{"id":49625,"date":"2012-05-09T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T08:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=49625"},"modified":"2012-05-09T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T08:55:12","slug":"public-protector-will-assess-da-e-toll-probe-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/49625-public-protector-will-assess-da-e-toll-probe-request.html","title":{"rendered":"Public Protector will assess DA e-toll probe request"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela<\/a> has agreed to consider the DA’s request for a probe into the Gauteng e-tolling contracts, the party said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has responded to my request for an investigation into the Gauteng e-toll contracts, including a possible link with arms deal corruption,” Democratic Alliance<\/a> Gauteng caucus leader Jack Bloom said.<\/p>\n

He received an e-mail from her on Wednesday morning to say the matter would be assessed to establish jurisdiction and merit, among other things.<\/p>\n

“Like the arms deal, questions about possible corruption in the e-toll contracts will not go away until there is a credible investigation,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Speculation that something is being hidden has increased with the unexplained resignation of [SA National Roads Agency Limited<\/a>] CEO Nazir Alli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The truth needs to come out.”<\/p>\n

The protector’s spokeswoman Kgalalelo Msibi confirmed the communication with Bloom.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the DA said it had asked for an investigation on the grounds that suspicion was high that politically-connected people may have benefited from the plan to toll major highways around Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Bloom said there were reportedly allegations of links between Swedish companies involved in an arms deal and Austrian company Kapsch TrafficCom<\/a>. He said there were also 35 sub-contracts with confidentiality clauses.<\/p>\n

Alli resigned suddenly on Monday, just over a week after the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa)<\/a> was granted an urgent interdict to stop the launch of tolling on 185km of highways around Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

The project has since been put on hold and it is not yet clear what Sanral’s next move will be.<\/p>\n

Reasons were not given for Alli’s resignation. He will remain in office until June 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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