Roads agency Sanral has more than 1,4m unsold e-tags, according to transport minister Dipuo Peters.
“Sanral procured 2,1m e-tags over the past three years; a total of 1,4m have not been allocated,” she said in a written reply to a parliamentary question. The figures imply 679 000 e-tags have been sold.
Six weeks ago, Sanral CEO Nazir Alli said 600 000 e-toll tags were in circulation.
In September, president Jacob Zuma signed into law the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill, giving Sanral the nod to start e-tolling on Gauteng’s freeways.
In her reply, Peters said Sanral had spent about R25,3m during the period January to October this year on campaigns to encourage the public to buy e-tags. This was in addition to about R11,3m spent in November and December last year. — Sapa