Sanral chief financial officer (CFO) Inge Mulder says the agency is a step closer to prosecuting people who refuse to pay their e-tolls, Moneyweb reports.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Moneyweb<\/a>, Mulder said that the agency has received clarity on what it needs to provide to the National Prosecuting Authority to enable prosecution.<\/p>\n Sanral will reportedly provide a bundle of documents to prove that a specific vehicle passed under e-toll gantries, and has not paid the bills. Each gantry passed constitutes a separate charge, she noted.<\/p>\n Road users have been unable to receive e-toll bills due to an ongoing strike as the South African Post Office; Mulder, however, is quoted as saying that liability for the fees is established as soon as a car passes under the gantry – not upon receiving and invoice.<\/p>\n \u201cThis (prosecution) has to happen more now. It is not as if one has to charge 500,000 people. You just have to see that something is happening. Nobody wants a criminal record,\u201d Mulder said.<\/p>\n On 7 October, Sanral reported a loss after deducting finance costs of R2.77 billion for the year ended March 2014, from a prior profit of R1 billion in 2013.<\/p>\n It said that toll revenue from operations was R3.48 billion for the year, which is a 65.7% increase from the previous year. The Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) contributed R1.145 billion to this increase in revenue.<\/p>\n The e-toll system currently accounts for about half of Sanral’s R47 billion debt, and will take over 22 years to break even, according to Mulder.<\/p>\n You can read the full Moneyweb report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sanral changes tune on e-toll panel: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want to see e-toll records? Pay R1 million: Sanral<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Sanral executives share R26 million pay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on Sanral<\/h3>\n