The south african national roads agency sanral
Teti Traffic contract workers to hand over memorandum to Sanral
Striking workers are demanding a salary increase, saying some of them are battling to make ends meet.
Teti Traffic contract workers have gone ahead with strike action for a 130% salary hike.
Outa says Sanral is now focusing on businesses that signed the e-toll contract, but have stopped paying.
The roads agency will increase toll fees by five percent from 1 March.
Outa says roads agency Sanral is only making a mockery of the e-tolling scheme.
Sanral’s lawyer told the court that the roads agency does not have the money to upgrade the highways.
The roads agency says the city waited too long to bring its review application to court.
The city’s lawyer has argued that the tolling projects were approved without knowing its cost.
The deputy president says the national and Gauteng fiscus will provide funds to close the gap.
The company contracted to handle e-toll bills says the closures were part of the original plan.
After four months Makhura has now received the report which includes input from the public.
Outa has called for a debate in a bid to challenge Roelof Botha’s economic reasoning behind e-tolling.
Sanral says if the system wasn’t implemented, the province wouldn’t be able to afford to upgrade the highways.
Alli says false information about e-tolls and Sanral is being spread by the media.
Nazir Alli says other funding methods like a fuel levy increase would adversely impact poorer South Africans.
An Anti-e-tolls drive slow is underway through the streets of Johannesburg en route to Sanral’s head offices.
David Makhura says Sanral should make up its own mind about whether it wants to participate.
The commission of inquiry into the forced eviction process will hand over its findings on Tuesday next week.
Sanral says it awaits a response from David Makhura for an ‘in camera discussion’ on e-tolling.