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.
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.
The electronic tolling system on Gauteng’s highways is expected to go live at midnight on Monday.
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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.
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E-toll stores in malls across Gauteng have been quiet ahead of the arrival of the controversial e-tolling of the province’s highways.
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.
The announcement of the commencement of tolling has seen the shares of Kapsch TrafficCom, who won the contract to operate the e-tolling, shoot up.
Cross-border visitors will have to pay e-tolls when using Gauteng roads after the December 3 launch date of the controversial e-tolling system.
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters’s announcement that e-tolling of Gauteng’s highways will begin soon has been met with anger and sadness.
Minister of Transport Dipou Peters has announced that the e-tolling system will be launched on December 3 2013.
Sanral has over 1.4-million unsold e-tags, despite spending over R25.3-million on advertising campaigns urging road users to register.
Cosatu says it will continue its campaign against e-tolling by staging drive-slows in Gauteng that "irritate a number of politicians".
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has reached the inevitable end of the road in the Jo’burg and Pretoria e-tolling saga.
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President Jacob Zuma’s reported comments regarding e-tolling in Gauteng were taken out of context, says the presidency amid a public backlash.
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has rejected claims that it is encouraging Gauteng motorists to break the law.
Parliament’s transport portfolio committee says Cosatu and Outa’s call for motorists not to pay for e-tolls in Gauteng defies the Constitution.
Reports say the justice department and Sanral are mooting the possibility of establishing special courts to prosecute those who don’t pay e-tolls.
Cabinet says it has faith that the public will abide by the law and buy e-tags, calling on Gauteng’s inhabitants to "demonstrate good citizenship".
The DA, FF+, Cosatu and the AA have been left disappointed by a court ruling that has dismissed Outa’s challenge to e-tolling on Gauteng’s highways.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance in its e-toll challenge.
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Outa says it thought President Jacob Zuma would take more time to make a decision about signing the Bill that has given e-tolling the go-ahead.
President Jacob Zuma has signed into law the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill, giving the go-ahead to e-tolling in Gauteng.
There’s still no definite start date, but Transport Minister Dipuo Peters says e-tolling will be up and running before the year is out.
President Jacob Zuma is unlikely to sign the e-toll Bill into law before elections next year because of a procedural flaw.
The fact that the state is due to lose over R2-billion in unpaid fines due to an inefficient Aarto Act means e-tolls won’t be successful, says the DA.