DA moves to clamp Sanral’s wheels on deciding toll roads
A bill was gazetted on 15 December that proposes amendments to a roads act that will ensure Sanral can’t impose toll roads without consent from its local authority.
Nazir Alli
John Clarke: Nazir’s Nadir – The N2 Wild Coast shortcut.
Social worker John GI Clarke says it is time for Sanral CEO Nazir Alli to get with the 21st Century democratic, inclusive vision articulated in the Preamble to the Constitution.
Heavily congested Cape Town fights e-tolls as Sanral faces Gauteng re-run
Perhaps both parties should consider what the city’s roads are likely to look like in 10 years when e-tolls might be shown to be a very expensive mistake.
National toll tariffs set to increase by 6%
Sanral has stated that national toll tariffs will increase by 6% from this Saturday.
SA in ‘serious trouble’ if e-toll debt is not paid
South Africa would be in ‘serious trouble’ if the existing e-tolling debt was not settled, SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) told the e-toll review panel in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Adcock Ingram vote going down to the wire; The ten most popular reads of the past week
Hi there, Just after Biznews.com launched, mining entrepreneur Bernard Swanepoel wrote us a piece lamenting how hostile takeovers are so difficult under South African law. Swanepoel, of course, spoke from experience. He was Harmony’s CEO when it launched that hostile bid for Goldfields Limited – but failed because of a system that allowed Goldfields to drag things … Read more
e-Tolls: “An example of how to cock things up” – economist Dawie Roodt (with input from SANRAL’s Nazir Alli)
e-Toll Tuesday is behind us. Instead of the bang promised, the public’s reaction was cautious. Many of those who can afford to pay are playing wait-and-see, driving on the toll roads without buying their tags. Among them is economist Dawie Roodt who reckons there’s a good chance e-tags are unconstitutional and therefore illegal. So, like OUTA’s … Read more