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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Lesufi's number plate lie

    Lesufi's number plate lie Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's claim that cars spending over 30 days a month in the province need to have GP number plates is false. The Gauteng Provincial Government launched a six-month pilot of the "smart" number plates last week, over two and half years after...
  2. 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...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    How much more you are coughing up per tank of petrol — 2013 vs 2023

    How much more you are coughing up per tank of petrol — 2013 vs 2023 South African motorists are paying as much as R990.40 more to fill their tank in October 2023 than they were 10 years ago. While the government's taxes on a litre of fuel are partially to blame, the most significant increases...
  4. Jan

    Cape Town might take over traffic fines from Aarto, but you'll still get demerit points

    Municipalities could avoid losing millions in speeding fines to Aarto — but you will still get demerit points Municipalities should still be able to collect fines for some traffic violations once the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act comes into effect. However...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big questions raised over areas without load-shedding

    Big questions raised over areas without load-shedding Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage and energy expert Chris Yelland have expressed concerns over how certain areas in South Africa are possibly being exempted from load-shedding without the appropriate regulatory approval...
  6. Jan

    Outa warns Karpowerships could cost South Africa R500 billion

    Karpowerships will cost South Africa half-a-trillion rand Using power ships to alleviate load-shedding could cost South Africa R500 billion, according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa). After several legal and environmental regulatory setbacks, the government's plan to use Turkish...
  7. Jan

    Gordhan's department to appeal High Court ruling ordering load-shedding exemptions

    Pravin Gordhan will appeal load-shedding exemption court order South African public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said his department would appeal a court ruling that government hospitals, state schools and police buildings be exempted from power cuts. The department has “serious...
  8. Jan

    South Africa's fuel taxes from 2008 to 2023

    South Africa's petrol price nightmare Fuel taxes and profit margins in South Africa have tripled over the past 15 years, with the various levies and retail and wholesale margins now making up 45% of the total fuel price. Year-on-year fuel tax and margin increases have exceeded the consumer...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Just extend licence card expiry period already — Outa

    Just extend licence card expiry period already — Outa The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) believes extending driver's licence card validity periods to eight years is a step in the right direction but isn't happy with the minister's approach to passing the necessary legislation. Transport...
  10. Jan

    South Africa's driving licence card printing machine has broken down again

    South Africa's only driver's licence card printing machine breaks again South African motorists could face further delays when renewing their driver's licence card as the country's only printing machine has broken down for the second time in less than a year. This is according to the Eastern...
  11. Jan

    Fikile Mbalula explains in court documents why South Africa's driving licence cards expire

    Why South African driver's licence cards expire every five years South Africa's driving licence cards are valid for five years because the material they were originally made from was believed to only last that long. That is according to court documents filed by transport minister Fikile...
  12. Jan

    Outa warns government could hijack fuel price decrease to pay for e-tolls

    Big petrol price drop could be hijacked with e-toll levy The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) worries that finance minister Enoch Godongwana will use an expected fuel price drop in September as an opportunity to squeeze in a levy to replace Gauteng's e-tolls. Outa warned that Godongwana...
  13. Jan

    Mbalula presenting plans for new licence card and revising five-year expiry to cabinet

    South Africa's plan for digital driver's licence cards Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that he is ready to present his proposal for a new digital driver's licence card to cabinet ministers. He said the proposal includes re-looking at the five-year validity period that currently...
  14. Jan

    What needs to change with South Africa's new driver's licence cards - OUTA and AA

    South Africa is getting new driver's licence cards — What needs to change South Africa is set to get new and improved driver's licence cards before the end of 2023, but industry stakeholders have pointed out that the main improvements in the licencing system don't need to wait until then...
  15. Jan

    Outa calls on government to extend R1.50 general fuel levy relief

    South Africa faces colossal petrol price increase The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) wants the government to extend the R1.50 general fuel levy relief for another month to prevent an increase of around R2.50 in July 2022. "We really do need to see longer-term solutions, but for now, the...
  16. Jan

    South Africa has "no choice" but to extend fuel levy relief

    South Africa faces biggest petrol price hike in history The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says finance minister Enoch Godongwana has no choice but to extend fuel price relief measures. This is despite the R1.50 fuel levy reduction costing government R2.7 to R2.8 billion each month...
  17. Jan

    South African government turning licensing services into profit centres - Outa

    Online licence system’s hidden price hikes — one went from R150 to R530 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has said that the Road Traffic Management Corporation's (RTMC) fees for South Africa's new online vehicle and driving licence renewal system are exorbitant. Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage...
  18. Jan

    Driver's licence printer mess - what Fikile Mbalula is not telling South Africans

    What Fikile Mbalula is not telling South Africans about the driver’s licence debacle Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage said transport minister Fikile Mbalula is not providing South Africans with accurate information about the ongoing driver’s licence debacle. Thousands of motorists are stuck with...
  19. Jan

    Driver's licences, Department of Transport a money-making empire - Outa

    Driver’s licence chaos in South Africa — with a big revelation about the real reason An investigation by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) revealed that the delay in issuing driver’s licences is partly caused by a money-making racket at a government department. Approximately half a...
  20. Jan

    Why there is only one driving licence printing machine in all of South Africa

    Why South Africa only has one driver’s licence printing machine South Africa only has one machine that can print driving licence cards to avoid giving corrupt officials a gap to flood the country with fraudulent driver’s licences. This is according to the spokesperson of the Automobile...
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