BY THE NUMBERS

Etolls: most motorists are not paying

R7.2bn

in outstanding e-toll bills is owed to the SA National Roads Agency by nonregistered users of Gauteng freeways for the period December 2013 to March 2017. This was revealed by transport minister Joe Maswanganyi in parliament last week

R2.9bn

is the amount collected from motorists in this time

71%

of invoices sent over this period went unpaid

R22m

in e-tolls was collected in March

R2.2bn

was handed to Austrian company Electronic Toll Collection, according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa). This is 74% of the money collected since e-tolling began