The whole E-Tolling idea was one the greatest stupidities this Gov ever come up with. To build or actually only improve highways for R19-20 billion and to think it's reasonable to set up a system of recovering this amount for a minimum of R14 billion, probably escalating to at least 30 or 40 Billion does not make any economic sense at all. OUTA even estimates that at the end of the day we might end up paying 100 billion or more. And than to state that Gov cannot afford further delay of the tolling is actually even more stupendous, because we, the SA, Msanzi economy has to cough up these enormous amounts of cash somehow. So we should rather make clear to these characters without any sense for economics and arithmetic skills, that SA cannot afford this wealth destroying tolling system at all.It actually will destroy jobs. They (SANRAl/Gov) must have also have signed a most stupid contract with Kapsch. And will find it difficult to negotiate them selves out of that one. The well known economist Chris Heart has been arguing repeatedly on radio and TV that this E-Tolling does not make sense. Increasing the fuel levies with only a small amount is the real smart way to go about this, administrative costs practically:nil. This Gov is so often unable to do things simple, straight and efficient, while they have the impression that the money (our taxes, we worked for it with blood, sweat and tears) grows on trees.The understanding, or better almost total lack of , economic and financial matters by this Gov is comparable with the Aids denialism and advocating of eating garlick, sweet potatoes as cure fur this serious illness, that existed 8-10 years ago in this country.
