The Freedom Front Plus on Tuesday has urged motorists not, under any circumstances to buy e-tags for the e-toll system. “The fact is that the e-toll system is still not operational and that important legislation, which would make the paying...
The inter-ministerial committee (IMC) tasked with finding a solution to the e-tolling impasse will announce a decision on Friday. Thabo Masebe, spokesperson for deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, who heads the IMC, yesterday said: “Government...
On Friday, the SABC reported that Motlanthe had given an indication that the tolls would go ahead during an interview with the broadcaster. Speaking on SABC television, the country’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said: “As a middle road, we...
Gauteng road users should have further clarity on the e-tolling system by the end of next week. The country’s deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, is holding a final round of talks with stakeholders this week. Last week, the Constitutional...
Sanral’s choosing e-tolling as a method of funding had caused it more damage than the court order that halted the system, the Constitutional Court heard last Wednesday. Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) lawyer Alistair Franklin said...
The Constitutional Court of South Africa has not yet made judgement on whether it will overturn the injunction preventing the implementation of e-tolling, as requested by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral). In opposition to...
The first order of business for the Constitutional Court today was to consider the application of the Road Freight Association (RFA) to join proceedings as an intervening party, with the bench taking almost no time to dismiss the motion. While the...
Reasons given by the High Court in Pretoria for granting an interim interdict against e-tolling were vague and unclear, the Constitutional Court heard on Wednesday. National Treasury lawyer Jeremy Gauntlett said High Court Judge Bill Prinsloo did...
Inferences that delaying the implementation of e-tolling will cause harm by reducing funding to social programmes is “emotional blackmail”, says the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA). It rejects media reports of this idea and says the...
