Sanral accused of delaying overcharge refunding

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has accused the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) of delaying the claiming back of overcharges from construction companies that worked on its tenders.

“Over the past two and a half years, there has been a lot of talk but seemingly very little action from Sanral to claw back the overcharges from the collusive construction companies who were found guilty and fined by the Competition Commission Tribunal in 2013 for fraudulently pushing up the road construction costs of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP),” says an Outa press statement.

The non-profit civil organisation said that this legally required action by Sanral would not only be “fitting punishment for the unacceptable behaviour of the collusive companies”, but it would also alleviate the cash-flow pressures currently being experienced by this state-owned entity.