A "well-placed senior government source" told the paper these projects - which included the second phase of the Gauteng freeway improvement project - would not go ahead after mass protests organised by Cosatu last week.
"The public protest was successful in this respect," the source said.
Thousands of people joined protests on Wednesday against the tolls.
The only new toll road which would proceed would be the N2 in the Eastern Cape. But only two toll booths would be built, one at each end of the road, so local traffic would not have to pay.
But the Gauteng tolling scheme would not be scrapped completely, City Press quoted its source as saying. Motorists would still need to pay a toll to travel between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Tolling of the first phase of the Gauteng project was expected to start on 30 April.
"If we cancel this project, Sanral [the SA National Roads Agency] is liable for R37bn debt... We are just going to push ahead," the source told the paper.
Source: Sapa via I-Net Bridge
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