Gauteng motorist will be charged for driving on highways across the province from midnight on Monday.
After several years of delays due to court challenges and a massive public outcry, e-tolls will go live at midnight on Monday.
Below is the timeline of events leading up to the day Gauteng motorists will start paying.
October 8 2007 – Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) is officially launched.
October 12 2007 – Intention to toll sections of Gauteng's freeways published in Government Gazette.
Public asked to comment.
November 14 2007 – Closing date for public comment on the proposed introduction of e-tolls.
March 28 2008 – Sections of Gauteng freeways declared toll roads in Government Gazette.
June 26 2008 – Construction of the first phase of the GFIP commences.
June 2010 – The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) starts erecting toll gantries along Gauteng's freeways.
February 4 2011 – Sanral announces e-toll tariffs and that registration commences in the second quarter of 2011.
February 18 2011 – Cosatu announces it will call for strike action over the introduction of e-tolls.
February 22 2011 – The then transport minister Sibusiso Ndebele suspends implementation of e-tolls and establishes a committee to address concerns about the tariffs.
March 2011 – Public consultation process on e-tolls takes place.
June 2011 – GFIP steering committee announces reduced e-toll tariffs following the public consultation process.
August 10 2011 – Cabinet approves the revised tariffs for e-tolls.
October 23 2011 – Ndebele orders that e-tolls be halted and that further consultation take place.
November 2011 – Public hearings held on e-tolls.
February 22 2012 – In his budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announces that e-tolls will go ahead at reduced rate in April of that year.
March 2012 – Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) applies for an urgent interdict in the high court in Pretoria against the implementation of e-tolls.
April 29 2012 – The court grants Outa an interim interdict pending a full judicial review.
March 22 2012 – Treasury files an appeal against the interim interdict in the Constitutional Court.
August 15 2012 – The case is heard in the Constitutional Court.
September 20 2012 – Constitutional Court sets aside the temporary interdict.
December 13 2012 – After the full judicial review, the high court in Pretoria rules against Outa in its application to have the implementation of e-tolls set aside.
January 25 2013 – The high court in Pretoria grants Outa leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal against the December ruling.
September 25 2013 – Outa appeal is heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
October 9 2013 – Outa loses its appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
November 20 2013 – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters announces e-tolls will go live on December 3.
November 26 2013 – Sanral warns that a hefty bill awaits non-registered motorists without e-toll accounts who fail to pay for e-tolls within a week. Meanwhile, the Freedom Front Plus announces a last-minute attempt to stop the implementation of e-tolls through an application for an interdict in the high court in Pretoria.
December 2 2013 – FF Plus application is heard in court.