MEDIA STATEMENT
SUBJECT
ISSUED BY : Adv. Anton Alberts
CAPACITY
DATE : 27 March 2012
The Freedom Front Plus together with the National Taxpayer’s Union (NTU), the South African Caravan Association (SACA) and motor cyclists from various clubs will be launching a protest action against the Gauteng e-tolls system on Thursday morning 29March 2012 at 07:00. The protest action will be a continuous process which will continue until the end of April in order to show the government that the public is not satisfied with its decision to continue with the e-tolls.
“We want to force government to scrap the toll system completely. The government has to understand that the public‘s opposition against the system will not go away. That is why we are launching the protest action which will consist of various elements and will continue over a period of a month,” Adv. Anton Alberts, the FF Plus’ parliamentary spokesperson on transport says. “We believe that the general protest will also carry the seed for the systematic development of a general tax protest against exorbitant taxes and poor service delivery,” Alberts added.
The protest action will consist of the following:
· From 07:00 on Thursday 29 March 2012 a cavalcade of caravans motors and motorbikes with protest banners on the highways of Johannesburg and between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
· Throughout April the action will be repeated if the government does not react positively to the protest.
· There will be various collections at busy intersections where motorists will be asked to make a donation toward funding legal action in exchange for a protest sticker.
· The FF Plus Youth will also launch various virtual protest actions.
All motorists are welcome to follow the convoy with their vehicle lights switched on. The convoy will depart at 07:00 from the Shell Ultra City on the Ben Schoeman Highway for Johannesburg.
