Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi has warned the government not to "steam ahead" on tolls, saying the unions would continue to resist any attempt to tax roads.
The Constitutional Court has set aside an interim order that put on hold a plan to toll highways in Gauteng, pending the outcome of a judicial review.
The ConCourt on Thursday set aside an interim interdict preventing Sanral from instituting toll fees on some of Gauteng’s major roads.
Government can’t afford to fund the e-tolling system and its delay is causing untold harm to SA’s economy, the Constitutional Court has heard.
The fight to prevent Sanral’s e-tolling system from being rolled out on Gauteng’s freeways starts at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
Government’s court bid to stop the legal challenge against e-tolling is set to intensify as it meets with the main opponents to the troubled system.
Sibusiso Ndebele was moved from transport to correctional services after wandering into the president’s firing line during the e-tolling meltdown.
The state is trying to work out how to raise the funding shortfall needed to meet e-tolling’s contractual obligations. But it won’t raise the deficit.
The government’s obvious displeasure with the courts should not be a sufficient excuse to avoid debate on the appropriate scope for judicial activity.
No matter how concerned you may or may not be over the smearing of The Spear, you have to give some credit to Barend la Grange, writes Kevin Davie.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has made an unusual appeal to the Constitutional Court in a bid to set aside the high court order halting e-tolling.
The government says it remains committed to e-tolling and will appeal the high court’s interim order halting its implementation in Gauteng.
The government was rallying to defend its Gauteng e-tolling project, it announced on Thursday, despite mounting public fury against the plan.
The controversial e-tolling of Gauteng’s major highways could very well tip South Africa’s credit rating over the edge, ratings agency Moody’s says.
We speak to motorists and Outa chairperson Wayne Duvenage about the fate and impact of e-tolling when the public takes government to court.
The South African National Roads Agency Limited has opted not to oppose the interdict against the implementation of e-tolling.
With SA’s economic standing at stake, Kgalema Motlanthe will this week convene a government task team to figure a way out of the e-tolling mess.
Kapsch TrafficCom, the company contracted to the e-toll system, has denied it had improper dealings with Swedish companies involved in the arms deal.
Will the South African National Roads Agency Limited get a new boss who is much closer to Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele than Nazir Alli was?
Sanral CEO Nazir Alli’s resignation was not a case of falling on his sword, but rather due to frustration with government’s panic over e-tolling.
The Democratic Alliance says the public protector has agreed to consider its request for a probe into the Gauteng e-tolling contracts.
Sanral CEO Nazir Alli has resigned, a week after a judge put the brakes on the controversial e-tolling system being rolled out on Gauteng’s highways.
The Democratic Alliance is pushing for Sanral to disclose the names of all 33 sub-contractors involved in collection of e-tolls on Gauteng highways.
The state will betray its commitment to sustainable development if it fails to implement its policy, writes Richard Calland.
Much-needed road improvement has been bogged down by a lack of transparency and inadequate administration, argues Nikiwe Bikitsha.
Sanral is still studying a ruling by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria which brought the controversial Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it will continue its fight against the e-tolling project until the tolls have "finally been scrapped".
The SA National Roads has been interdicted and restrained from levying and collecting tolls, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Saturday.
The South African treasury has warned that halting the user-pay system (e-tolls) will have dire consequences for South Africa’s finances.
The divisions about e-tolling within the ANC-led tripartite alliance have been directly linked to the infighting leading up to Mangaung.
A bid to stop e-tolling made headway when the North Gauteng High Court ruled the application was urgent.
There are no indications on whether e-tolling will go ahead next week after the first day in court on Tuesday.