by standers

@Nkululeko, e-tolling won't affect the taxi industry (or buses etc) because public transport is exempt from paying as this would have meant an increase in the transport costs of public transport users. It still isn't right, I feel, for any of us to have to pay for using the roads which aren't a luxury as Blade Nzimande would like us to believe, saying that the "rich" must be prepared for using "luxuries" such as roads...

*dope pic

Nothing pisses me off more than the e-toll, you know something is a bit crappy when even law abiding citizens are protesting against a certain law. Like DA said, there was no research or public announcement made before putting up the toll gates. Our government is now hectically in debt and someone has to pay for their mistakes, take a wild guess who that 'someone' is. Everyone who works for the government incl those who work for the military don't pay a single cent on toll gates, so they can stand on their pedestals and start shouting numbers we have to pay for THEM. Last i checked we were a developing a country, i doubt even developed countries have toll gates every stones throw. How about we cut down on the fat cheques of government officials and pay off whatever 'we' owe. Why are we even paying tax and renewing cars license disc annually, where does all that money go?

I agree with Tabiso, the framing is dope

@ Tabiso:The more we let it "slide", the more corruption sets in, organized crime takes over and we become used to the new situation making it much more difficult to pick it up and and put it back in place: our freedom, our rights, our equality, our access to information, education, health, oppotunities of growth and dignity.
So as much as I agree that inciting a full scale rebellion might be the only way to remove this cancer from our governing body, it's the little battles that help us not to loose any more ground and eventually lead us to bigger scale changes in our society.

@Lebo: They also did a toll gate in Mozambique, between Maputo and Matola, two cities whose borders have become blurred due to their proximity and to population growth in the last 25 years. There was a lot of public uproar but they still went ahead with it.

Indeed, great framing.