It is said South Africans express themselves best through song and dance, and to help disgruntled Gauteng motorists, Johannesburg resident Glenn Welman has produced the perfect anti-e-tolling anthem.
Welman's They Tried to Make Me Buy an e-tag, based on Amy Winehouse's smash hit Rehab, is a cheeky dressing-down of the South African National Roads Agency.
The sound engineer got the idea for the video after seeing a tweet by cartoonist Jeremy Nell in November that read: "They tried to make me buy an e-tag and I said no, no, no."
He downloaded the Rehab lyrics, reworked them, sent them to Cape Town singer and friend Nicki-Lee Dorea to record and then mixed the song. He uploaded the final product to YouTube on Tuesday.
By yesterday afternoon, it had garnered just over 8100 views.
But Welman doesn't want to be seen as a campaigner.
"I'm not here to dictate to people what to do. Everyone has different circumstances so I don't want to talk against those people. I just, personally, don't recommend it [buying ane-tag]," he said yesterday.
"It's purely a light-hearted parody to get the message out there. I'm not here trying to get famous or make money from this. I just wanted it to be a message.
"I'm not a regular traveller on the highways, and I have not received any bills yet. Maybe it's in the mail. Either way I won't be paying."
Sanral CEO Nazir Alli was quoted as saying this week that 960000 people had registered on the e-tolling system, and urged more people to register and show "respect for our democracy and for the rule of law".
The lyrics to Welman's video begin: They tried to make me buy an e-tag, but I said no, no, no
If I'm white or black, I won't be doing that, no, no, no
I aint got the time, and if Sanral thinks it's fine
They tried to make me buy an e-tag, but I won't go, go go .
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