High-tech numberplates an extra step to fight crime using e-toll gantries - Gauteng transport dept

JOHANNESBURG - Head of the Department for Gauteng Roads and Transport Thulani Mdadane says old e-toll infrastructure will work with new high-tech number plates being introduced for motorists to curb crime on the province's roads.
 
Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga announced on Wednesday that as of midnight on Thursday, the controversial e-tolling system will finally be scrapped.

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The gantries will, however, remain in place, and are now set to be repurposed to assist in the fight against crime.
 
Mdadane explained that the gantries would be able to pick up vehicle and owner details from the new number plates, which were announced in 2023.
 
“If you are driving on our roads with a new number plate, for example, the system will record the car. and if the incident that is undesirable is being undertaken on our roads, basically what will happen [is] we have got what we call a transport man call centre that will sit at a provincial and SANRAL [South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd] level.

"That call centre is monitoring our roads hour by hour, minute by minute, so if they pick up anything and they suspect anything, they'll immediately link up with the law enforcement.”