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The company made a loss of R260-million in 2017-18, but according to the national estimates of expenditure, released with this year’s main budget in February, Sanral could be headed for losses of R7.6-billion for 2018-19. (John McCann/M&G)

Sanral is still facing e-toll hole

Political divisions have resurrected debate over whether it is fair to pay for Gauteng’s e-tolls through the fuel levy

Mboweni said Sanral must “reverse that decision immediately”. (David Harrison/M&G)

Mboweni opposes Sanral stance on e-tolls

The finance minister has come out contradicting his ANC colleagues, saying he was unhappy about Sanral’s decision

Lerato Ngozwana accepted the Top Employers award on behalf of Sanral

The road to success is always under construction

Sanral is proud to be voted one of South Africa’s Top Employers 2019

Without having clear decisions from government regarding the future of e-tolls, Sanral is finding it difficult to go to the market to borrow funds to finance it. (Gallo Images)

Sanral bears brunt of lack of government clarity on e-tolls

It has emerged that Sanral struggled to raise the R20.6-billion budgeted e-toll revenue

(John McCann/M&G)

Talk of state spending rings hollow

Rand jitters question the state’s ability to provide an economic stimulus and to continue to bail out parastatals

SANRAL: 20 years of service

Through bursaries, scholarships and working with SMMEs, the roads agency is building a South Africa Mandela would be proud of

New SANRAL policy pushes transformation in construction and engineering sectors

Roads agency commits to maximising involvement of black South Africans in all of its processes

(Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)

Whither the Mandela of the history books?

The Mandela centenary is being celebrated amidst great contestation over his legacy

The current inland price for a litre of 95 octane unleaded petrol is R14.08. From Wednesday, this will rise to R14.82 per litre. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Petrol, toll fees to add to consumer debt burden

The department of energy announced that petrol prices would increase 49c/l on May 2, while diesel will increase by 59c/l at most

(Mujahid Safodien/AFP)

Outa governance is ‘out of line’

Duvenage’s spending on donations and advertising without consulting his board has caused a parade of execs to leave the anti-corruption watchdog

The fight for free university education in South Africa is entering its fourth year.

Finally: How government plans to fund free education

Funding fee-free university education will come at a cost

Former South African Airways chief executive Sizakele Mzimela on Tuesday told the Zondo commission it riled her that taxpayers had to foot the bill for former minister Malusi Gigaba’s legal representatives to cross-examine her at the state capture inquiry.

Gigaba wants forensic probe into allegations into ‘governance concerns’ at PIC

Gigaba has also asked the PIC to provide a list of all the investments it has made, and their beneficiaries, to the national treasury.

Rough road: Since the introduction of e-tolling in 2013

​The nightmare on e-toll street: Sanral is in massive debt that is mounting rapidly

The road agency’s debt is mounting rapidly and is six times greater than it was in 2007.

W Cape could fork out 3 times more than Gauteng for etolls

A group of Democratic Alliance supporters gathered outside the Western Cape High Court earlier on Tuesday, chanting "No to Tolls".

The South African National Roads Agency was one of the biggest culprits with R1.6-billion in irregular expenditure.

Judicial activism can’t just flout the Constitution

An appeal court ruling shows how comparative law can go against the tenets of our democracy.

Bid to set aside Sanral secrecy ruling

The agency’s toll road fight with Cape Town has led to a clampdown on access to court papers.

Beeld reported on the first court prosecution since e-tolls started in December 2013.

Man charged over refusal to pay e-tolls

In what’s said to be the first case of its kind, Stoyan Hristov Stoychev faces nearly 2000 charges, including using false plates and avoiding e-tolls.

Paul Mashatile has urged branches to extend this rule to the branch nomination of the ANC’s top six to ensure that at least three nominees for officials are women.

Mashatile unrepentent in opposing e-tolls

ANC Gauteng chairperson Paul Mashatile, has declared war against roads agency Sanral, saying it could not tell politicians how to do their work.

The introduction of e-tolls on Gauteng highways has sparked vehement debate and protests

E-tolls could divide party and province

The hot-potato issue of the unpopular gantries is due to be raised at the ANC’s Gauteng conference in Pretoria.

Lwandle residents are to be moved back to the land they were evicted from.

Evicted Lwandle residents to be moved back

An inquiry into the removal of shack dwellers in Lwandle has heard they will be moved back to the Sanral-owned land they were evicted from.