How much for tolls now?

After the Constitutional Court set aside an interim order that put on hold a plan to toll highways in Gauteng, the big question now is: Just what are those e-toll charges now going to be? Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke set aside the order saying that it was because the high court had not considered the separation of powers between the court and the executive. The interdict prevented the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) from levying or collecting e-tolls pending the outcome of a judicial review, and this prevented it from paying off debts incurred in building gantries. A delay – likely now to extend further as Sanral gets toll road users to register – that could possibly lead to “adjusted” toll fees. And there could yet be further trouble and delays as the e-tolling tries to get underway – especially when you remember the massive public outcry about the tolls, that was supported by the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), which said toll fees on a heavily-used commuter route would financially cripple the public.