Minister faces reality and grants motorists a 15-day reprieve Minister faces reality and grants motorists a 15-day reprieve After weeks of ignoring the chaos and incompetence in his own department, Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula faced reality and granted m... DRIVERS LICENCE GOVERNANCE RTMC TRANSPORT Apr 1, 2022
Don't start a war with motorists over driver's licences, OUTA warns Don't start a war with motorists over driver's licences, OUTA warns The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) estimates that come 1 April 2022, South Africa will still have well over one million motor... ACCOUNTABILITY DRIVERS LICENCE GOVERNANCE RTMC TRANSPORT Mar 29, 2022
A 10-year driver’s licence solution makes sense A 10-year driver’s licence solution makes sense OUTA has informed Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula that extending all current driving licence cards for five years and issuing all new cards for 10 ... DRIVERS LICENCE GOVERNANCE RTMC TRANSPORT Mar 11, 2022
The driving licence deadline may require further extension The driving licence deadline may require further extension Hundreds of thousands of motorists are still struggling to have their expired driving licence cards renewed and OUTA believes the Minister of... DRIVERS LICENCE GOVERNANCE RTMC TRANSPORT Mar 8, 2022
Online fees for vehicle licensing introduces massive hidden tax hikes Online fees for vehicle licensing introduces massive hidden tax hikes OUTA believes that the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s (RTMC) introduction of an online vehicle and driver’s licencing syste... TRANSPORT Feb 18, 2022
South Africa is road-shedding because provincial and local governments don’t maintain roads, not because of e-tolls South Africa is road-shedding because provincial and local governments don’t maintain roads, not because of e-tolls OUTA regards Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula’s explanation for South Africa’s s... E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Feb 17, 2022
OUTA asks high court to give SANRAL CEO 10 days to hand over court-ordered information on the N4 toll contract or face a jail sentence OUTA asks high court to give SANRAL CEO 10 days to hand over court-ordered information on the N4 toll contract or face a jail sentence OUTA has applied to the Pretoria High Court for SANRAL and its CE... ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONCESSIONAIRES COURT CASE SANRAL TOLLS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT Jan 25, 2022
Court declares AARTO unconstitutional and invalid Court declares AARTO unconstitutional and invalid The Pretoria High Court today delivered its ruling on the constitutionality of the AARTO Acts. OUTA challenged the constitutional validity of AARTO an... AARTO ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPORT Jan 13, 2022
OUTA: Decision to scrap e-tolls not final until enacted Decision to scrap e-tolls not final until enacted OUTA notes the Moneyweb article which states that Cabinet has made a decision to scrap e-tolls. While on the face of it this is a welcome and long ove... E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Nov 29, 2021
Court orders SANRAL to give OUTA the N4 toll road operator’s contract and financial records Court orders SANRAL to give OUTA the N4 toll road operator's contract and financial records OUTA has won a high court order against SANRAL, which orders the national roads agency to hand over a copy o... ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONCESSIONAIRES SANRAL TOLLS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT Nov 16, 2021
Could e-tolls be funding corruption? Could e-tolls be funding corruption? Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula responded to questions in Parliament on Wednesday about the future of the defunct e-toll scheme, saying that a date for the decis... ACCOUNTABILITY E-TOLLS ETOLLS GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY SANRAL TRANSPORT Sep 29, 2021
E-toll debt is no reason to hold onto a failed scheme E-toll debt is no reason to hold onto a failed scheme The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) suggests that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana waives all outstanding e-toll debt. Godongwana was repor... BUDGET E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Sep 15, 2021