Justice Project SA encourages South Africans not to buy into or share messages doing the rounds about e-toll roadblocks.
The City Press is this morning reporting that Net1 UEPS is facing a class action suit in the US.
Outa asks SA's public protector to intervene as outrage grows around Sanral's "extortionary" tactics.
Although Web site flaws exposing users' information have been patched, the roads agency has yet to offer advice or apologies for the serious slip ups.
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The increase in the volume of data for the public sector means South Africa cannot ignore analytics, says SAS.
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Authorities' lingering failure to address a flawed e-toll Gazette has legal implications that will see Sanral having to refund e-toll fees, says JPSA.
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Whoever is appointed communications minister after the elections will need a steady hand and a longer tenure than their predecessors.
But Sanral says e-tolling is not plagued by problems - and criticism of the system is just a product of wishful thinking.
The UK's transport department gives the equivalent of over R500 000 for the development of a smartphone app to report potholes in the region.
Sanral says e-toll offenders will be legally charged - and the route to be followed when issuing a charge is not the same as for a traffic offense.
The communications minister justifies Cabinet's decision not to make set-top box controls mandatory.
The Justice Project SA says the department and Sanral must get clarity from the High Court before claiming a Gazette mistake has no legal bearing.