It's been five years since Kholekile Shenxane has been trying to clear her name from the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences.
Shenxane, 42, of Tembisa in Ekurhuleni, claims she has never lost her identity document, but somehow her ID was used to fraudulently purchase and register a car in her name.
The fraudster bought a white Ford Focus given the registration number BJ83NT GP, she said, pointing at a photo of the car taken by a traffic speed camera during one of its many infringements.
She said she used her postal address when registering the car in her name.
Shenxane said she was alerted to this in 2011 when she received an infringement notification that she was driving at 112km/h in a 60km/h zone in Mofolo, Soweto.
"I did not have a car but had just acquired a driver's licence when this offence was committed," Shenxane said.
She bought her first car in May 2014 and has never got a traffic fine, while the fraudster accumulated traffic fines of R14000 in her name, she said. She did not ignore the fines but visited the traffic department to try and clear her name.
She said she had never been to Soweto before this incident. Shenxane said she began frequenting Soweto in 2014 after she bought her car with the hope that she might bump into this fraudster who was tarnishing her name.
All these infringements were committed in Soweto and Rustenburg, yet she lives in Tembisa and had also never visited Rustenburg either.
She said this has now blocked her chances of renewing her driver's licence as its five-year life span expires tomorrow.
"I will also not earn an income as my public driver's permit will also expire next month," said Shenxane who owns a minibus taxi.
Checking with the Electronic National Traffic Information System (eNatis) she discovered that the car has been sold to someone else.
The eNatis offers useful information relating to vehicle and driving licence transactions, applications for driver's licences, notification of change of ownership or sale of motor vehicles.
Shenxane has tried for the past five years to resolve this problem on her own without any luck.
Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) spokesman Mthunzikazi Mbungwana said Shenxane must fill in the form (AARTO 08) to dispute her traffic fines and submit it to the RTIA, supported by an affidavit or documents that show the matter was reported to law enforcers.
Those who adjudicate on traffic fines will investigate and give a verdict, said Mbungwana. "If it is successful they will cancel the tickets under her name."
Shenxane will only know the status of her application within 21 working days.
zungut@sowetan.co.za
ID fraud used to buy a car
It's been five years since Kholekile Shenxane has been trying to clear her name from the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences.
Shenxane, 42, of Tembisa in Ekurhuleni, claims she has never lost her identity document, but somehow her ID was used to fraudulently purchase and register a car in her name.
The fraudster bought a white Ford Focus given the registration number BJ83NT GP, she said, pointing at a photo of the car taken by a traffic speed camera during one of its many infringements.
She said she used her postal address when registering the car in her name.
Shenxane said she was alerted to this in 2011 when she received an infringement notification that she was driving at 112km/h in a 60km/h zone in Mofolo, Soweto.
"I did not have a car but had just acquired a driver's licence when this offence was committed," Shenxane said.
She bought her first car in May 2014 and has never got a traffic fine, while the fraudster accumulated traffic fines of R14000 in her name, she said. She did not ignore the fines but visited the traffic department to try and clear her name.
She said she had never been to Soweto before this incident. Shenxane said she began frequenting Soweto in 2014 after she bought her car with the hope that she might bump into this fraudster who was tarnishing her name.
All these infringements were committed in Soweto and Rustenburg, yet she lives in Tembisa and had also never visited Rustenburg either.
She said this has now blocked her chances of renewing her driver's licence as its five-year life span expires tomorrow.
"I will also not earn an income as my public driver's permit will also expire next month," said Shenxane who owns a minibus taxi.
Checking with the Electronic National Traffic Information System (eNatis) she discovered that the car has been sold to someone else.
The eNatis offers useful information relating to vehicle and driving licence transactions, applications for driver's licences, notification of change of ownership or sale of motor vehicles.
Shenxane has tried for the past five years to resolve this problem on her own without any luck.
Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) spokesman Mthunzikazi Mbungwana said Shenxane must fill in the form (AARTO 08) to dispute her traffic fines and submit it to the RTIA, supported by an affidavit or documents that show the matter was reported to law enforcers.
Those who adjudicate on traffic fines will investigate and give a verdict, said Mbungwana. "If it is successful they will cancel the tickets under her name."
Shenxane will only know the status of her application within 21 working days.
zungut@sowetan.co.za
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