into the board,” DA’s Stuart Farrow.

Farrow says the report serves as yet more proof that the CEO of the RTMC must be investigated.

“This is an overwhelming indication that the ANC continues to be a closed, crony society intent on protecting its members from prosecution for self-enriching themselves with public funds,” concluded Farrow.