Fiscal consolidation is drawing to a close as the public purse was boosted by commodities, but the treasury will probably continue exercising restraint
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The minister’s medium-term budget policy statement had to balance the fiscal risk of state-owned entities and the threat their collapse posed for the economy
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The state is set to achieve a primary budget surplus a year earlier than expected
Inadequate rail capacity has pushed more trucks, and costs, onto municipal roads, which are steadily deteriorating
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Companies are having to deal with operational and supply-chain disruptions that come less than nine months after the riots in July.
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The University of Pretoria’s programmes and partnerships aim to ensure appropriate employment opportunities for its students
Outa says there are problems with the e-toll billing system and this could be why Sanral is careful about approaching the courts.
Sanral has rejected Outa’s claim that SA motorists are not purchasing e-tags, saying people have bought more than 1.2-million e-tags.
Minister of Transport Dipou Peters has announced that the e-tolling system will be launched on December 3 2013.
The NCOP has quietly put the South African National Roads Agency’s plans to start the tolling of Gauteng’s highways next month on hold.
The ConCourt on Thursday set aside an interim interdict preventing Sanral from instituting toll fees on some of Gauteng’s major roads.
There are no indications on whether e-tolling will go ahead next week after the first day in court on Tuesday.
The City of Cape Town says it is speculation that tolls were set to be shelved — rather the city failed to resolve a dispute over a R10bn project.
Sanral is concerned about untruths being propagated by some political and civil organisation leaders trying to gather support against e-tolling.
Tolling across Gauteng freeways will begin at a reduced rate on April 30, despite intense civil opposition to the move.
Sanral has announced the planned implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng has been postponed in order to address public concerns and petitions.
The transport ministry says tolls will remain suspended until consultations with the public to find the best costing method, have been completed.
Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele has put on ice all plans for new projects involving the tolling of national roads while more consultation takes place.
Joan Poole recalls with clarity the traumatic moment more than 40 years ago when she heard her family would have to move from their home.
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/ 4 February 2011
The Gauteng highway improvement project will cost motorists 66 cents a kilometre and heavy duty lorries R3,96 a kilometre, Sanral said on Friday.
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/ 9 November 2010
The SA National Roads Agency is set to implement its open-road tolling system in April next year, and the cost structure has come under the spotlight.
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/ 19 February 2010
Toll-road costs across the country will go up from March, the South African National Roads Agency said on Friday.
The South African National Roads Agency decided to save a giant Outeniqua yellowwood tree during major road construction.
Skills and contractor shortages are major obstacles to the upgrading of road infrastructure in Johannesburg, the South African National Roads Agency said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Ismail Essa said as the upgrading projects advanced, the challenges would be greater.
Six additional Gauteng highways will become toll roads. The cost to motorists for using the roll roads would be about 50c per kilometre.
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/ 18 October 2007
The Department of Transport has adopted a plan of action to improve regional and national road integration, Jeff Radebe, the Minister of Transport, said on Thursday. Radebe was speaking at an African Union conference at KwaZulu-Natal’s Sibaya Casino and said the effort was part of the AU’s call to eliminate missing infrastructure links on roads.