The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has just announced its 2025 toll tariffs. In a release this week, the agency made public the adjusted 2025 toll tariffs, which come into effect two-weeks from now, on Saturday 1 March 2025.
SANRAL says the 2025 toll tariffs have been adjusted in line with the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) as obtained from Statistics South Africa. Therefore, 2025 toll tariffs will increase by 4.8%, as published in the Government Gazette of 7 February 2025. Encouragingly, this rate is less than last year’s 6.25% adjustment.
2025 TOLL TARIFFS
SANRAL’s General Manager for Communications and Marketing, Vusi Mona, explains that toll revenue is necessary to maintain, operate and improve roads. Furthermore, adjusted 2025 toll tariffs help service the debt incurred to implement a toll road project. “The funds go a long way towards ensuring that SANRAL fulfils its mandate. By delivering quality road infrastructure we add value to the lives of South African citizens,” said Mona.
Moreover, Mona says that key economic infrastructure, such as the national road network, is a precondition for basic services. Much like electricity, water, sanitation, telecommunications and public transport, a high-level road network is needed to meet industrial, commercial and household needs.
EMPATHETIC TO SOUTH AFRICANS
“SANRAL is empathetic to the South African public and we do consider the current state of the economy. However, it is equally important to introduce the adjusted 2025 toll tariffs. This will ensure the agency continues to deliver safe and high-quality roads to the benefit of all road users,” Mona concluded. However, impoverished South Africans are suffering a growing crisis of affordability.
Food inflation is hovering around 8% year-on-year and increasing fuel prices in 2025 is impacting essential items like maize meal, cooking oil and more. This situation is compounded, once again, by rising electricity costs following Eskom’s most recent tariff-hike announcement. A combination of these factors has forced many families to make difficult choices between basic necessities. Plus, SASSA grants, while providing crucial support, will not keep pace with inflation in 2025, which has led to a real-term decrease in purchasing power for nearly 45% of the South African population.
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