There has been a significant increase of e-tag registrations in Gauteng, the SA National Roads Agency Ltd said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Most of the registrations had taken place at mall outlets, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The agency was unable to provide a figure but the Beeld reported that more than 350,000 e-tags had been registered for e-tolling.<\/p>\n
Salahdin Yacoubi, chief executive of electronic toll collections, told the publication that between 5,000 and 10,000 people had registered daily in the past week.<\/p>\n
E-tolling is set to go live on April 30.<\/p>\n
Sanral gazetted new tariffs on Friday.<\/p>\n
Alternate users (people without e-tags) will be charged R1.75\/km, compared to the standard tariff of 30c\/km for registered users.<\/p>\n
It said the higher fee was because of the need to recover costs, including invoicing and debt collection.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, several organisations and political parties raised concerns about the tariffs and asked Sanral to postpone the launch.<\/p>\n
The Congress of SA Trade Unions said it was planning a second strike against the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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