Gauteng 'not losing fines cash'
Johannesburg - Gauteng's transport authorities have denied losing track of the amount of money being collected in traffic fines.
Gauteng transport MEC Iganatius Jacobs said on Thursday the department, in fact, did not collect traffic fines.
"We want to correct the article written in The Star by indicating that the department does not collect traffic fines from municipalities," he said.
He was responding to a report in newspaper that while Gauteng's metro police collected hundreds of thousands of rands in unpaid traffic fines, it was unclear what happened to the revenue.
Jacobs said that while the department did not collect money from municipalities for traffic fines, governance techniques had been put in place to effectively monitor municipalities and the revenue brought in.
He said a vulnerability audit would be conducted to check all institutions under the department to ensure proper governance and accountability and to assess capacity to deliver.
The auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) would help the department.
Penalties if money is late
"This includes the enlisting of additional skills from PWC to address backlogs in finance, human resources and to develop best practice as it relates to revenue collection, reconciliation of books and support documentation."
To address challenges in revenue collection for motor licensing fees, municipalities that acted as collecting agents, would be penalised if all revenue collected was not submitted on time.
Jacobs said: "The penalty system means the department will retain the money due to respective municipalities."
The department also launched the Gauteng traffic information system to ensure accuracy of information between municipalities and the department's provincial office.
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