They call it civil disobedience, I call it my constitution right of freedom of movement and right to work (and get to it).
There is a legal grey areas on the presecution of offenders as there are currently three legal opions, NPA, SANRAL and NGOs fighting against the tolls. Therefore, unless there is a case and therefore case law is created, there is no real agreement on the prosecution.
Then we take it on step further. If the estimated 25Million transactions will occur daily on the toll roads, and 10% of them don't pay, it will be impossible to send out infringements to all of them as the cost will outway the benefit. Then 10% of those people can take it to court, which leads to more money to be spend by SANRAL. So, at the end, the cost will outway the benefit.
The admin fees that are suddenly appearing is again an incredible lack of transparency towards the whole thing.
But what is the cherry on the cake is the fact that taxis and buses won't pay toll fees (according to the last reports). So, it creates a perception that it is target at the working (tax paying) middle to upper class that is already paying between 60-70% tax (personal tax + VAT + petrol + capital gains + etc.).
The disconent towards the eTolls is the beginning of the tipping point of where South Africans "eat-the-crap" threshold. This is why we are all fighting back by being disobedient towards the eTolls. Then the argument comes in that it will create a precedent for anything that government wants to implement, but it can also be argued that if government is efficient and effective, it will not occur. The concept of bulldozing laws and enforcing it upon the citizens are ending.
At the end, people are getting tired of putting money into a system that is not delivering at any level.
