Sanral will brief Parliament’s transport portfolio committee on e-tolls, claiming that only 0.3% of tolled road users have complained.
Concerns voiced by President Jacob Zuma about incorrect billing for e-tolls in Gauteng are being addressed, says Sanral.
Outa’s press release paints its opposition to paying tolls as a mighty crusade. But there are much more important battles to fight.
After a white substance was found in an envelope at the Sanral offices, Justice Project SA says the incident was an act of terrorism and cowardice.
The DA’s premier candidate for Gauteng has hinted at its governance plans, which include fewer government departments and a referendum on e-tolls.
E-tolling is not a major issue for the ANC ahead of this year’s elections, says the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s Nazir Alli.
Sanral says more than 960 000 e-tags have been sold to road users in Gauteng since e-tolling started.
A war of words between Sanral and the JPSA has carried on in the ongoing spat about the payment of e-tolls on Gauteng’s highways.
The failure to pay toll fees regardless whether an invoice is issued or not is against the law, says the SA National Roads Agency Limited.
Sanral is misleading the public by saying the failure to pay toll fees is against the law, says Justice Project SA.
Sanral has said that failure to pay toll fees was a not just a traffic offence, but a criminal one.
A Government Gazette stating conflicting e-toll amounts could result in motorists getting a refund, says the Justice Project South Africa.
Critics say that Sanral should have questioned the escalating costs of the highway project.
This week, the ANC and the public protector spar about Nkandla, Dina Pule must apologise and Santa’s drones deliver gifts.
A total of 45 700 public transport operators have been exempted from paying e-tolls in Gauteng so far, says the transport department.
The implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng’s highways has been met with mixed reaction, including further promises of court action.
Tuesday marked the start of the e-toll system and motorists trickled in to get tagged. Some are still against it and are willing to be arrested.
Justice Project South Africa lawyers have labelled responses from Sanral’s legal team relating to e-tolls as "arrogant and evasive".
The e-tolls are just one example of how government often assumes it knows what’s best without consulting the people involved, writes Verashni Pillay.
Cosatu seems confident that civil disobedience will prevent the success of e-tolling, despite its offical launch on Tuesday.
With an 11th-hour attempt to stop e-tolling by the FF Plus also dismissed, Gauteng motorists will to have to face paying for the use of highways.
An application by the Freedom Front Plus to stop the implementation of e-tolls has been struck off the roll at the high court in Pretoria.
The electronic tolling system on Gauteng’s highways is expected to go live at midnight on Monday.
Sanral has threatened legal action against Justice Project SA following its request for clarification on e-toll prosecutions, says the organisation.
Continued calls for the e-tolling system to be scrapped have not ceased. Phillip De Wet explains the likelihood of these campaigns being successful.
Following the announcement of the starting date of the e-toll system,
about 21 000 motorists have bought their e-tags, says the transport department.
Gauteng has sought to assure motorists it will maintain roads that can serve as an alternative to tolled routes.
E-toll stores in malls across Gauteng have been quiet ahead of the arrival of the controversial e-tolling of the province’s highways.
The City of Cape Town has returned to court to resolve an ongoing dispute over the proposed N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project, says an official.
A hefty bill awaits non-registered motorists without e-toll accounts who fail to pay for e-tolling within a week.
After warnings that motorists will be charged if they don’t pay e-toll bills, a law firm has offered to defend the first non-compliant e-toll user.
At a briefing on the e-tolling system’s readiness, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters says Sanral expects smooth revenue collection through e-tolling.