Etolls
It’s not over yet: Talks continue over e-tolls
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula met with the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and Automobile Association on Wednesday as part of efforts to find a solution to the unpopular user-pay system.
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Mbalula reiterates govt’s ‘resolve’ to finding e-tolls solution
The minister met with the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and the Automobile Association on Wednesday.
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Cabinet sets August deadline for ‘workable solution’ on e-tolls
President Cyril Ramaphosa tasked his ministers and Gauteng Premier David Makhura to come up with a solution recently.
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MPs to scrutinise Transport budget as govt depts present spending plans
The Transport Budget vote takes centre stage in Parliament on Tuesday, day one of a marathon for the newly minted Parliament.
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Talks on future of e-tolls hard & robust, says Mbalula
While addressing reporters earlier on Monday, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said the finance minister’s hardened attitude towards the debate was understandable.
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'I’m not going to respond to public spats' - Mbalula on e-toll twar
At the 2019 Southern African Transport Conference, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula commented on the future of e-tolls and the recent Twitter row between the Gauteng premier and the finance minister.
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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.
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Ramaphosa urges Mboweni, Mbalula to work with Makhura on e-tolls issue
Ramaphosa said the public spat between Mboweni and Makhura on social media is unfortunate and deeply regrettable.
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Cosatu demands action be taken against Mboweni after e-toll comments
Cosatu's provincial spokesperson Amos Monyela said steps should be taken against the minister.
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Ramaphosa finds Mboweni, Makhura spat 'deeply regrettable'
David Makhura, who wants to scrap e-tolls, clashed with Tito Mboweni who argued it was government policy and therefore motorists must pay their e-toll fees.
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'We won't pay': Mboweni receives backlash for tweets on e-tolls
Tito Mboweni took to his Twitter account to respond to Gauteng Premier David Makhura's stance on e-tolls.
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Dept: Future of e-tolls high on Mbalula's agenda at MEC meeting
The Transport Department said that Minister Fikile Mbalula viewed the push-back against e-tolls as an urgent matter.
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Mbalula to clarify govt’s stance on e-tolls during budget vote
The South African National Roads Agency is owed more than R11 billion in unpaid bills.
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Scrap e-tolls or we'll take action, Msimanga warns Makhura
E-toll gantries went live more than five years ago, but were met with fierce resistance. The opposition continues to grow and is being fuelled by mixed messages from those in power.
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Was Mboweni justified in lashing out at Sanral over e-tolls move?
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said that Sanral’s board should not have taken the decision as it would have significant financial implications.
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E-tolls were 'doomed from the get-go' - Outa
The roads agency's board of directors has passed an urgent resolution, suspending the legal processes aimed at collecting outstanding fees.
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Threats to blacklist motorists over e-toll debt is provocation - Gauteng ANC
Earlier this week, the Electronic Toll Collection warned defaulting toll users not to ignore summons to settle their accounts.
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Credit bureau: You can't be blacklisted for not paying e-tolls
Earlier this week, the Electronic Toll Collection had warned defaulting toll users not to ignore summons to settle their accounts.
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E-tolls collection company applies for 1,400 default judgments for blacklisting
The ETC said since about May last year it had been issuing between 2,000 and 4,000 summons to e-toll users who had ignored notices to cough up.
