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.
The implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng’s highways has been met with mixed reaction, including further promises of court action.
Justice Project South Africa lawyers have labelled responses from Sanral’s legal team relating to e-tolls as "arrogant and evasive".
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.
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.
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.
Outa says the e-tolling saga has caused Jacob Zuma to miss out on a chance to show the country what consultation and participation actually means.
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".
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.
The South African National Roads Agency has again been downgraded by ratings agency Moody’s thanks to prolonged battles over e-tolls.
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.
The DA’s claim that R473.2-million will be spent on communication with e-toll account holders and transgressors is "fallacious", says Sanral.
The DA has given Sanral four days to furnish them with the missing items in the e-tolling contract documentation.
Money collected from e-tolling in Gauteng will not go overseas, says the South African National Roads Agency.
With Gauteng’s highways sewn up, Sanral turns its gaze to the Cape’s long and wineland roads.
Cosatu is still contemplating whether to go ahead with a drive-slow protest against the e-tolling of Gauteng freeways.
The transport department is willing to engage with various sections of South Africa about the contentious e-tolling system, it has said.
The NCOP has quietly put the South African National Roads Agency’s plans to start the tolling of Gauteng’s highways next month on hold.
The South African National Roads Agency Limited says the planned toll roads in the Western Cape will create about 5 000 jobs, says a newspaper report.
The South African National Roads Agency says it wants to give Gauteng motorists a timely warning this week that e-tolls would kick in soon if adopted.