Tracker allegations: Tracker assures business partners

With the above in mind, allow us to be clear - Tracker categorically denies any and all allegations pertaining to these charges as has been reported by the media (in fact, Tracker has not yet received an official copy of the charges). We pride ourselves on our partnership with the SAPS and have followed, to the letter, the tender process as it has been laid out by the government and the appropriate police and security authorities for the past three (five-year) terms.

 

On each occasion, Tracker has been awarded the tender based wholly on merit. The company pays special attention to all aspects of corporate governance and is confident that there were no irregularities whatsoever in the awarding of any of the police tracking contracts to date. Tracker looks forward to defending itself in court (should it ever get there) and reserves the right to seek damages once the company has been cleared of wrongdoing.

 

In this particular instance, Tracker is aware of who the "undisclosed source” may be, and believes that the charges have been laid as a result of a personal incident between a member of the public and a Tracker employee. An incident which, in fact, is now the basis of a civil court case. The charges that have allegedly been brought against Tracker have, to Tracker’s knowledge, not been substantiated in any way and the company is confident that there is no valid supporting evidence to uphold the charges.

 

Certain media reports are insinuating that Tracker has somehow been hiding the fact that it does not pay the SAPS to assist the company in recovering vehicles, and yet Tracker is not permitted to pay the SAPS in terms of its contract with the government, which makes the complaint ludicrous. Furthermore, the entire SAPS-Tracker relationship has always been based on a spirit of partnership in which expertise and resources are pooled to help bring down the scourge of vehicle crime (and other forms of violent crime) for all South Africans.