Question NW3080 to the Minister of Transport
02 November 2017 - NW3080
Hunsinger, Mr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)Did his department attain possession and control of the eNatis system, if not, why not; if so, when; (2) has the software audit been carried out to establish the integrity of the program; if not, why not; if so, (a) by whom, (b) at what cost and (c) what are the details of the findings of the audit; (3) What was the total legal expenses for (a) his department and (b) all related entities, in the Tasima (Pty) Ltd litigation process?
Reply:
(1) The Constitutional Court on 9 November 2016, in line with the Shareholders Committee resolution to transfer the NaTIS to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (Corporation) ordered the hand-over of the system and the services to the Corporation. On 05 April 2017, subsequent to an application brought to the effect by the Corporation, the Sherriff executed the Order of Tuchten J and evicted Tasima from the premises. Thereafter the Sherriff handed possession and control of the system to the Corporation.
(2) The NaTIS is a National Key Point and as such all physical, logical and network security assessments are conducted by the SAPS NKP unit and the National Communications branch of the State Security Agency (SSA). The initial physical security assessment was completed in July 2017. The Logical and Network Security assessment is subject to confirmation from SSA and is planned for completion in this quarter. The Auditor-General (AG) also includes the NaTIS audit in its annual Information Systems Audit of the Department of Transport. As of 2017/8 the AG will include it in the audit of the Corporation.
(3) (a) The total legal expenses for the Department spent on the Tasima litigation
|
Financial Year |
Amount (R) |
|
2017/18 |
466 287 |
|
2016/17 |
7 443 436.24 |
|
2015/16 |
7 356 858.60 |
|
2014/15 |
131 328.00 |
|
2013/14 |
622 765.00 |
|
2012/13 |
677 202.00 |
|
Total to date |
16 697876.84 |
(b) The total spend on legal fees for the Corporation related to the Tasima (Pty) Ltd matter is:
|
Financial Year |
Amount (R) |
|
2017/18 |
3 858 342,63 |
|
2016/17 |
2 290 492,83 |
|
2015/16 |
16 651 202,05 |
|
2014/15 |
1 204 248,00 |
|
2013/14 |
1 463 619,63 |
|
Total to date |
25 467 905,14 |