E-toll case: Afriforum wants in
Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum applied to the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday to be admitted as a friend of the court in an action against e-tolling.
Judge Bill Prinsloo said the body had to show the court it had an interest in the matter.
AfriForum Lawyer Greta Engelbrecht said AfriForum had been concerned about e-tolling from the outset.
“AfriForum has 36,000 members, of which 45 percent reside in Gauteng and are liable to use the roads. AfriForum represents their interests.”
Engelbrecht said the group should be given the chance to make submissions to the court that were relevant and useful.
“It must be something novel… not what the applicants have already said. AfriForum can do this as it draws attention to the publication of tariffs,” she said.
AfriForum was asking the court to consider whether the publication of the e-toll tariffs on April 13 complied with Section 27 of the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) Act.
It wanted the court to look at whether the classification of vehicles was warranted.
Engelbrecht said AfriForum was saying “enough is enough”.
Earlier, Prinsloo ruled that the Opposition to Urban Tolling Association (Outa) had proved that the matter was urgent.
Outa wants to stop Sanral from levying and collecting toll fees. It also wants the declaration of parts of the N1, N3, N4, N12, and R21 as toll roads to be set aside.
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