Govt to announce roll-out of Gauteng e-tolling

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A decision on when to roll-out of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) will be made very soon, says acting Minister for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Richard Baloyi.

Addressing reporters during a post-Cabinet briefing on Thursday, Baloyi said following the stakeholder engagement processes, which are currently taking place, an announcement will be made.

The Constitutional Court opened the way for the GFIP system to be implemented when it set aside a Pretoria High Court ruling made in April that prevented the system from going ahead, pending a judicial review in November.

This means SANRAL and the Department of Transport are legally entitled to begin rolling out the system.

The final rounds of talks between government and stakeholders on the GFIP are expected to be concluded soon.

The inter-ministerial task team has already consulted labour federation Cosatu and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance, and will end with a meeting with the Road Freight Association.

Other parties had expressed their opposition to the e-tolling system. In response to the Constitutional Court ruling, Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said: "We are going to resist it with every power we have."


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