E-tolls: Cosatu happy with drive-slows that 'irritate' politicians… viva !

E-tolls: Cosatu happy with drive-slows that 'irritate' politicians… viva !

13 NOV 2013 18:27 SAPA



Cosatu says it will continue its campaign against e-tolling by staging drive-slows in Gauteng that "irritate a number of politicians".

Cosatu's drive-slow campaign against e-tolling will continue as they irritate politicians, the trade union federation's Gauteng office said on Wednesday.
"This is not the end of the drive-slows in the province," Cosatu's Gauteng secretary Dumisani Dakile said in Johannesburg. "It also irritates a number of politicians and we are quite happy with that irritation we are causing."
He said the drive-slows had received support from the public, and were effective in raising awareness. He said people had asked Cosatu to arrange a drive-slow on a Saturday so that they could join in, and he said this would be done in the future.
He said Cosatu was ready for its protest march on Thursday. Marchers are expected to gather at Cosatu's head office in Braamfontein at 8.30am, and leave at 10.30am to deliver memorandums to the labour department, the provincial transport department, the office of the MEC for transport, the Gauteng legislature and the Gauteng premier.
The final leg of the march will be to deliver memorandums to the South African Chamber of Mines, the Johannesburg central police station, the office of the auditor general, and the Hawks.
The cost of the construction of the roads and the 2010 World Cup stadiums was inflated, Dakile said. "The Hawks and police must do a criminal investigation," he said.
Court action
Dakile said the recently launched court action against the constitutionality of the e-toll Bill would not work. "In our view, these are not matters of the court. These are pure socioeconomic matters. We believe this thing must be fought on the street where it matters most," he said.
"Even if they win, that would be a temporary matter. We need a final determination that these things must not proceed and we believe that is a political position that must be taken."
He said Cosatu would not be part of the legal action, but would continue with its drive slows and would take this action to another level.
On Thursday, the Democratic Alliance and the Freedom Front Plus announced they would each bring high court applications to fight the constitutionality of the e-toll Bill signed by President Jacob Zuma in September. They argue that e-tolling will affect the competency of provincial government and municipalities by affecting urban planning, public transport, and traffic regulations.
Dakile said the protest action by Cosatu had been peaceful and would continue to be peaceful.
Numbers
Cosatu North West regional secretary Solly Phetoe said the marches in the province and in Klerksdorp had gone well despite unconvincing numbers. "In Rustenburg there were about 1 500 to 2 000 people and in Klerksdorp there were around 400 to 500 people," Phetoe said.
He said memorandums had been handed over to officials of the labour and transport ministries at both marches.
In Kimberley, Cosatu went on a drive-slow which included 49 cars, a bus, a minibus and about 200 people, Cosatu Northern Cape secretary Anele Gxoyiya said. "The march went well. We had a peaceful motorcade which took about two hours.
"We managed to draw the attention of the motorists and the public."
Gxoyiya said Cosatu's second deputy president Zingiswa Losi handed a memorandum over to Northern Cape premier Sylvia Lucas. – Sapa


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Please pass on to as many road and highway users as possible

FACTS REVEALED ON 702 THIS MORNING re. the e-TOLL TAG.
* Less than 10 000 registered e-Tag's.
* The system is not manageable for cars travelling on the highways without an e-Tag.
* The Ben Schoeman Highway between PTA & JHB carries 300 000 cars per day.
* The e-Tag system is a dismal failure so far.
* The latest R1.75 p/km is a last bid from the government to force us to buy this e-Tag so they can get the 98% of the pension money back they've spend on the toll roads.
* Note - you DON'T HAVE TO BUY THE e-TAG.
DO NOT get an e-TAG and THE SYSTEM WILL FAIL.
Please pass on…..
Scroll further for mindboggling facts….
Do some quick maths . . . .
300 000 cars x R1.75/car = R 525 000.00 per day WRONG: its /km
(and that’s only at one gate) x average 4 gates between PTA- JHB = R 2 100 000.00
x 2 (the return trip) = R 4 200 000.00/day
x 22 work days per month = R 92 400 000.00 per month
x 11.5 working months per year = R 1 062 600 000.00 (One Billion, sixty two million six hundred thousand per year).
WRONG: its /km 300 000 both directions x 1.75 x 40km average (but 300 000 will be reduced as many cannot afford it) = R21 000 000 p.d. = R462 000 000 p.m. = R5 544 000 000 p.a.!!!! Then the bulk thereof is paid to the guys abroad!!! - now who are the actual recipients abroad to be???
(Someone is trying to get rich very very quickly & will have a lot of money to spend on many wives & children.)
What are they going to do with all this money?
It is not just one day – it will be every day!
Your salary will not be increased to pay the tolls, so you will have to take this money from your retirement savings.
All food and drink transported to Johannesburg on these roads will become more expensive.
Once it is up and running, and you have accepted to be tolled, they will increase the price and you have no come-back in the future to stop the tolls!
They have already loaded the petrol price and channelled the money away from roads to more social spending.
Do not register, read the terms and conditions before you register.
By registering you agree to those terms and conditions.
The terms and conditions only benefit SANRAL, and put you at jeopardy