{"id":51702,"date":"2014-01-15T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T10:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=51702"},"modified":"2014-01-16T09:26:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T07:26:54","slug":"no-debt-relief-for-e-tolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/51702\/no-debt-relief-for-e-tolls\/","title":{"rendered":"No debt relief for e-tolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debt counsellors should inform their clients that the National Credit Act (NCA) does not allow for debt relief from e-tolling fees, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral<\/a>) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Responsible debt management firms must advocate that these individuals register for an e-tag in order to ensure they incur the lowest cost possible should they wish to continue to use the network,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This not only enables discounts and easy management portals, but ensures that the already financially stressed consumer acts responsibly.”<\/p>\n

Mona said anyone seeking debt review would not get any relief for the amounts incurred by using the Gauteng toll road network.<\/p>\n

Although Sanral sympathised and accepted that tolls added to the consumer’s burden, registering for an e-tag meant a road user paid approximately 5.6 times less than what they would if they were unregistered.<\/p>\n

Mona was responding to a claim by a debt management firm that there had been an increase in the number of people seeking debt counselling since the start of the year.<\/p>\n

In November, Sanral CEO Nazir Alli<\/a> told reporters in Midrand that motorists were expected to pay within seven days of receiving e-toll bills or they would be handed over to debt collectors.<\/p>\n

“If debt collection fails, the Criminal Procedure Act will come into effect and such motorists will receive summons to that effect,” Alli said at the time.<\/p>\n

Mona said on Wednesday that although registering for an e-tag was not a legal prerequisite, “it is the most frugal thing to do other than using public transport and limiting their use of the Gauteng road network”.<\/p>\n

More on e-tolls<\/h3>\n

E-tolls deemed grossly inefficient and unworkable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

E-tolls scaring consumers into financial aid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

E-tolls are doomed: Outa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debt counsellors should inform their clients that the National Credit Act (NCA) does not allow for debt relief from e-tolling fees, Sanral has said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":51703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4771,1804,26,7310,429],"class_list":["post-51702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-debt","tag-e-tolls","tag-headline","tag-nca","tag-sanral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51702"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51751,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51702\/revisions\/51751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}