N3 court ruling a lesson to those making unfounded allegations, says SANRAL
The South African National Roads Agency on Wednesday welcomed the court’s dismissal of an application for access to information by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse.
The Gauteng High Court on Tuesday dismissed with costs OUTA’s application for access to documents related to a tender awarded to N3 Toll Concession.
N3TC is a private company which won a contract for the construction and management of a portion of the N3 highway between Heidelberg South in Gauteng and Cedara in KwaZulu-Natal.
OUTA filed the court application in an effort to determine if N3TC was making excessive profits.
“The perception created in the public mind by OUTA has now been firmly rejected by the court, and it should be a lesson to those who are making unfounded allegations against SANRAL. We have been vindicated,” said SANRAL spokesperson Vusi Mona.
“As a state-owned entity, we follow all the prescripts of the law related to the disclosure of information. Such allegations create unnecessary speculation and negativity, which in turn has a negative impact on SANRAL’s reputation.”
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