Gauteng e-toll system to cease, taxpayers to shoulder debt burden
As of April 12, 2024, the e-toll system in Gauteng will cease, yet taxpayers face footing the bill for its debt.
As of April 12, 2024, the e-toll system in Gauteng will cease, yet taxpayers face footing the bill for its debt.
Motorists in Gauteng will be breathing a collective sigh of relief after Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed “we are now ready to start a new life without e-tolls in Gauteng”.
Cabinet will announce its decision on the future of e-tolls as a funding mechanism for Gauteng freeways in October this year.
PRASA has terminated the employment of CEO Zolani Matthews, Western Cape sees Covid-19 resurgence and Plett Rage festival to go ahead.
Unemployment in SA continued to accelerate in the third quarter, reaching 34.9%, up from 34.4% in the preceding three months.
OUTA CEO and founder Wayne Duvenage joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg to discuss possible issues surrounding the scrapping e-tolls for good.
Sanral has spent an estimated R5.3 billion on trying to recover e-tolls from motorists who are unwilling and unlikely to pay, an analysis from OUTA has showed.
Outa has actively been a part of the resistance against e-tolls. Outa’s civic-activist CEO, Wayne Duvenage, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss the ‘imminent’ victory.
South Africa is planning to scrap e-tolls in the nation’s main commercial hub, Gauteng Member of the Executive Council for Transport Jacob Mamabolo said.
Sanral has released a media statement on its contracts with long distance toll concessionaires and denies making excessive profits on taxpayers’ backs.