Transport Department squanders money while they squeeze the taxpayer

Just as I thought that things couldn’t get worse; it did. The Minister of Transport is intent on squeezing the taxpayer via the e-tolls programme, yet at the same time it squanders taxpayer’s money with no thought or consequence. In replies to questions by the DA, the Minister’s own replies to our questions confirm that over R1 billion were spent on irregular expenditure. The astronomical number results from contracts mostly being extended without approval and procurement procedures not being followed. The figures tell us a story; tax payer’s money is not being respected, procedures and proper approvals are simply being ignored. The R1 078 476 847, 00 could’ve been spent to pay off the Sanral R1 billion e-toll debt that Minister Dipuo Peters admitted it’s in. How can the Transport department justify this when they continue to intimidate citizens into paying their multi-billion rand e-tolls system!