The ANC in Gauteng wants to submit alternatives to e-tolling in the province, chairman Paul Mashatile said on Sunday. “Conference did not talk about scrapping the e-tolls. We said we don’t support e-tolling in its current form,” he told reporters at the
National government, through roads agency Sanral, makes policy governing the e-tolling system on Gauteng roads, the transport department said on Friday. “There’s only one centre of policy making as far as government is concerned and that’s national government,” said department spokesman
Trade union federation Cosatu in Gauteng will burn e-tags and bills during a protest outside roads agency Sanral’s office in Pretoria next month, provincial secretary Dumisani Dakile said on Tuesday. “All those who had bought the e-tags need to be afforded an opportunity
The Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) group said on Tuesday it was confused by transport minister Dipuo Peters’ stance on the e-tolls review. During a radio interview on Monday, Peters said there would be no review of the user-pays principle. She claimed that Gauteng premier David Makhura
Dimension Data Middle East and Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba has called on communications regulator Icasa and government to ensure that high-demand spectrum in the so-called “digital dividend” bands and at 2,6GHz are
Cape Town will not have tolled freeways like Gauteng, the roads agency Sanral has said. “Firstly, whereas in Gauteng we went out to borrow money in order to build the road, with Cape Town we will be appointing a concessionaire on a
Roads agency Sanral will heed transport minister Dipuo Peters’ call for the prosecution of non-paying e-toll users to be halted for now. Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said that the company acted according to its shareholder’s directive. “The minister represents the shareholder – the government
Transport minister Dipuo Peters has announced a “reprieve” for the users of Gauteng’s toll roads. Opening debate in parliament on her department’s budget, she told MPs this was being done “to make it easier for people to comply” with e-tolls. The concessions included a “further extension of the
Prosecutors have been appointed to work with roads agency Sanral to deal with non-payment of e-tolls, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed on Tuesday. “We have assigned two prosecutors to work with Sanral with the view to establish whether the activities by some
Roads agency Sanral is engaging with two advocates to begin prosecuting Gauteng road users who are not paying e-tolls, it was reported on Tuesday. Eyewitness News said it had learnt that the two senior prosecutors have begun meeting with Sanral officials at the state-owned company’s headquarters in Midrand
