The fight against e-tolls is now in the hands of the people of Gauteng, the DA said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“E-tolling will kill jobs in Gauteng and make it harder for people to make ends meet,” Democratic Alliance spokesman Mmusi Maimane said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“The power of the vote is the surest way to stop tolls.”<\/p>\n
He was responding to the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment on Wednesday dismissing the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (Outa) challenge to e-tolls.<\/p>\n
Judge Fritz Brand refused the appeal against the SA National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral) plans to introduce e-tolls. No costs order was made.<\/p>\n
However, Brand said the order granted by the High Court in Pretoria directing the appellants (Outa) to pay the respondents’ (Sanral) costs was set aside and replaced by a ruling that there be no costs order.<\/p>\n
Outa chairman Wayne Duvenage said the alliance and its lawyers were studying Brand’s judgement.<\/p>\n
Maimane said it was not the end of the road for the fight against e-tolls. He said the DA had contributed R1 million to Outa’s court action because it believed it was important to contest the principle of e-tolling.<\/p>\n
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