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Claims that roads agency Sanral has been ready to implement e-tolls for the past two years are false, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Thursday. Outa chairman Wayne Duvenage said Sanral had instead failed itself. “If Sanral were so efficient and their funding predicament

The Democratic Alliance will submit an application to roads agency Sanral on Thursday to gain access to all documentation related to the implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng. DA MP Ian Ollis said this would be done under the Promotion of Access to Information Act

Money collected from e-tolling in Gauteng will not go overseas, roads agency Sanral said on Wednesday. “Of course, everyone is now jumping on the political bandwagon that once e-tolling commences, all the collected monies will be going overseas. This is simply not true,” spokesman Vusi Mona said in a statement

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has raised R2,35m which will go towards its court challenge to e-tolling on Gauteng’s highways, it said on Tuesday. “Just five days later we are able to announce that over R1,35m was raised from the public, plus a further R1m contribution on

The controversial e-tolling system has won an international award for technology, the roads agency Sanral said on Tuesday. “Sanral has just been announced as a winner of an international award for the excellence of its work,” spokesman Vusi Mona said. It was awarded the 2013 Toll

Motorists should get ready for e-tolling on Gauteng highways by obtaining e-tags, the roads agency Sanral said on Sunday. “With the introduction of e-tolling on some highways in Gauteng set to start in the near future, motorists should get their e-tags and register

The implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng highways is imminent, the transport department and the national roads agency said on Sunday. “There are a few steps left in this process, but the implementation of the e-toll system is well on its way

E-tolling on Gauteng roads will begin within the next two months, the roads agency Sanral said on Thursday. “What we are now waiting for is the completion of the parliamentary process, half of which is already done,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said in a statement. “As soon as the national

A constitutional law expert has called on the government to hold a referendum on the e-tolls project, according to a report on Wednesday. By holding a referendum on the controversial issue, the government would demonstrate an interest in people’s opinions on the matter, constitutional

Judge Louis Vorster had misinterpreted a section of the Sanral Act on public consultation to reach his ruling that e-tolling could proceed, the high court in Pretoria heard on Friday. Mike Maritz, for the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa), argued before Vorster that he had “erred fundamentally” in his interpretation