Cars drive below a road toll in Johannesburg October 7, 2013. The main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) erected huge banners on the road from Johannesburg to Pretoria with the slogan: “E-tolls. Proudly brought to you by the ANC” – seizing on the charges particularly hated by middle class voters. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko )
R327 million has been wasted on printing and posting e-toll invoices
And the majority of motorists “don’t receive” those invoices.
Cars drive below a road toll in Johannesburg October 7, 2013. The main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) erected huge banners on the road from Johannesburg to Pretoria with the slogan: “E-tolls. Proudly brought to you by the ANC” – seizing on the charges particularly hated by middle class voters. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko )
If you thought you hated e-tolls before, your hate is about to increase tenfold.
According to a report by Fin24, Sanral has forked out R327.2m to Kapsch Sweden and Q-Free since December 2013 (when e-tolls first launched) for invoice printing and posting for e-toll collection. And that amount doesn’t even include VAT.
What the hell are these invoices being printed on? Ancient hieroglyphs?
Fin24 further reports that, in total, these companies pocketed a cool R552.7m – with the difference going to the supplying of e-tags.
Mara, how much?!
In June Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi claimed that Sanral had collected R2.9 billion in e-toll fees since the system’s inception.
Konje @MYANC tried to force e-tolls down our throats nd people were like fotsek 😂😂😂
— Biko-ncious (@H_ezee) July 11, 2017
However, a Parliamentary question revealed that only 30% of invoices had been paid over a 24-month period.
Twitter had questions.
Very possible. Nothing about #etolls make financial sense. But also: who says all invoices were really printed? Haven't received 1 in months
— OUTA (@OUTASA) July 11, 2017
The mind boggles.
