Tasima ordered to hand over eNaTIS

31 August 2015 - 09:12 By ERNEST MABUZA

The Pretoria High Court has struck another blow to the technology company trying to hold on to the lucrative contract to operate the electronic national administration traffic information system (eNaTIS). Judge Wendy Hughes has approved the Department of Transport's application to enforce with immediate effect the order she made on June 23. The order required the department to request the transfer of the eNaTIS from Tasima to the department within five days and for the transfer to be completed within 30 days of the request.The operation and execution of a decision that is a subject of an application for leave to appeal is, according to the Superior Courts Act, suspended pending the decision.However, the court may order otherwise if a party shows that it would suffer irreparable harm.The judge ruled her order should operate pending the appeal process.Hughes passed the June order after Tasima had taken the department to court at the end of May contending that the department could not take over eNaTIS immediately as there was still a transfer period of five years for a proper handover.eNaTIS includes the registration of motor vehicles, drivers' licences and contraventions.On Friday, Hughes said eNaTIS had been declared a national key point and the system was operated at premises belonging to the department. She said Tasima's lease in respect of the premises came to an end at the end of June.She said the department had informed the court that its agency, the Road Traffic Management Corporation, was the preferred entity to take over and the RTMC has been readying itself with expertise, capacity and staff...

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