Chief opponent to the scrapped e-toll system, Outa, is challenging road agency Sanral and the National Treasury over the figures presented as money owed on the controversial system, while residents wonder where the money to pay off the debt will come from.
“While Sanral may have a total debt of R45.936 billion, we cannot accept that R43.031 billion of this is attributed to GFIP.” According to Sanral’s financial statements from 2012 through to 2022, National Treasury has allocated R22.4 billion to Sanral for the financial management of the GFIP debt. “The question we need answering is: what has Sanral done with the government grants received for GFIP over the last decade?”
“There is too much smoke and mirrors related to these numbers provided by the government. Sanral and the government have indicated that the GFIP debt was not ringfenced, but that is not what was presented in the court cases that OUTA fought in 2012. Godongwana said that using e-tolls as they exist to fund 30% of Sanral’s debt is still an option, but this is now up to the Gauteng government to decide.
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