The cash-strapped SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is set to receive a R5.8 billion cash injection from National Treasury.
According to the medium-term budget document tabled by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday, Sanral has R38.9 billion in government-guaranteed debt, and the state-owned entity needs help to pay this.
"There is a risk that this guarantee might be called because the agency is not generating sufficient cash from the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project [GIPF] to settle redemptions falling due over the MTEF (next three financial years) period," the policy statement said.
"To prevent this, government has allocated R5.8 billion to Sanral in 2018/19."
Sanral debt has continued to pile up as many road users in Gauteng refuse to pay for using tolled freeways in the province.
