Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance
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Outa: DOT Gazette is a veiled attempt to fine e-toll users
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has urged the public to respond to the Gazette before the 6 January 2016 cutoff date.
Gauteng ANC in the same lane as e-toll opposition
The province’s ANC has adopted a stance similar to that of civil action group Outa and the Democratic Alliance over the contentious e-toll system.
Outa: No court action against e-toll dodgers – yet
Outa says there are problems with the e-toll billing system and this could be why Sanral is careful about approaching the courts.
Motorists are buying e-tags, claims Sanral
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.
Parliament, look beyond Sanral input – Outa
Outa has insisted that a Parliament committee should look beyond input by Sanral, which is expected to brief the committee on e-tolling.
Outa lacks funds to appeal Supreme Court’s e-tolls ruling
Outa says it is too "constrained by shortages of funds" to appeal the Supreme Court of Appeal’s dismissal of its challenge to e-tolls.
Outa: We call for civil courage, not disobedience
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has rejected claims that it is encouraging Gauteng motorists to break the law.
Sanral, justice dept discuss possibility of e-tolls courts
Reports say the justice department and Sanral are mooting the possibility of establishing special courts to prosecute those who don’t pay e-tolls.
Outa asks for money to continue fighting e-tolls
Outa may have to drop its court challenge to e-tolling on Gauteng’s highways if it does not raise an extra R1-million in three weeks.
Alliance aims to make e-tolls ‘unworkable’
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has urged Gauteng motorists to use every legal right available to make the e-tolling system ‘unworkable’.
Cosatu urges road users not to buy e-tags
Gauteng road users have been urged to not buy e-tags after the high court in Pretoria dismissed an application to scrap e-tolls.
High court ruling sets e-tolling in motion
It appears the electronic tolling of Gauteng’s freeways will indeed go ahead in 2013 after the North Gauteng High Court ruled in its favour.
E-tolling remains firmly on citizen’s shoulders
Government has stuck to its guns on the "user pays" principle and placed the cost of paying for controversial e-tolls squarely on Gauteng residents.
Outa calls for transparency in toll collection contract
Outa says the details of the electronic toll collection contract should not be kept confidential, despite efforts to keep the information locked away.
Battle of e-tolls arrives at ConCourt
The fight to prevent Sanral’s e-tolling system from being rolled out on Gauteng’s freeways starts at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.