Etoll
Mbalula believes there’s an e-toll solution for all
Mbalula said a solution will be found for the current impasse of payment of e-tolls in Gauteng.
Ramaphosa said the public spat between Mboweni and Makhura on social media is unfortunate and deeply regrettable.
Cosatu's provincial spokesperson Amos Monyela said steps should be taken against the minister.
Mboweni and Makhura had the public spat over e-tolls after the premier said he’s committed to scrapping the tolling system during his state of the province address.
The ANC in Gauteng has promised to find a speedy resolution to the protracted e-tolls matter if it retains control of the province while the DA's Solly Msimanga vowed to lodge an intergovernmental dispute with government to stop e-tolls if he won.
Political analyst Dirk Kotze says the latest developments are the repeat of 2015 events, which saw ANC members in Gauteng marching against e-tolls.
The roads agency’s board of directors has passed an urgent resolution, suspending the legal processes aimed at collecting outstanding fees.
Sanral’s e-tolling project has been in place for over five years, and it’s still unclear how the controversial system, with debt exceeding R40 billion, will be financed.
The roads agency says that R130 billion of planned new toll projects for the country remain on ice because they can't be funded.
Owner Verna Naidoo fears that after 20 years, his company will go bust as the e-toll bills are piling up and have now reached almost R2 million.
New board chairperson Themba Mhambi says he and his colleagues have been on a learning mission since they took office in September.
Chief executive officer Skhumbuzo Macozoma says an R128 billion in investment has been lost due to resistance to tolls in other provinces.
Roads agency Sanral has confirmed it will be scrapping debt of more than R3 billion in unpaid e-tolls.
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi revealed the figure in a written reply to a Democratic Alliance parliamentary question.
Last wee Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi told Parliament that ETC has collected R2.9 billion from e-tolling.
The civil action group says it believes Sanral is being presumptuous about using its e-toll victory for other cases in order to retrieve funds.
Sanral has lost an appeal over the right to toll parts of the N2 and N1 in the Western Cape.
The City of Cape Town’s Brett Herron says they are pleased with today’s ruling.
Herman Mashaba says he will not allow motorists to be harassed about e-tolls in his city.