Speed cameras AWOL

CITY: NOWHERE TO BE SEEN AS JMPD KEEPS MUM ABOUT LAPSED CONTRACT

- Antoinette Slabbert

ALL GONE. Camera fines are - or were - a huge source of revenue for the JMPD. Picture: Shutterstock

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Two days before Christmas, the City of Johannesburg lost all of its speed cameras, and enforcement of speed limits by the Joburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) using cameras remains at a complete standstill.

This not only means motorists can speed with impunity - it also represents a potentially significant loss of revenue for the metro.

Three sources with close knowledge of the matter have independently confirmed to Moneyweb that the metro's contract with Syntell, which provided the cameras and back-office system to process fines, lapsed on 23 December, and no replacement has yet been appointed.

Syntell took its cameras with it and the JMPD does not have any of its own.

JMPD spokesperson Superintendent Xolani Fihla failed to respond to questions in this regard, save for acknowledging receipt.