The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says it is seeking clarity from the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) on whether the agency intends to press ahead with civil and criminal judgments against Gauteng motorists in the first half of 2017. This is not withstanding Outa’s continued engagements with Sanral over a possible "test case" that could bring clarity over the liability of provincial motorists, who owe about R6.2bn to the agency. Outa said on Monday that it understood Sanral was preparing to pursue criminal and civil judgments against some of the estimated 2.9-million provincial motorists who were not paying their e-tolls. Outa chairman Wayne Duvenage said the organisation believed Sanral was attempting to subvert an inevitable court process that would indicate that "it is not unlawful not to pay your e-tolls". Outa remained concerned that Sanral would press ahead with summonses before a court had made a decision. Outa and Sanral have agreed to co-operate on the ...
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