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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hands off André de Ruyter
Many organisations, including Business Unity South Africa and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, want Eskom CEO André de Ruyter to remain in his position.
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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.
South Africans could be paying R200 less per tank of petrol
Transport specialist and Stellenbosch university professor Stephan Krygsman says that South African motorists could easily pay R3.50 to R4.00 per litre less for fuel.
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...
Bad news about driver's licences that expire before March 2022
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has confirmed to MyBroadband that drivers whose licence cards expire between 1 September 2021 and 31 March 2022 have not been given an extension to renew their licence cards.
Transport...
Driver's licence renewal mess — no choice but to extend preposterous deadline
The Department of Transport will have no choice but to extend the 31 August 2021 deadline for renewing driver's licences again, Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage has said.
"The broken system that government is relying on has...
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Driver's licence extortion in South Africa
A MyBroadband reader was told they would be arrested if they ever get pulled over in a roadblock thanks to an unpaid R370 fine from 2018 that they were never informed about.
The only reason the reader found out about the outstanding fine is because...
South Africa’s new driver’s licence points demerit system will fail like E-tolls
If South Africa’s roads authorities press on with the rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) without making revisions, it will fail just like E-tolls.
This is the warning from...
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E-toll concessions don’t make it rational: OUTA
OUTA has welcomed E-toll concessions from the Minister of Transport, but said that the reprieve still won’t make the system work more efficiently.
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e-toll or face jail time says Sanral
Motorists who haven’t paid their e-toll bills in 30 days will face jail time, says Sanral. JPSA calls it toothless fear-mongering