Millions of Gauteng motorists dodge their e-toll bills
ORGANISATION for Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) members have to cough up for their e-toll bills, insists the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral), which is battling to get millions of motorists in Gauteng to pay up.Transport Minister Dipuo Peters confirmed in Parliament that Sanral had more than 1.4-million registered e-tag account holders but there are more than 2.9-million accounts owing tolls.It was in this context of sustained civil disobedience against e-tolling that Sanral was talking to Outa’s lawyers about the viability of a test case on e-toll exemption, Sanral said in a statement.In March, Sanral said it would begin issuing summonses to motorists who failed to pay their e-toll bills, but Outa challenged the legality of the summonses. In September, Outa agreed that the issue was creating confusion.Outa is defending 152 of its members who have received summonses. An agreement with Sanral could govern how the claims against these members and other e-toll defaulters will be ...
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