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Cape Town - A Fin24 user writes that she has been living in Cape Town for more than 10 years and received an SMS from Sanral on February 20, demanding payment for e-toll.
"Whenever I am in Gauteng, which is not too often, I use hired vehicles," she writes.
"So, I have become yet another victim of Sanral's incorrect invoicing."
She said the interesting aspect of the SMS is that it does not provide a vehicle registration number nor the amount that I am supposedly owing.
Old address
Another Fin24 user writes that she also received an SMS to pay her e-tolls, regardless of the fact that she is not even registered for e-tolls.
"I am not registered and will not be registering and now this has been handed over to the Violation Processing Centre (VPC)," she wrote.
"When I called to ask for my invoice, I was asked for confirmation of my details."
She did not give these and asked what details they had for her.
"I was informed that the invoice had been posted. When I asked them to confirm my address, I was surprised to find they had addresses of where I last lived eight and six years ago."
She did not provide her new address and decided to wait for an invoice.
Feeling like a fool
Another Fin24 user writes he was a fool to sign up for the e-tag system.
"I was not expecting that e-tolls would be linked to law enforcement," he writes.
"And now they are practically using the e-toll system to intimidate e-tag holders."
Rather paying for extra security
Another user received an SMS stating that he owes R75.69 and that failure to pay would result in legal action taken against him.
"I find this very disturbing. My first enemy now is our government, who wants to collect from us who work hard and earn a small salary," he wrote.
"I will only pay e-tolls once corruption reaches 0% in our country."
He questions why he should pay e-tolls while South Africans are still forced to pay to feel safe in their own homes.
"We will not pay e-tolls while there are still so many robberies and crime. Why am I forced to finance the Nkandla project?" he asked.
* Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
"Whenever I am in Gauteng, which is not too often, I use hired vehicles," she writes.
"So, I have become yet another victim of Sanral's incorrect invoicing."
She said the interesting aspect of the SMS is that it does not provide a vehicle registration number nor the amount that I am supposedly owing.
Old address
Another Fin24 user writes that she also received an SMS to pay her e-tolls, regardless of the fact that she is not even registered for e-tolls.
"I am not registered and will not be registering and now this has been handed over to the Violation Processing Centre (VPC)," she wrote.
"When I called to ask for my invoice, I was asked for confirmation of my details."
She did not give these and asked what details they had for her.
"I was informed that the invoice had been posted. When I asked them to confirm my address, I was surprised to find they had addresses of where I last lived eight and six years ago."
She did not provide her new address and decided to wait for an invoice.
Feeling like a fool
Another Fin24 user writes he was a fool to sign up for the e-tag system.
"I was not expecting that e-tolls would be linked to law enforcement," he writes.
"And now they are practically using the e-toll system to intimidate e-tag holders."
Rather paying for extra security
Another user received an SMS stating that he owes R75.69 and that failure to pay would result in legal action taken against him.
"I find this very disturbing. My first enemy now is our government, who wants to collect from us who work hard and earn a small salary," he wrote.
"I will only pay e-tolls once corruption reaches 0% in our country."
He questions why he should pay e-tolls while South Africans are still forced to pay to feel safe in their own homes.
"We will not pay e-tolls while there are still so many robberies and crime. Why am I forced to finance the Nkandla project?" he asked.
* Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
