Showing posts with label south africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south africa. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

latest news on e toll- how it effects us all





And the chop suey thickens. Now Sanral have finally started showing their hand. Yes, you don’t HAVE to buy a e tag, you don’t HAVE to register, BUT if you don’t…..you’ll get charged R1.75 /km as apposed, to the 30c/km  you would be charged as an e tag holder.


Giving the proverbial finger to all those planning on taking part in the nationwide boycott?

Just as an example, I decided to get an idea how much the e toll system would cost, I used their onsite calendar using two points I pass each day as my starting and destination points. 
From London Road Off ramp to Gillooleys Interchange
With e tag Approx R87 per month
Without R140

That is a tiny distance  with less then 3 off ramps between the 2 points.

 I can only imagine how staggering the costs would be to those travelling longer distances like Pta to Jhb or from South of Jhb to Sandton.
Not to mention how this will effect  every other aspect of our lives.

Food prices will go up so that the farmers and logistic companies can cover their extra transport costs. Any company that uses the highways for their business will increase the cost of the product or service to cover it.




So what does this mean for us? We’ll be paying more, more for food, more for services, more for petrol and more to get to work. So on the same salary but paying more for essentials we will slowly become poorer.


The rest of the country just shrugs its shoulders, after all, as far as they can see, this is a Gauteng problem right? Wrong, you will all be paying more for everything. The price increases will go across the board and affect the entire country.



Our only hope I feel is that the "people" realize how they have been shafted over the years and finally STOP VOTING ANC!!!!!!!!  I don't care who else you vote for, just NOT ANC!!!!!!!! All they have done is take away all the peoples money and given it to the politicians. We starve while they drive luxury cars and live in fancy houses


             Welcome to another Zimbabwe where the politicians thrive and the people suffer. 






how most of South africa lives
How Zuma lives
















Amazing how different the lives of "the people" and their chosen leaders are





zuma safe and sound in decedent luxury










Wednesday, 28 March 2012

e-toll protest action



 
MEDIA STATEMENT

SUBJECT                               :           FF Plus launches protest action against e-toll system
ISSUED BY                           :            Adv. Anton Alberts
CAPACITY                            :            FF Plus parliamentary spokesperson: Transport
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.