Wayne Duvenage of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance says the Pretoria High Court will hear arguments regarding the e-toll case on 26 November.
This follows a court order handed to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) in April this year, preventing it from collecting e-toll payments. Duvenage states that his organisation had filed supplementary affidavits, and the respondents in the case – Sanral, National Treasury, the transport minister, and the Gauteng transport MEC – would file responding affidavits. After this, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance would file a replying affidavit.The parties involved in the case will appear in the constitutional court on 15 August to make their arguments.
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has attempted to get the constitutional court to set aside the court order preventing Sanral from collecting e-tolls. Gordhan argued that the decision to prevent the implementation on e-tolling would have a negative effect on the economy. The implementation of the e-toll project will see motorists pay over 35 cents a kilometre when using some of Gauteng’s freeways.