Tax group ends e-toll test case with road agency
Opposition for Undoing Tax Abuse ends legal engagements with Sanral, which will speed up its bid to get the lawfulness of tolling system before the courts
Civil society organisation the Opposition for Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) pulled out of legal engagements with the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) over a possible test case for unpaid e-tolls bills. This move would speed up Outa’s bid to get the lawfulness of the tolling system before the courts and follows delays and hurdles in the organisation’s attempts to get information from Sanral for the case, Outa transport portfolio director Ben Theron said on Wednesday. Since June 2016, Outa and Sanral lawyers have been in discussions about the feasibility of a test case for the nonpayment of e-tolls, something that may give legal clarity on both the lawfulness of the tolling system.
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