{"id":49737,"date":"2013-11-20T10:34:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T08:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=49737"},"modified":"2013-11-20T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T11:15:30","slug":"e-tolls-get-a-start-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/49737\/e-tolls-get-a-start-date\/","title":{"rendered":"E-tolls get a start date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters<\/a> has announced that\u00a0e-tolls will commence on 3 December 2013 on Gauteng’s highways.<\/p>\n

In September, President Jacob Zuma<\/a> signed into law the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill, giving Sanral<\/a> the nod to start e-tolling on Gauteng\u2019s freeways.<\/p>\n

DA<\/a> Premier Candidate for Gauteng,\u00a0Mmusi Maimane<\/a>, on Tuesday (19 November) outlined his\u00a0plan to fight e-tolling in Gauteng as part of an election campaign ahead of \u00a0the 2014 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to fight against this system at every turn,\u201d Maimane said.<\/p>\n

Last week, the DA submitted papers to the High Court. The party\u00a0is of the view that the \u201ce-tolling\u201d Bill was incorrectly passed by Parliament and signed into law by President Jacob Zuma.\u00a0The party believes that it was incorrectly tagged and should be declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

The SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) has in excess of 1.4 million unsold e-tags, according to Transport Minister Peters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSanral procured 2,107,000 e-tags over the past three years; [a total of] 1,427,900 have not been allocated,\u201d she said in a written reply to a parliamentary question.<\/p>\n

The figures imply 679,100 e-tags have been sold, though\u00a0Wayne Duvenage<\/a>, head of Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance<\/a> – who has long fought against the tolling system – believes even that figure is questionable.<\/p>\n

“Sanral have misled the public on e-tag sales in the past,” Duvenage said. “Clearly the low uptake is a message from society and the system will fail unless they achieve sufficient e-tags use and buy in from the people.”<\/p>\n

“We are aware that once they announce e-tolls commencement, there will be a number of people going out to buy tags, but we believe this will not be enough and the system will fail – it’s just a matter of time,” Duveange said.<\/p>\n

More on e-tolls<\/h3>\n

E-toll December date disputed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

E-tags: millions unsold<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA warns of e-tolls phase 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA sends e-tolls back to court<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA to launch new legal action against E-tolls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA to fund Outa e-toll legal fees<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA confesses to e-toll billboards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Outa vs E-tolls: what next?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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