Motorists issued with traffic fines because the country’s new electronic national traffic information system (eNaTIS) was offline may have them cancelled, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday.
Radebe apologised ”unreservedly” for the inconvenience the implementation of eNaTIS had caused.
”Motorists already issued with traffic fines due to no fault of their own will have their fines reviewed on merit and considered for cancellation by the relevant traffic authorities,” Radebe said at a press conference on Pretoria.
Over the past few days a new server with bigger capacity had been installed. This and other work had led to the system ”operating in a stable manner” since it was brought back online on Tuesday.
Radebe said more work would be done and the system should be running with stability on almost full capacity by next week.
However, he said, people who wanted to renew their licences could go to testing centres. Arrangements were being made for centres to operate on extended hours to reduce backlogs.
Backlogs, technical glitches and shaky, slow systems have been reported at testing stations around the country since the eNaTIS system was introduced last month. — Sapa