While e-tolling has not yet won support from the likes of Cosatu, it has won over many users, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Gauteng motorists owe more than R500-million in overdue fees since the e-tolling system started in December last year.
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Outa says there are problems with the e-toll billing system and this could be why Sanral is careful about approaching the courts.
The Democratic Alliance is set to appeal a judgment handed down by the high court dismissing its challenge of e-tolling’s constitutionality.
The bulk of the N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project comprises interchanges and upgrades to bridges and tunnels rather than contentious toll gates.
Judgment on whether the e-tolling legislation is unconstitutional and invalid has been postponed for at least two weeks.
The Democratic Alliance’s assertion that the e-tolling Bill will affect provincial competencies is incorrect, the high court has heard.
DA leaders have headed to court in Cape Town to start contesting the constitutionality of the e-toll Bill that was passed last year.
Capital expenditure by major state-owned companies has been projected to reach R381.9-billion over the next three years, says the national treasury.
Court cases involving e-tolling on Gauteng highways have cost the taxpayer over R6-million in legal fees, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
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.
Sanral has been ordered to fix billing problems related to the Gauteng e-toll system, says Transport Minister Dipuo Peters.
Outa has insisted that a Parliament committee should look beyond input by Sanral, which is expected to brief the committee on e-tolling.
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.
The case against a man arrested in connection with acts of terrorism against Sanral has been struck off the roll.
Outa’s press release paints its opposition to paying tolls as a mighty crusade. But there are much more important battles to fight.
Sanral has insisted that a man arrested in connection with threats against the company was technically not one of its employees.
A Sanral employee has been arrested for acts of terrorism relating to the white powder scare at its offices, says the Hawks.
E-tolling was supposed to be the definitive incarnation of the user pay principle. Yet, now Sanral faces masses of users who won’t pay, on principle.
Authorities are conducting a search at Sanral’s operations centre in Samrand following reports of a bomb on the premises.
The Sanral operations centre in Centurion has been evacuated and two people quarantined after another anthrax scare, say police.
The National Consumer Commission says it will take up complaints about e-tolling but has encouraged consumers to not make it their first option.
Sanral has warned motorists of additional costs if they do not pay their e-tolls bills within seven days.
ETC, the company tasked with collecting e-tolls in Gauteng, says its chief operating officer Ben Theron resigned for personal reasons.
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.