Posts tagged with 'E-toll'

 

7th Brics loan worth R7 billion to be granted to the SA National Roads Agency, controlled by ANC regime will probably not be used for optimal benefits for road users

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The “new Development Bank” known as Brics Bank, has approved the lending of R7bn to the state-owned entity Sanral.

This is the seventh loan to South Africa that Brics has granted, and the latest loans are considered another step closer to junk status.

The SA National Roads Agency (SANRAL), which initially intended to realize huge profits from e-toll, has failed miserably, and financial experts consider the entity as another state-run institution that does not raise the financial burden.

To date, Sanral has not been able to raise sufficient funds to keep national roads in good shape, and there is no concern that the R7bn will not be well managed so as to realize optimal benefits for road users.

The Brics countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa set up the Brics Bank to counter the IMF

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80% of Gauteng motorists refuse to pay tolls – This ANC-initiative has been a disaster since onset

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The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, has come to the fore with his negotiations on the existence of the controversial e-toll in the Central Transvaal.

He held discussions with Outa, the AA agency, and several union leaders to get views and views on the matter.

Mbalula later told the media that the government is currently strongly considering the possibility of waiving the e-toll due to the long-standing resistance that causes it to operate at a total loss as 80% of motorists refuse tolls to pay.

To date, the government has been reluctant to comply with the demands and has even offered to reduce the toll tariff by 70%, but this has been rejected by numerous agencies.

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E-toll fight not yet finalized – ANC regime divided over controversial system, billion rands of outstanding debt not yet recovered

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The battle between the big municipalities of Pretoria and Johannesburg against the ANC government are still ongoing.

With Minister Tito Mboweni’s view that e-toll has come to stay, and that consumers have to pay their tolls, it is clear that the ANC is still deeply divided on the desirability of the controversial system or not.

Mayors say the e-toll is not needed for Gauteng, and should be discontinued, but experts say the expensive system will not be removed with a yes so easily.

The biggest opponent is Outa, who is positive of winning the battle with the divisions in the ANC, especially not to collect billions of rand of outstanding debt

The argument that a R0-10 fuel levy will ensure much more revenue to maintain roads is supported by a large proportion of governments’ parliamentarians.

Opinion polls believe the e-toll system was chosen because it was accompanied by a corruption bribe, but no evidence could be found.
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Road users who do not pay their E-toll are now in SERIOUS TROUBLE: Sanral is now blacklisting motorists for unpaid fees

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A Gauteng resident learned this week that he was blacklisted for e-toll fees to the tune of R60 000.

As reported by Shaun Smillie The Saturday Star, at least 25 other motorists also received default judgments of unpaid e-tolls fees from the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral).

Outa’s Rudie Heyneke told the publication that Sanral legally has a right to blacklist defaulters, but added that it’s unethical. He explained:

“Legally, they have the right to do this. The problem that we have is that it is not ethical. We are in the advanced stages of a test case that is testing the lawfulness of the e-toll scheme.”

Another concern, Heyneke remarks, is that the e-Natis system used to obtain a motorist’s details is not always a reliable source of data. The system is riddled with incorrect addresses, names and vehicle details.

This leads to motorists not being aware or informed when a summons is issued against them. As in t
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