Oops - seems as if the rainbow nation of South Africa isn't so rainbowy anymore. The incompetent, socialist/marxist government of South Africa, the ANC, has managed to rack up a R149 billion road maintenance shortfall. It just boggles the mind. South Africa, with all her mineral wealth, is on the way to becoming a slum. But, never fear when the ANC is near, because they have the answer to their own created problem! Here it is......toll roads all across the country so that they can further shaft the tax payer to pay for government incompetence. The soccer world cup fiasco was just the start of bankrupting the tax payer and they have to hasten the process. So, on top of paying 40% income tax and a further 14% VAT on EVERYTHING - apart from some limp potatoes and watered down milk - the starving tax payer needs to cough up money to use the roads he's paid for over and over and over. Hell, if the ANC keeps this up the Blacks are going to be begging for Apartheid to come back. At least then they had free everything and pot-hole free roads. Well done ANC! Keep telling your people how free they are whilst you dig in their pockets for the few cents they still have. You are a prize amongst African nations!
South African drivers face a rash of toll roads all over the country, the Gauteng's e-toll system is just the beginning, The Star newspaper reported on Monday.
Transport minister Sbu Ndebele said government planned a network of toll roads across the country in a bid to plug the multibillion-rand hole in its road maintenance bill.
Responding to a question in Parliament recently, Ndebele said the so-called "user pay" principle - which he claims will be applied only when required - would go a long way towards relieving the state's R149 billion road maintenance shortfall.
"The 'user pay' (toll) principle is government policy, but is used selectively and only where feasible, and when, the benefits outweigh the cost to the road user," he said.
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