Thursday 12 April 2012

e-Tolling and the Media

The e-Tolling debacle contnues. Unfortunately lazy journalism by ill-informed hacks doesn't help to build a nation trying to strengthen its economy.
Despite this article's inference, only a limited number of the contractors registered with SAFCEC are involved in the GFIP. Reference to a "community" clearly shows ignorance of how concession projects are put together. Clearly there is no understanding of the EIA process required by law, including public participation, and it is unlikely that equity and debt funding participants as well as parastatals accept "shallow feasibility studies" (whatever that means), as the basis for spending billions of rands.
It does seem that journalists (and academics drafted in to write for the newspapers) have established themselves as judge and jury, vigilantes writing what ever pops into their heads in a splatter-gun approach betraying a moment of excitement - perhaps seeing themselves as our saviours!
Of course the construction industry is happy to build something if someone will pay for it, Vaughan Mostert - when you don't get paid you may begin to understand the principle. Your implication that Consultants and Engineers can be bought and sold is libellous and indicates your ignorance of the codes of conduct established by SAICE and ECSA.
We have faith that level-headed engineers and project managers will again resolve the issues created by politicians and the media...!

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