We’ll join you in your e-toll march‚ Gauteng MEC tells Cosatu
Will the national government‚ Gauteng provincial government and Cosatu sing from the same hymn book on the issue of e-tolls? This is the question that boggled the minds of many marchers who spent more than five hours marching the streets of Johannesburg from one department to another‚ one employer to another‚ making the call for e-tolls to be banned. After handing over demands to Jo’burg mayor Herman Mashaba and transport MEC Ismail Vadi‚ workers marched to the South African Chamber of Mines.At the final destination was Gauteng finance MEC Barbara Creecy‚ a representative from the department of public service and administration and the management of chamber.Bheki Ntshalintshali‚ secretary general of labour federation Cosatu‚ said that among their demands was that e-tolls to be scrapped.He reiterated how Cosatu had warned the ruling party and the government that the people of Gauteng do not like e-tolls.The ANC suffered a substantial decline in support during the 2014 general elections in Gauteng. Ntshalintshali said one of the causes was the government’s insistence on having e-tolls.Creecy responded: “We are prepared to go‚ comrades‚ together with yourselves‚ to the national department of transport to raise the issues and concerns which you raised about e-tolls in the province.”..
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