The Treasury has now - not before time - clarified its estimates of the costs of e-tolling and now they are
well below those used by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) in its April court application, which relied strongly on the argument that the cost of e-toll collections amounted R20bn.
In a bid to soften the blow for regular users, the government had set a cap of R550 a month per user and is quoted as saying: "Our information is that less than 5% of users are reaching that cap. Toll fees for most people are about R250 a month or below."
They really do not get it, do they?
Every motorist and every trucking company
already pays, via the fuel levy in the fuel price, for new roads and road maintenance - and they do not want to pay R550 to use the road, nor R250... in fact,
not even a cent extra.
It's fitting that in time for World Environment Week, the
GBCSA has launched its Green Lease Toolkit, which they co-developed with the South African Property Owners' Association (SAPOA). The kit was officially launched at the SAPOA International Convention & Property Exhibition in Durban.
So you think
you own that mobile? Wrong! If Simon Campbell-Young is correct,
you won't own your mobile in future - it will own you.
Finally, and this will make car dealers happy... our motoring editor Henrie Geyser reports that
new car sales accelerated to an eight-month high in May, and he also gets "buzzy" on the new BMW ActiveHybrid 5, which he reckons
floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
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PRETORIA: The Film and Publication Board (FPB) has given the portrait by Brett Murray, which depicted President Jacob Zuma in a denigrating manner, a 16N rating. This announcement was made on Friday, 1 June 2012, by FPB Council chairperson, Thoko Mpumlwana. The rating means that persons under the age of 16 should not have access to the painting because it shows nudity. 
The Competition Appeal Court (CAC) has approved the intermediate merger between Pioneer, a US-based international developer and supplier of plant genetics and Pannar, a family firm based in KwaZulu Natal, subject to several conditions. The merger parties had appealed against the outright prohibition of the proposed merger by the commission in 2010, and again by the tribunal at the end of 2011. 
Police members that fail to report police abuse or fail to report abuse within 24 hours, should be criminally charged, Francois Beukman, the Executive Director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said on Monday. 
Special training would be provided to strengthen police response to sexual offences, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday. 
The South Gauteng High Court had no hesitation in relying on information posted on an ex-employee's LinkedIn online account in confirming that he indeed fostered a relationship with his previous employer's clients. According to Johan Botes, employment director at business law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, the case serves as another reminder of the unintended consequences and perils of posting information on social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. 
Politics is the main hindrance for the International Criminal Court (ICC), was the main conclusion drawn from "Building Restorative International Justice: the ICC of the future". The topical debate took place in London at the Royal Commonwealth Society. 
NEW YORK, US: 'The Spear' controversy has made the news overseas: the new-York-based Committee to Protect Journalists* (CPJ) has condemned what it terms "the campaign of harassment and intimidation" against the City Press after it published an image of a painting of President Jacob Zuma more than two weeks ago. 
