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The e-tolls issue continues to grip Fin24 users. Worried South African writes:
The people of South Africa entrusted their government with power to carry out executive duties in good faith, and with the best intentions of improving the lives of South Africans.
We can't deny the fact that our roads are becoming congested at certain times of the day; surely something must be done.
E-tolls
Electronic tolling was a very calculated move by group of individuals who saw a loophole that could be used to milk the ever-growing numbers of car owners.
The problem is the big chunk of money is going abroad, very little is left here to improve the roads which will not make an impact for the 20 years to come. Along the line, they will increase tarrifs and we will not be in a position to object to this.
Had we known all the details of the contract from day one, we could have rejected it outright; moreover, it was a closely guarded secret until now.
Finance minister
Mr Pravin Gordhan was boasting about the fiscal purse having trillions of rands, not billions. That's how much he collects from South Africans; he even loaned Zimbabwe some cash and subsidised e-tolls while exempting the real road users, the taxis - can someone explain the logic in this scenario?
My question is if we have trillions in the purse, why do we indebt ourselves with foreign monies that will take us so long to repay?
Standard of living
What good is exempting public transport while billing the trucks transporting the basic needs of our daily life? The transporter will pass the bill to the end user, like they always do when the petrol price goes up.
It's like you giving me bread during day and coming to steal it at night.
Respecting the law
It's rich for MPs to say people must respect the constitution and pay for e-tolls, while they drive government cars - they don't even know how much a litre of petrol costs.
I just wish we can all vote based on what is happening, not on loyalty - then we can try to cancel all the contracts that are benefiting individuals.
- Fin24
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The people of South Africa entrusted their government with power to carry out executive duties in good faith, and with the best intentions of improving the lives of South Africans.
We can't deny the fact that our roads are becoming congested at certain times of the day; surely something must be done.
E-tolls
Electronic tolling was a very calculated move by group of individuals who saw a loophole that could be used to milk the ever-growing numbers of car owners.
The problem is the big chunk of money is going abroad, very little is left here to improve the roads which will not make an impact for the 20 years to come. Along the line, they will increase tarrifs and we will not be in a position to object to this.
Had we known all the details of the contract from day one, we could have rejected it outright; moreover, it was a closely guarded secret until now.
Finance minister
Mr Pravin Gordhan was boasting about the fiscal purse having trillions of rands, not billions. That's how much he collects from South Africans; he even loaned Zimbabwe some cash and subsidised e-tolls while exempting the real road users, the taxis - can someone explain the logic in this scenario?
My question is if we have trillions in the purse, why do we indebt ourselves with foreign monies that will take us so long to repay?
Standard of living
What good is exempting public transport while billing the trucks transporting the basic needs of our daily life? The transporter will pass the bill to the end user, like they always do when the petrol price goes up.
It's like you giving me bread during day and coming to steal it at night.
Respecting the law
It's rich for MPs to say people must respect the constitution and pay for e-tolls, while they drive government cars - they don't even know how much a litre of petrol costs.
I just wish we can all vote based on what is happening, not on loyalty - then we can try to cancel all the contracts that are benefiting individuals.
- Fin24
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Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
Fin24 reserves the right to obtain service providers' comments before publishing any articles or letters, and to edit any material used. Fin24 also reserves the right to edit or delete any and all user comments received.
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