Author: Sapa Reporter

Pensioners will be able to apply for smart identity document cards from February, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. People would be invited to apply according to their month of birth, she said at a breakfast briefing hosted by The New Age in Johannesburg

Sanral was operating at full capacity on Wednesday following an evacuation of its office building, the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) said. “Employees are back at work today, and everything is running normally,” said ETC CEO Jamie Surkont. The Tshwane hazardous

Biological testing proved that the white powder found at Sanral’s operations centre in Pretoria on Tuesday was not anthrax, the Electronic Toll Collection said. Thirty-seven people were decontaminated and hospitalised as a precautionary measure

No one in Mandla Maseko’s family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township deejay is set to rocket into space next year. From the dusty streets of Mabopane, near Pretoria, 25-year-old Maseko has landed a coveted seat to fly 103km into space in 2015, after

The Gauteng highway e-tolling system was disrupted on Tuesday Sanral’s operations centre in Pretoria had to be evacuated, the company said. Roads agency Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona could not say how the system was disrupted. “Our priority is to ensure the safety of the people

There were many unanswered questions about a satellite reportedly commissioned eight years ago under the title “Project Flute”, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. “It is time, after more than eight years and R1bn, for government to provide some straight answers about

Complaints about e-tolling will be taken up by the National Consumer Commission (NCC), but should not be the first line of complaint, commissioner Ebrahim Mohamed said on Monday. “The NCC always encourages consumers to lodge complaints at the point of sale, and attempts

Gauteng motorists not registered for e-tolls should pay their e-toll bills as soon as possible to avoid being charged more, roads agency Sanral said on Sunday. “When you do not have an e-tag and if you do not pay within the stipulated seven days, there is an additional cost, which could

Vusi Mona, spokesman for roads agency Sanral, should resign, the Justice Project South Africa said on Thursday. “JPSA calls upon Vusi Mona to do the honourable thing and resign immediately, failing which, the minister of transport should dismiss

The SA Private Ambulance and Emergency Services Association has condemned Sanral’s insistence that non-government ambulances fit e-tags if they want to use Gauteng freeways, The Times reported on Thursday. “They will force private