e-tolls

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    E-toll debts not getting scrapped

    E-toll debts not getting scrapped The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) will not scrap outstanding debts for e-tolls in Gauteng after the system's shutdown, but there will seemingly be no effort to collect the debts or serious consequences for failing to pay them. That is according...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nail in the coffin for e-tolls — Shutdown date announced

    Nail in the coffin for e-tolls — Shutdown date announced The official shutdown date for e-tolls in Gauteng has been confirmed, just more than a decade after the much-abhorred system first came into use. The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has published a government gazette...
  4. Jan

    Good riddance, E-tolls

    E-tolls hot potato gets bailout promise — beginning with R23.7 billion Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced that the Gauteng provincial government and national government have agreed to contribute 30% and 70%, respectively, of the South African National Roads Agency's (Sanral) debt and...
  5. Jan

    Sanral tender proposes monetising user data and using E-toll gantries for average speed enforcement

    E-tolls could become speed cameras — and Sanral considers selling user data The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has issued a tender seeking contractors to take over its failed e-toll system and potentially implement several value-added systems. Among the services listed in...
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  6. Jan

    Final e-toll announcement is for sure imminent this time - Mbalula

    Mbalula promises the absolute last final e-toll announcement The South African government will “for sure” announce a solution to e-tolls in October, transport minister Fikile Mbalula said in a media briefing on Thursday. “Between myself and the Minister of Finance [Enoch Godongwana], directed...
  7. Jan

    If Mbalula scraps e-tolls expect a fuel levy increase - Mantashe

    Expect petrol price hike if e-tolls get scrapped — Mantashe The South African Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has warned that fuel prices will continue to increase if e-tolls are scrapped, News24 reported. Mantashe said that if scrapped, e-tolls would be replaced with...
  8. Jan

    Only 5% more e-toll users must stop paying, then government will scrap it - Outa

    Stop paying e-tolls and government must scrap them — Outa Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage believes if just another 5% of e-toll users stopped paying their bills, the government would be forced to finally scrap the system.
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    • e-tolls enoch godongwana fikile mbalula gauteng freeway improvement project (gfip) organisation undoing tax abuse (outa) south african national roads agency limited (sanral) wayne duvenage
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  9. Jan

    South African toll roads operated at a net loss of R529 million

    South African toll roads make R529 million loss The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) reported that between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, toll roads in South Africa made a R529 million loss. Revenues from its Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), better known as...
  10. Jan

    Corruption is probably keeping E-tolls alive - Outa

    Why E-tolls aren't dead yet The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) believes that corruption, or the diversion of funds to areas where it should not be going, is probably the reason government hasn’t shut down E-tolls. “We believe the continued operation of the Gauteng e-tolls, which only...
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    • e-tolls electronic toll collections (etc) kapsch trafficcom organisation undoing tax abuse (outa) proash wayne duvenage
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  11. J

    Licence renewals can be blocked due to unpaid e-tolls - Report

    Licence renewals can be blocked due to unpaid e-tolls - Report In a notice issued to South African motorists via its website, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) states that new licence discs can be withheld from drivers until their e-toll bill is settled. The agency confirmed...
  12. J

    E-tolls on their way out

    E-tolls on their way out The Gauteng government is confident that e-tolls are on their way out and expects a “major announcement” from President Cyril Ramaphosa soon. In recent years many organisations, including the ANC in Gauteng, Cosatu, and the SACP, have called for e-tolls to be scrapped.
  13. J

    New e-toll plan could charge drivers 10c per gantry

    New e-toll plan could charge drivers 10c per gantry The task team created by President Ramaphosa aims to propose a number of solutions to the problem of e-tolls, comprising plans which see the system scrapped entirely as well as a plan which would see toll rates be discounted dramatically...
  14. J

    New South African toll prices for 2019

    New South African toll prices for 2019 Transport minister Blade Nzimande has approved the adjustment of toll tariffs on national roads for 2019. The announcement was published in the Government Gazette on 1 February.
  15. J

    Transport minister refutes reports that e-toll laws will be changed

    Transport minister refutes reports that e-toll laws will be changed Transport minister Joe Maswanganyi on Tuesday refuted a media report that government has proposed new laws "following the dismal failure of e-tolling revenue collection from Gauteng motorists who owe more that R6bn in unpaid...
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    If you don’t pay e-tolls I will lay criminal charges against you – Sanral CEO

    If you don’t pay e-tolls I will lay criminal charges against you – Sanral CEO Sanral CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma has threatened to lay criminal charges against members of the public who have not paid their e-tolls. Sanral also plans to obtain default judgments against those who ignored...
  17. Kevin Lancaster

    e-Tolls have failed – let’s stop it now

    e-Tolls have failed – let’s stop it now OUTA has said that the e-Toll scheme’s compliance is less than 20% and virtually unenforceable.
  18. Kevin Lancaster

    This is how many people have taken Sanral’s 60% e-toll discount

    This is how many people have taken Sanral’s 60% e-toll discount The Electronic Toll Collection company has said that motorists are rushing to take Sanral’s 60% discount on e-tolls offer.
  19. patrick123

    Sanral argues the case for why Outa is wrong about costs.

    http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/transport/2016/04/13/sanral-argues-the-case-for-why-outa-is-wrong-about-costs
  20. Kevin Lancaster

    Sort out e-toll non-payments now: AA

    Sort out e-toll non-payments now: AA The more urgent issue for Gauteng motorists is a need to resolve the ongoing impasse regarding payment or non-payment of e-tolls, the AA said on Tuesday.
  21. Kevin Lancaster

    Less than 9% of motorists comply with e-tolls: Outa

    Less than 9% of motorists comply with e-tolls: Outa Outa says that e-tolls in Gauteng have failed, and that the government is inviting a tax revolt by linking e-toll payments to vehicle licences.
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