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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Confusion over the future of e-tolling in Gauteng has hit a new level, with the provincial government insisting that the gantries will be switched off as soon as next month \u2013 but the National Treasury is unaware of any agreements in place to do so.<\/p>\n

Now transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has added her views into the mix, assuring that the purple-lit structures ignored by millions of Gauteng motorists will be switched off for e-tolling, but will stay active for other purposes.<\/p>\n

Speaking to NewzroomAfrika, Chikunga said the e-tolls programme has already been stopped.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are working towards is switching off the gantries for e-toll purposes \u2013 but not for other purposes. We will use the gantries for crime-prevention purposes \u2013 no longer for e-tolls,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said the government is in the process of dealing with the regulatory changes \u2013 like declaring the previously tolled roads as non-tolled roads \u2013 as well as dealing with the future maintenance of the roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the contractor has now been appointed; it\u2019s just the date to actually introduce them (that needs to be set) so that they can start with the work. So we are moving towards switching off the gantries for tolling purposes, but we will use those gantries for other purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Treasury in the dark<\/p>\n

Chikunga stepped into the discussion after Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi promised that e-tolls would be switched off by 31 March 2024, with more information to be presented during Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana\u2019s budget speech.<\/p>\n

During his State of the Province Address (SOPA) on 19 February 2024, Lesufi announced that e-toll gantries in Gauteng will officially start being switched off and delinked from 31 March, following meetings with the minister of finance and transport.<\/p>\n

However, after Lesufi\u2019s announcement \u2013 and e-tolls not getting a mention in the budget speech or supplementary documents \u2013 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that he was unaware of any agreements with Treasury to shut the gantries down.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Jacaranda FM following the 2024 budget speech, Godongwana said that the Gauteng province has not yet presented its plans for repaying its share of the debt and how it plans to maintain the roads previously serviced by e-toll revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made our own commitment and gave Sanral money last year, so [Gauteng] has to give [Treasury] money.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless an agreement is tied down, I can\u2019t commit as to when the gantries can go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

However, Chikunga appears to support Lesufi\u2019s version of events, reiterating that e-tolls have come to an end. She said there is no agreement that needs to be signed, as Treasury has already determined that e-tolls would end with a 70\/30 split in paying off the debt.<\/p>\n

The only question that remains is how Gauteng will pay its 30% share of the debt.<\/p>\n

Confusion continues<\/p>\n

Adding to the continued confusion over the purported end of e-tolling, deputy director-general of public finance at National Treasury, Mampho Modise told Moneyweb this week that the government would be coming after unpaid e-tolls.<\/p>\n

\u201cGauteng has agreed that around R6 billion in e-toll debt should and will be collected,\u201d she said, referring specifically to the e-toll debt owed by motorists.<\/p>\n

This is contrary to statements given by Lesufi during an interview on Radio 702 in December 2022 that those who had paid their e-tolls would be refunded.<\/p>\n

Ten months later, Lesufi denied that he ever promised that motorists would be refunded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t say that. I said it\u2019s one of the issues that needs to be discussed,\u201d he told Moneyweb.<\/p>\n

Responding to the latest mess around e-tolling, civil action group Outa accused the government of being indecisive and incapable of implementing its own policies.<\/p>\n

The group said that Modise\u2019s comments made no sense, given that any debt held by motorists would have to be collected by road agency Sanral \u2013 a national competency \u2013 and not the Gauteng provincial government, which is now in charge of paying the balance of the debt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes the threat of going after those with outstanding e-toll debts even more confusing is that Sanral stopped issuing summonses against e-toll defaulters in 2019, and most of this debt has now prescribed,\u201d said Wayne Duvenage, Outa\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n

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