Friday Morning Spice
Pick n Pay’s comeback, Australia approves social media ban, Work remotely from Spain with this visa, South Africa’s water quality crisis, and Japan’s new ‘drinkable mayo’.
Tuesday Morning Spice
Eskom is out of control, French village bans scrolling on your phone in public, SANRAL increases toll fees, Tom Cruise makes things official with Russian socialite, The space race for the moon’s water, and DA pursues graft charges against Deputy President
SA Turns To Nanotechnology With Ambitious New Pothole Plan
In addition to the nanotechnology pilot plan, the Department of Transport also announced that in light of government ministries being seemingly unable to keep up with the task of looking after the country’s roads, many key roads will be moved to the jurisdiction of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL).
Bad News For Those Who Have Outstanding E-Tolls Debt
Can we just skip ahead to the part where taxpayers get screwed for the government’s ill-conceived screw-up?
The Supreme Court Toll Road Ruling Everyone Is Talking About – Cape Winelands And More
Today, the Supreme Court of Appeal made a pretty important decision on whether Sanral could build tolls on the N1 and N2. Here’s the lowdown.
Is SANRAL Is Stealing Phone Numbers From Bank Databases?
Over the past week, a few very frenzied e-toll users have been complaining about SANRAL sending them SMSs which claim that they owe them money.
Hacker Reveals Major E-toll Website Security Flaw
A hacker by the name of “Moe1” has revealed to E-toll users that their pin numbers used to login to their E-toll accounts can be easily decoded if their username is known.
Please Enjoy: Spreadsheet Cowboy Explains Why E-Tolls Will Absolutely Fail [VIDEO]
Produced and published by Shaun Gunning, this video (and supporting document) is without a doubt the most comprehensive and emphatic argument for why the E-Tolls project cannot succeed without major taxpayer support to the tune of billions of Rands in bailouts over the course of the next few decades. It also provides strong circumstantial evidence […]
Radvertising: Nando’s Punishes Sanral With Genius Ad #etolls [PIC]
Nandos have nailed it, once again by channeling the age old philosophy that you ought to at least buy someone dinner before you screw them. This ad was in most of Johannesburg’s daily papers this morning. [Pic : Twitter]
This Guy’s Number Plate Will Make Your Day #etolls [PIC]
Yup, it actually happened. At midnight last night, Gauteng’s multi-billion rand etoll network went live.
City Of Cape Town Files For Urgent N1-N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project Interdict
On Tuesday the City of Cape Town said an urgent interdict application to put the Winelands toll project on hold will be heard next month in the Western Cape High Court. Brett Herron, the City of Cape Towns mayoral committee member for roads and transport said: The interdict application will be heard in the Western […]
This Is How The Revolution Starts: E-Tags To Be Rolled Out Nationally
Sanral has announced that it has a roll out plan – and a mandate from government – to begin rolling out e-tags in a number of provinces apart from Gauteng. Although, they did fail to specify which provinces, and when they would begin the process. The announcement was made this afternoon by Sanral project manager, Alex […]
Government Considering Special Appropriations Bill To Bail Sanral Out
As Bloomberg pointed out the other day, South Africa’s credit rating may come under pressure as growth in Africa’s biggest economy slows and the government faces the prospect of bailing out the state-owned road agency. That prospect became more of a reality today when deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said government is looking into a special appropriations bill to give Sanral a cash injection to allow it to service its R20 billion debt.
SANRAL CEO, Nazir Alli, Hands In Resignation
The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has confirmed that CEO, Nazir Alli has resigned. Even though they did not provide more details, Alli’s resignation comes close on the heels of the recent Gauteng e-toll system disaster.
BREAKING: Urgency Granted In E-Toll Interdict Hearing
Judge Bill Prinsloo has granted the anti-e-Tolls lobby group, OUTA, an urgent hearing to argue for an interdict against the implementation of SANRAL’s controversial e-Tolls programme, which drew the ire of motorists and labour unions across the country in recent weeks.
Cosatu Vows “Mother Of All Protests”
“People power has brought down governments in North Africa; it can surely stop this assault on our living standards.” Cosatu has shown it doesn’t mess around when it comes to voicing its opinion. But will the “mother of all protests” against e-tolls actually make any difference?