Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has been urged not to hike taxes and instead focus on cutting down on the size and cost of government, and privatise state-owned enterprises. Wayne Duvenage, who started Outa as a body to fight road
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Civil rights body the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has voiced what it terms its disgust at the mandatory tariff hikes announced by roads agency Sanral in recent government gazette notices
The use of an SMS that directs Gauteng e-toll users to pay outstanding fees is illegal, said the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Wednesday. Outa, which changed its name from Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance recently, said it
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said it is “astonished and incensed” by acting chairman of the parliamentary portfolio committee on transport Leonard Ramatlakane’s assertion that the civil rights body is not opposed to Gauteng’s e-tolls. Ramatlakane said in a
A single mother should not have to worry about having enough funds to pay for e-tolls at the end of the month, on top of everything else. This was one of the arguments that the
The group that has stood up against e-tolls is widening its scope to challenge poor governance, maladministration and corruption around South Africa. The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance will expand its fight against e-tolls to include campaigns that will focus on government’s
Roads agency Sanral has allegedly started texting messages to Gauteng drivers who have shunned paying their e-toll fees, telling them to pay up or face action, an anti-tolls group said on Friday
More than 100 000 South Africans heeded a warning to comment on a gazette that an anti-tolling group said could coerce protesting e-toll users into paying their fines. With Wednesday being
A department of transport gazette published in December could be a veiled attempt by government to fine motorists who are boycotting the e-toll system. That is the concern raised by Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance chairman Wayne Duvenage
On the second anniversary of the launch of e-tolls, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance looks back at a system it says “was doomed from the outset”. Gauteng’s e-toll scheme was launched exactly two years ago, on 3 December 2013. This