Court applications have been filed by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) and Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum. The DA and Cosatu planned to protest in the streets.

Outa would be in the Pretoria High Court today to seek an urgent interdict to stop the launch of the e-tolling system on April 30.

The alliance's chairman Wayne Duvenhage said yesterday: "This is so as to give judges time to review arguments in the matter and then make a decision on whether to have the system outlawed or not. The entire e-tolling process is very complex and expensive, and it's going to be costly to manage."

The issue of summonses was also a key point of Outa's argument. Duvenhage said the implementation of e-tolling would put added pressure on an already strained criminal justice system as the number of monthly summonses sent to motorists who didn't pay their toll fees would increase "considerably".

"More than 10%, even 15%, of road users would be non-compliant and this will lead to a huge amount of summonses. There will be lots of non-compliance ."

Outa estimated that more than a million summonses would be issued per month.

The South African National Roads Agency Limited's (Sanral) argument, was that it would suffer a loss of income if the levying of tolls was delayed, and that it would be forced to renege on its agreement with Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), which Sanral had contracted to collect the tolls.

The National Treasury has also applied for leave to intervene in the case.

The DA, meanwhile, planned to show its support for Outa by protesting outside the courthouse today from 10am. Spokeswoman Kelly Miller said its members would be out in full force, and called on the public and other organisations to join them.

Cosatu, which has a membership of two million, was planning countrywide mass protests. A protest was planned at Sanral's offices tomorrow, spokesman Patrick Craven said.

Sanral yesterday took out full-page newspaper adverts showing a map of the tolled roads. The system affects a 185km stretch of the N1, N3, N12 and R21 around Johannesburg and Tshwane.

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Apr 24, 2012

mambaaai

In a communist society, where everything is essentially nationalised....everything belongs to the people for the people to be used by the people. Where are the SACP in all of this?
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Apr 24, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

This e-tolling nonsense is not going to be dependant on the court ruling though one has to respect the rule of law, one must also observe that this is a bread and butter issue and the ruling of the courts will be just be a formality. The bottom line is that this SHlT must be scrapped SANRAL and Treasury must be held responsible for the arnerky, highway blockages, un-governable country that will result if they persisist with this nonsense.
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Apr 24, 2012

Charley4sure

mambaaai

SACP are parasites, recently the Drunkard Yellow Communist Blade said
"we must pay for this thing"
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Apr 24, 2012

truthhurt

mambaaai
In a communist society, where everything is essentially nationalised....everything belongs to the people for the people to be used by the people. Where are the SACP in all of this?
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The SACP are in bed with the Government, making love, Blade and Jimmy Manyi are like prostitudes, you can srew them for just a few rands, the people who are pushing the e-tolling are getting something out of this. Thuli should probe on this.
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Apr 24, 2012

hulas

No matter what the court say!I am not going to pay this sh!t they will have to chase me with their e-toll police to get their 50c.It will be chaos on highways as i zig zag,fly and leave them with the cloud of dust.
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Apr 24, 2012

truthhurt

The SACP are in bed with the Government, making love, Blade and Jimmy Manyi are like prostitudes, you can s.c.r.e.w them for just a few rands, the people who are pushing the e-tolling are getting something out of this. Thuli should probe on this.
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Apr 24, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

@mambaaai

You cant expect the fake communists to remember the communism way of life when they are after tenders for their own benefit. With Blade spending his nights at Sheraton Hotel drinking you know what....the SACP is just exercising the right of association with the ANC other than that they would not exist in Managaung all communist must be removed from the ANC's NEC, NWC and the especialy the Top Six!! we do not need these hyenas!!
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Apr 24, 2012

Papane

Cosatu and DA must not act as if they will come out victorious in the dying minutes of implementation they have failed from the word 'go'. Please do not give us false hopes because the citizens are the ones who are ultimately going to feel the pinch. Our government have decimally ran out of ideas with regard to enhancing revenue (look at the ever-rising petrol price, taxes, e-tolling etc...). Maybe Malema was right in his ideas which would at the end of the day contribute towards the economy of the country. Zuma and his entourage are bussy addressing matters of less importance. I wonder where this country is heading to. It is just failing like Kaizer Chiefs off late.
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Apr 24, 2012

zukx

I am sure Minister of transport approved this bullsh!t and he is not even in trouble. I am not buying that etag, sue me! madafaka!!
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Apr 24, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

mambaaai
In a communist society, where everything is essentially nationalised....everything belongs to the people for the people to be used by the people. Where are the SACP in all of this?
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The Communist is cavorting with the Capitalist........

Government for the people by the people to be milked dry to an extent that their udders are ble.eding
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