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