E-tolling and its effects since implementation should be reviewed in parliament, Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said on Monday. The DA would ask the transport portfolio committee to do the review over the coming days, Maimane told reporters in Johannesburg
Roads agency Sanral only managed to raise R275m in its July bond auction on Wednesday. “Earlier today, investor confidence was evidently impacted by the pronouncements of the Gauteng premier, David Makhura, ahead of the … July bond auction,” said Sanral. The agency said it had wanted to raise
Recent statements about e-tolls reportedly made by Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi, while positive, are causing confusion, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Tuesday. “In the statement made by the Sunday Independent, Vadi suggests that e-tolls should be replaced by more efficient
Roads agency Sanral on Wednesday defended the accuracy of figures in advertisements it has been ordered to withdraw. “Based on the feedback of the independent auditors, Sanral maintains that the figures used were correct,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said. “We trust that the new facts provided
The constitutional court has dismissed a Democratic Alliance application for leave to appeal against a decision regarding the constitutionality of e-tolling legislation. “[The court] decided it was not in the interest of justice for the constitutional court to hear it [the matter] at this stage,” DA federal executive
Roads agency Sanral said on Monday it will no longer flight e-toll advertisements that the Advertising Standards Authority has labelled as misleading. “We are extremely aware of the scrutiny our advertising is exposed to and as a result we continuously strive to provide information which we believe is truthful and
Cosatu in Gauteng is worried about the extension of the e-tolling system to KwaZulu-Natal, the trade union federation said on Thursday. It proved that roads agency Sanral planned to roll-out the system to the entire country, the trade union federation’s Gauteng secretary, Dumisani Dakile, said in a statement. “The recent announcement that the
KwaZulu-Natal is set to have electronic tolling on the N2 and the N3 by November this year, roads agency Sanral revealed on Wednesday. Unlike in Gauteng, it would not be an additional toll but simply an alternative means of collecting existing tolls, Sanral KwaZulu-Natal and the
Having an e-tag is optional and road users have not been stopped by police for not having one, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Monday. “Sanral is not working with the Johannesburg metro police department to check whether road
Toll tariffs will increase in line with the consumer price index (CPI) on 24 May, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Friday. “Any adjustments to the tariffs are based on the preceding 12 months’ CPI. The average CPI adjustment for Sanral toll tariffs is 5,8%,” it said in a statement. Transport minister Dipuo Peters
