The official shutdown date for e-tolls in Gauteng has been confirmed, just more than a decade after the much-abhorred system first came into use.declaring that sections of the N1, N3, N4, N12, and R21 upgraded as part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project will no longer be tolled.
“It has been a long road, but today we can officially celebrate the end of e-tolling in Gauteng,” said Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage.his government would begin the formal process of switching off and de-linking e-tolls on 31 March 2024.the aim was to publish the toll deregulation document before the 2024/25 financial year started on 1 April 2024.
Outa’s formation in 2012 was a direct result of its opposition to the scheme, which launched in December 2013. Duvenage said that bad laws needed to be treated in a manner that sends government back to the drawing board, and one such avenue is civil disobedience, which Outa drove.Wayne Duvenage, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO
“Public participation must be meaningful, thorough and should demonstrate that public input has been taken seriously, if new policies and laws are to be respected.”
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