Even government does not pay e-tolls, it's blatantly unfair to expect citizens to: DA
It was "pure hypocrisy" that government called on citizens and businesses to buy e-tags and pay e-tolls‚ when a number of metropolitan municipalities refused to pay e-tolls‚ Democratic Alliance (DA) shadow minister of transport‚ Manny de Freitas said on Wednesday. “This was confirmed in a reply to a DA parliamentary question‚ which revealed that the three worst offending local governments in Gauteng are: Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality (R1‚838.383); City of Tshwane Metropolitan municipality (R351‚644); and the Emfuleni Local municipality which owes R127‚685.“The government is being blatantly unfair by expecting citizens to do something they aren’t prepared to.“The people of Gauteng have also spoken loud and clear in their rejection of e-tolls‚ and their voices have been largely ignored.“Now even African National Congress-governed municipalities have rejected e-tolls and refuse to pay them‚” De Freitas said.He said not only were some municipalities not paying their e-toll bills but some had not even signed up for e-tags.“Emfuleni (in Gauteng) local municipality has not registered a single one of its vehicles for e-tags.”..
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