New tolls will help fund a R149 billion road improvement backlog.
The system requires merchants and consumers to have the appropriate NFC tech to complete a transaction.
The solution will enable consumers to make payments via their mobile phone without using credit or debit cards.
Cosatu threatens protest action if its demands around e-tolling are not met.
The company's GoPayment service lets consumers pay for items using an NFC-enabled cellphone.
The provincial transport department will not be used as a guinea pig for the project, it says.
All Aarto system developments have been completed and can go ahead with a nod from government, says Tasima.
The final stakeholder meeting on e-tolling will only occur over the next few weeks, says the Department of Transport.
The solution aims to increase security and visibility in the chain of custody of shipments and assets.
US telcos are backing off plans for a mobile payment system that allows the buying of goods using cellphones.
In the last 10 years, there has been a shift in control from organisation to consumer, says Siva Pather, GM of customer interactive solutions at Dimension Data.
Checks on prospective employees will be quicker and more accurate, as the industry moves onto a biometric platform.