Cabinet has reiterated this after Gauteng Transport MEC, Jacob Mamabolo, said the tolls are a thing of the past.

"The question around e-tolls, the minister of transport continues to table various reports around e-tolls and continues to engage on what are the possibilities for e-tolls," said Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshaveni.

"What I can assure South Africans is that the cabinet is considering the possibility of what should happen should e-tolls be scrapped or what should happen if e-tolls should be maintained."

The tolls were introduced in 2013 to pay for the upgrade of freeways in Gauteng.

But they have been met with widespread rejection by motorists ever since.

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