Toll fee hikes 2025 – how much more you’ll pay to drive to Joburg, Durban and Cape Town next month

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has announced toll fee hikes that will kick in from 1 March 2025.

Toll tariffs will increase by 4.84%. This will take N1 “Platinum Route” toll fees for standard light vehicles to between R7.20 and R108, while the busy N3 route will see fees rise to between R20 and R347.

This rate is less than last year’s 6.25% adjustment.

Sanral’s General Manager for Communications and Marketing, Vusi Mona, explained that toll revenue is necessary to maintain, operate and improve toll roads, as well as to service debt incurred to implement a toll road project.  

“The funds go a long way towards ensuring that SANRAL fulfils its mandate of delivering quality road infrastructure that adds value to the lives of South African citizens,” said Mona. 

He also said that key economic infrastructure, such as the national road network, is a precondition for providing basic services such as electricity, water, sanitation, telecommunications and public transport, and this road network, therefore, needs to meet industrial, commercial and household needs. 

“SANRAL is empathetic to the South African public, considering the current state of the economy. However, it is equally important to introduce the adjustments to ensure that the agency continues to deliver safe and quality roads to the benefit of all road users,” added Mona.  

The tables below outline the new fees for 2025, noting the following:

• Class 1: Light vehicles – with or without a trailer, including motorcycles, motor tricycles and motor cars.
• Class 2: Medium-heavy – heavy vehicles with two axles.
• Class 3: Large heavy vehicles – heavy vehicles with three or four axles.
• Class 4: Extra large heavy vehicles – heavy vehicles with five or more axles.

N1 “Platinum Toll”

N4 “Platinum Toll”

N4 Gauteng/Mpumalanga

N3 Joburg to Durban

The gazette with the details of the above can be read here.

Below are tariff hikes for the rest of Sanral’s toll network, in addition to these main routes around Gauteng.

These include the remaining tolls along the N1, N2, N3, N4, N17 and regional (R) routes.

How much it costs to drive

South Africans planning to travel domestically can expect to pay more for transport costs compared to last year as they grapple with high petrol prices and increased toll costs.

January saw both the global price of petrol increase and the rand come in weaker relative to December, leading to an under-recovery in prices.

This has translated to a price hike at the pumps, marking the fourth consecutive month of increases and the second increase for 2025.

Prices went up by 82 cents per litre for 93 and 95 petrol, respectively, and between R1.01 and R1.05 cents per litre for diesel.

Fuel price recoveries at the end of the first week of February point to more petrol price pain the way for motorists in March.

The early-month price indicator shows an under-recovery of between 55 and 66 cents per litre for petrol and between 32 and 41 cents per litre for diesel.

The main driver behind the under-recovery is the global oil price, which, despite dropping significantly in the past week, is still catching up to the low average seen at the start of the year.

BusinessTech calculated how much it would cost to travel to South Africa’s most popular destinations, including tolls and petrol.

The petrol tank sizes range from 37 litres (Suzuki Swift and Toyota Starlet) to 80 litres (Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger).

These estimates are based on data from the official February petrol price announcement for inland 93 unleaded petrol (R22.16) and Diesel 0.05% (wholesale) (R20.34).

The tables below show how much it would cost to travel to South Africa’s most popular destinations, including tolls and petrol.

Toll cost 

Estimated total cost