{"id":52481,"date":"2014-01-31T00:05:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T22:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=52481"},"modified":"2014-01-31T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T07:14:16","slug":"what-is-really-happening-behind-closed-doors-at-sanral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/52481\/what-is-really-happening-behind-closed-doors-at-sanral\/","title":{"rendered":"What is really happening behind closed doors at Sanral?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa<\/a>) aims to put pressure on the\u00a0South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral<\/a>) to come clean about the \u00a0number of\u00a0e-tags registered, revenue collected, and its handling of complaints.<\/p>\n

Outa spokesperson, John Clarke said\u00a0that it is making good progress in collating and analysing the complaints it has received from angry motorists, following the implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng’s freeways on 3 December 2013.<\/p>\n

These complaints, Clarke said, will be mediated to the Public Protector before the weekend.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month,\u00a0Outa said it had received complaints running into the thousands from people regarding incorrect and threatening e-toll bills being sent to them via e-mail and SMS.<\/p>\n

“What is abundantly clear so far is that allegations of dishonesty and the violation of the right of access to information is supported by the evidence” said Clarke.<\/p>\n

“So let’s put pressure on Sanral CEO Mr Alli to tell us what is really happening behind the closed doors of the operations centre in terms of e-tags registered, revenue collected, handling of complaints, etc.”<\/p>\n

Outa has also questioned Sanral’s claims that close on one million e-tags had been registered to date. The\u00a0auditor general\u2019s office was set to begin its audit of Sanral this in January, ahead of the financial year end on March 31.<\/p>\n

\"DA<\/a>

DA E-tolls Billboard<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Legal pressure on Sanral<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outa also noted on its Facebook page that a private group, known as \u201cFAIR E-TOLL BILLING\u201d has mandated Findlay & Niemeyer Attorneys to proceed with a matter compelling Sanral to comply with the Consumer Protection Act, and the Constitution.<\/p>\n

“Though OUTA are not driving this Declaratory Order, they will provide supporting evidence from many complainants, and offer their moral support for this independent legal case,” Clarke said.<\/p>\n

He said that the private group aims to have this Declaratory Order heard in Court in February.<\/p>\n

“The benefits to you (and fellow citizens) is enormous from this Court Order. It establishes the consumer fairness boundary that Sanral must abide by. It sends a significant compliance message to Sanral from the Courts. It assists another group to lodge a much more significant follow-on legal challenge to abolish e-tolls as an unjust law,” Outa said.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Alliance has also submitted papers to the High Court in November 2013, arguing that\u00a0the legislation governing e-tolling was\u00a0incorrectly tagged and should be declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

It says that its legal case has been\u00a0set down for 4-5 March 2014.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the Tollgate Action Group (TAG) is also forging ahead with a court case to have e-tolls declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on legal opinions, the TAG is convinced that the e-toll Act (sic) is unconstitutional, that the regulations were issued illegally, and that the e-toll launch date had been announced erroneously,\u201d said spokesman Anton Alberts<\/a>, who is also a Freedom Front Plus<\/a> MP.<\/p>\n

More on Sanral and Outa<\/h3>\n

Public protector called in e-toll billing mess<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

E-tolls: threats, intimidation and a climate of fear<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA e-toll court case looms<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sanral: we\u2019re not lying about e-tags<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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