{"id":93236,"date":"2015-07-15T11:02:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=93236"},"modified":"2015-07-15T11:10:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:10:22","slug":"sa-municipalities-owe-millions-in-e-tolls-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/93236\/sa-municipalities-owe-millions-in-e-tolls-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"SA municipalities owe millions in e-toll bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African municipalities owe R2.4 million in e-toll bills, according to a report by IOL&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/pretoria-news\" target=\"_blank\">Pretoria News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report cited Transport Minister Dipuo Peters&#8217; response to Parliamentary questions on Tuesday (14 July).<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, which forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, has no e-tagged vehicles, despite constant calls from Sanral for all e-toll road users be tagged.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ekurhuleni Metro<\/strong> was the biggest offender, owing R1.8 million of the total, with no e-tagged vehicles<\/li>\n<li><strong>City of Tshwane<\/strong> owes R352,000, from 740 e-tagged vehicles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emfuleni Local<\/strong> owes R128,000, with no e-tagged vehicles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesedi Local<\/strong> owes R111,000, from 27 e-tagged vehicles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sedibeng District<\/strong> owes R4,000, from 47 e-tagged vehicles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Midvaal Local<\/strong> owes R3,400, from 110 e-tagged vehicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Peters, all the municipalities will be able to get the 60% discount that is planned for e-toll violators.<\/p>\n<p>The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) recently ruled against Sanral for misleading the public with its 60% discount adverts.<\/p>\n<p>The Sanral advertisement stated that the government had reduced the toll rate to \u201c30 cents per kilometre for light motor vehicles and slashed the monthly cap by 50%\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It added that \u201cif you have outstanding e-toll fees dating back to December 2013, you will receive a 60% discount and 6 months to pay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The ASA agreed with a complaint that said that, as the 60% discount was not yet in effect, consumers would be misled into paying more than they believed they were liable for.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can find the full report in the Pretoria News for 15 July 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on e-tolls<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to E-tolls designed to protect the poor: Ramaphosa\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/92844\/e-tolls-designed-to-protect-the-poor-ramaphosa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">E-tolls designed to protect the poor: Ramaphosa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Sanral admits to new e-toll tariff blunder\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/92526\/sanral-admits-new-e-toll-tariff-blunder\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sanral admits to new e-toll tariff blunder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/91256\/new-e-tolls-coming-in-july\/\"><strong>New e-tolls coming in July<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/92094\/we-dont-have-time-to-use-e-tolls-to-spy-on-you-sanral\/\">We don\u2019t have time to use e-tolls to spy on you: Sanral<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African municipalities owe millions in e-toll bills, according to a report by Independent 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