eNaTIS delays emigration

2007-04-26 07:38

Cobus Coetzee

Benoni - Jeanette Greyling and her two daughters had to emigrate without their father Gene Greyling at the weekend because the eNaTIS operating system had virtually crippled Benoni's vehicle theft unit.

"It was terrible. I had to watch my wife and our two daughters fly off without me," Greyling said on Wednesday.

The Greylings were planning to leave together for New Zealand last Saturday, but he had to stay behind to get police clearance for his vehicle. He wants to export his VW Polo to New Zealand .

"They first have to check that my VW Polo's not stolen before they can sign the clearance form.

"But they've been struggling to do just that for the past three weeks because the system is down all the time," he said.

Shipping date postponed three times

Greyling has had to postpone the shipping date of most of the family's possessions and the vehicle three times.

"My wife is there with virtually none of our possessions and the delays are starting to cost us money now."

Greyling said he had thought of selling his car, but that would not change the situation.

"The vehicle theft unit will still be out of order and hundreds of other people will still be sitting with the same problems," he said.

Werner Koekemoer, eNaTIS project leader admitted on Wednesday that there had been problems with the connections between them and the police.

"Very few transactions were done by the police during the past week. On Wednesday about 3 730 of the 420 000 transactions, were done by the police," he said.

Between April 12 and 19, only 19 transactions were finalised by the police.

- Beeld