E-tolls unconstitutional and invalid?

Garyvdh said:
Seems to me like 5/6 people have refused to get tagged and refused to pay. That is hardly bending over as you say.
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I see far too many E-Tags on the cars in the opposite lane when going down the highway, looks roughly like half of them.
 
Ancalagon said:
The theory is good, but that does not mean it applies in practice.

When Zuma can appoint his own supreme court buddies it kinda goes out the window doesnt it?
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He might hire them but he can't fire them. And there is still no evidence that those appointed by him favour the state in their rulings. Almost all rulings come under scrutiny by experts, the ones that matter anyway. And not all of the judges on the bench are his appointees, their terms don't coincide with his.
 
R13... said:
He might hire them but he can't fire them. And there is still no evidence that those appointed by him favour the state in their rulings. Almost all rulings come under scrutiny by experts, the ones that matter anyway. And not all of the judges on the bench are his appointees, their terms don't coincide with his.
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I'm sure the "small" talk
But the National Treasury approached the Constitutional Court to ask for the order to be overturned.
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had nothing to with this:
http://ewn.co.za/2012/09/20/Govenrment-can-implement-e-tolling-immediately--ConCourt

I'm sure the judges "spontaneously" decided it.
 
Did anyone think the government would rule one of its own tax measures as unconstitutional?
 
Garyvdh said:
Nothing on Twitter yet.
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The judge blocked twitter reporting because the general population would be offended and disgusted by what was said (like the Oscar Trial).
 
CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s legal bid to have the law governing e-tolls deemed unconstitutional has been dismissed by the Western Cape High Court.

The judgment was handed down a short while ago.

The official opposition approached the courts after the bill was passed in September and was challenging the constitutionality of the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill.

The DA’s legal counsel Willie Duminy on Wednesday argued the law governing e-tolls had been passed incorrectly, telling the court it should have been tagged in Parliament as a Section 76 bill instead of a Section 75 bill.

The difference between the two is that Section 75 bills are only debated in Parliament while Section 76 bills are debated in Parliament and the provinces.

The DA’s Mmusi Maimane says, “Obviously we’re disappointed but the fight for motorists must continue. We’ll consider the judgment.”

Despite widespread protests against e-tolls, the system went live in Johannesburg on 3 December.

The system has been plagued with billing problems ever since.
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http://ewn.co.za/2014/03/13/DA-loses-e-toll-court-bid
 
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