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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There is already a great deal of interest from exhibitors in wanting to reserve space for the third biennial Automechanika trade fair for the automotive aftermarket to be staged in South Africa, even though it is still a year away. The show will take place in Johannesburg at Nasrec, from 8-11 May 2013. 
Dr. Johan van Zyl, president and CEO of Toyota South Africa (TSAM), has been honoured by the North West University's Potchefstroom Campus (NWU-PUK) for his exceptional contribution to academia and industry when he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Faculty Economic and Management Sciences. 
Honda Kyalami has come to the aid of a young Pretoria motorcycle enthusiast after he lost his motorcycle in a shack fire on Tuesday morning, 29 May 2012. 26 year-old Chengetai Chauke was out looking for work when his shack, along with nine others, was razed to the ground in the Woodlane informal settlement after a gas stove fell over and started a devastating fire. 
The Old Shanghai Firecracker Factory has implemented a billboard campaign to promote and educate consumers on the positive environmental impact of Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) Remanufactured GenuineParts. 
MINI will be the official vehicle sponsor of the 2012 Put Foot Rally crew, Shake & Bake, for their 17-day adventure through Africa. The Put Foot Rally is an epic journey through Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. 
The MINI brand in South Africa recently celebrated the opening of its first exclusive dealership. Dubbed Legends @ Zambesi, the new exclusive MINI dealership in Montana Tuine, east of Pretoria, offer all existing variants including the new MINI Roadster. 
