Cape Town – Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has announced that the procedure to deactivate e-tolls in Gauteng will commence at the end of next month.
Lesufi acknowledged that the people of Gauteng have rejected e-tolls, and the government plans to replace the toll scheme with a new financing mechanism for the Gauteng freeway upgrade debt.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had previously said in October 2022 that the national government would cover 70% of the outstanding R47bn debt, with the Gauteng government covering the remaining 30%.
Gauteng State of the Province Address delivered by the Provincial Chairperson Cde Panyaza Lesufi
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“We held a meeting with the minister of finance, with the minister of transport, all of us now have reached an agreement that by the 31st of March this year, the formal process to switch off and delink e-tolls will begin and e-tolls will be history in our province. The minister of finance will elaborate on this subject,” Lesufi said.
Lesufi expressed confidence that the formal process to deactivate e-tolls will begin by March 31, marking the end of the controversial scheme in the province.
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