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Outa: E-tolling system has failed and Sanral should take blame, not the public
This is in response to the roads agency's CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma calling for a final decision on the future of e-tolls, which should be in the interest of the...
The contentious e-tolling system has been dragging on for more than six years, with many motorists refusing to pay or simply unable to fork out the extra cost each month.
EWN sat down with the roads agency’s CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma for a wide-ranging interview.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse wants to force the National Roads Agency, through the PAIA Act, to disclose information about contracts.
A summary of bailouts of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the last 12 years shows how the government has allocated R162 billion to financially distressed SOES.
Once again, there's much anticipation that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will make an announcement scrapping e-tolls when he delivers his Budget Speech on Wednesday afternoon.
They've accused Sanral of failing to maintain the N2 saying thousands of motorists were at risk because a large sink-hole was beginning to form.
Affected routes include the N3 towards Durban, the N1 towards Limpopo and the N14 to the Northern Cape.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has made turning around Eskom and other failing state companies a priority as he struggles to reverse years of stagnant growth, injecting billions of rand in rescue funds.
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Mbalula joined the Johannesburg Metro Police Department as it launched its festive season safety campaign on Monday.
Following the latest fatal crash, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula will lead a delegation of senior officials to various sections of the road where he’s expected to engage in a number of safety initiatives.
Commission chairperson Professor Dan Plaatjies said the government must be decisive and speak with one voice on e-tolls.
Four months ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a task team to come up with a solution for the controversial e-tolls system in Gauteng as the majority of motorists were refusing to pay their bills.
According to the road agency's financial statements, Sanral has only been able to collect R4.5 billion to date; well below their R16 billion target.
Sanral said its officials responded to the scene within four minutes and it took almost two hours to secure and clear the scene.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is part of a presidential task team formed to find a solution to the debacle, which has seen outright public defiance of the e-tolling system.
The Transport Department said that Minister Fikile Mbalula viewed the push-back against e-tolls as an urgent matter.
The South African National Roads Agency is owed more than R11 billion in unpaid bills.