With the government set to push ahead with tolling in Gauteng in July and a new fight looming in the Western Cape, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has announced plans to build another five toll roads across South Africa.
The transport dept's decision to temporarily suspend the implementation of electronic toll-road fees in Gauteng was made to avoid 'choking' the economy.
The proposed tolling of the N1 highway between Pretoria and Johannesburg will have a mixed impact on property values and the prioritisation of growth areas
A task team investigating the Chapman's Peak Drive private-public partnership governing the toll road will in a week's time submit an interim progress report.
The Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry has written to the Minster of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to register its strong objections to plans to turn sections of the N1 and N2 into toll roads

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