Outa, Sanral bump heads over prosecution of e-toll dodgers
9 September 2016
Cape Town - The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) are at loggerheads over a statement that citizens who are members of Outa and who defaulted on e-tolls would not be prosecuted.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Outa claimed that Sanral has agreed not to prosecute e-toll defaulters who are members of the civil rights body. Sanral however refuted the claim, saying Outa’s statement is false and a mere fundraising exercise for the organisation.
According to Outa, Sanral has agreed after “months of negotiation” to stay all legal claims against current and future Outa members.
This agreement is pending the completion of a test case process which started in June 2016 and which, Outa said, could take more than two years to complete.