A few weeks ago I dropped off La Muse at Cape Town International airport, ahead of her buying trip to three corners of the world. We ate at the Spur (as you do) and when I paid for my parking ticket I was shocked to see I had been charged R105. I didn’t have the strength to find an official or an office. Until a week later, when I went to Johannesburg for the day and I got nailed for R455! You MUST check this out (includes 1 minute video)…

My assistant Naomi got in touch with one Abdul, who works at Katanga, the company employed by ACSA (Airports Company South Africa) to oversee their parking systems. It turns out the ground floor parking of the MAIN parking garage at Cape Town International airport, charges nothing for the first half an hour, and R35 per hour thereafter.

You will notice from this next video that there is no clear signage alerting the public of this, until they get to the ticket machine and take the parking card. You and I both know that hardly anyone familiar with parking ticket/boom systems will read the signage at the ticket https://www.buyambienmed.com machine. We just want to park our car and walk – ESPECIALLY at the airport. ESPECIALLY when there are a couple of cars behind us.

One thing we would watch, however, is which lane to choose as we enter a parking garage.

Please enjoy this video:

Did you enjoy the Audi in front of me who had to reverse? Luckily he had the time to do so!

According to Abdul, they don’t really give a toss about the complaints they receive every second day, “we are quite comfortable that the area is working as it was intended, with complaints of maybe just 1 every 2-3 days“

I’m glad YOU’RE comfortable with that, Abdul!

With signage explaining the price charges only appearing once someone is at the actual boom (AFTER choosing a lane and being stuck in that lane), and Katanga admitting that they receive complaints every second day and that they are FINE with it, this practice could surely be described as a money making scam? What do YOU think?

We frown upon this kind of practice, here at 2oceansvibe and we are horrified that while they have openly admitted knowing about this, nothing has been done.

Disgusting…