JOHANNESBURG – South Africans are ringing in the New Year with fresh outrage over e–tolling, this time over erroneous and exorbitant bills from the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral). Frustrated motorists have taken to social media after receiving inaccurate bills, with many in other provinces claiming to have never even passed through a gantry. After a year and a half of legal battles and protests, the controversial multi–billion rand system went live in Gauteng last month. Many say they’ve received threatening SMS’s and e–mails warning that the Violations Processing Centre will step in to settle overdue accounts.  The Saturday Star newspaper is reporting the Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) is now compiling a dossier to hand to the Public Protector.
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