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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.
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Road rage: Motorists to pay more for toll fees & fuel
As of 1 March 2019, motorists will have to fork out more almost 5% more for toll fees, nationally and in Gauteng, just days before an expected fuel price increase.
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E-tolls receiving urgent attention from national govt, says Makhura
Sanral’s failed e-tolling project has been in place for over five years now with no clear indication on how the system, with debt exceeding R40 billion, will be financed.
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[WATCH] 'ANC has kept Gauteng residents in the dark about e-tolls'
DA premier candidate Solly Msimanga says the ANC has not set the record straight on what's happening with e-tolls in the province.
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Msimanga wants to scrap e-tolls as sign of real leadership
DA members marched to David Makhura’s office in Newtown to put pressure on him to take stronger action to ensure the controversial system does not exist for much longer.
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DA to march to Gauteng Premier’s office to end e-tolls
The DA delegation will include Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba, the party’s Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga and Midvaal Mayor Bongani Baloyi.
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Sanral seeking clarity on e-tolls once and for all
Today marks exactly half a decade since the e-toll gantries went live on the province's highways with only 30% of motorists actually paying their bills.
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Current e-tolls funding model won't exist in 6 months, says ANC's Lesufi
Last month, the ANC in Gauteng marched with civil society organizations to the Union Buildings to call on president Cyril Ramaphosa to scrap e-tolls and replace it with another model.
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[WATCH] E-tolls: Where are we 5 years on?
Today marks five years since the controversial e-tolling system went live on Gauteng highways. Sanral paints a bleak picture of how congested the provincial roads will be in the near future, while a former road engineer says the solution is to scrap e-tolls but use the infrastructure otherwise.
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Sanral wants certainty around legality of e-tolls
Sanral's Vusi Mona says a case manager has been appointed in the High Court to make sure there is progress on the e-tolls test case.
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Blade Nzimande: Govt hasn’t taken any decision to scrap e-tolls
The Transport Minister says continued refusal to pay e-tolls will lead to the deterioration of the road network and defaulting on the money borrowed to build them.
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Makhura confident Ramaphosa will do something about e-tolls
Makhura says the ANC in the province and its national structures have been united on the scrapping of e-tolls.
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'Only the ANC can scrap e-tolls'
Gauteng Premier David Makhura says only the ANC can resolve the e-tolling matter and encouraged residents to vote for the party.
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Jeff Radebe receives memorandum from e-toll protesters
Hundreds of residents and members of civil rights groups joined the ANC and marched to the Union Buildings where a memorandum was handed over.
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Makhura leads march against e-tolls, DA labels it ‘ironic’
The ANC is split over whether to do away with the controversial system, with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni last week telling South Africans to pay up.
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Cosatu slams Mboweni's stance on e-tolls
The trade union federation is hoping to hand over a memorandum to President Cyril Ramaphos, calling once again for the scrapping of e-tolls.
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Gauteng ANC members to picket against e-tolls
The party in the province is calling for the system to be scrapped and to be replaced with a payment method which is more affordable for residents.
