E-tolling is due to be launched before the end of this year.

The battle to cancel the E-tolls in the country finally come crushing after President Jacob Zuma gave SANRAL a green light that the E-tolls can officially be launched before the end of next month. However, this left many motorists angry and frustrated because many feels that E-tolls are expensive and that they won’t pay for them even if it is must, others says that going to jail is a better thing to do than paying E-tolls every month. Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) urged motorists not to buy e-tags, saying that the   battle is far from over and that it would intensify its campaign against the implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng freeways.

It is worrying me to see this e-tolls being implemented because many people who are going to be affected are the poor. For example, right now 2kg of chicken is R40 and up in no time it will increase by R10. We hear about lot of money being spend on useless things... I am asking the leaders in the Government, people who are voted by fellow South Africans if they are sure that this is what people are voting for? Deep within themselves is this what freedom was all about? I doubt if they know that R500 is a lot of money because they will be using stare cars hence e-tolls will be paid by the governments itself and making them unaffected by this tolls at all because of the luxury life they are living so much for change they promised people during 2009 elections.

Democratic Alliance (DA) however, made billboards saying “e-tolling proudly brought to you by ANC” this made African National Congress (ANC) mad and forced the DA to remove them and this is not the first time ANC have forced DA to remove something because DA apparently advertised on airtimes saying “Vote for DA” hence ANC felt that DA is gaining unfair advantage regarding the upcoming elections. One can say they were only angry that they did not think of this brilliant idea in the first place and it is not like DA did not buy the advertising space it was open for everyone but due to power the company had to terminate the contract they had with DA.