Top e-toll collector quits

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http://www.fin24.com/Economy/South-Africa/Top-e-toll-collector-quits-20140117

Johannesburg - The chief operating officer of the company tasked with collecting e-tolls in Gauteng has resigned, Sanral confirmed on Friday.

Spokesperson Vusi Mona said: "ETC has made us aware of Ben Theron's resignation.

"Sanral (SA National Roads Agency Limited) is contracted to the company ETC and not to its employees."

Electronic Tolling Collection (ETC) spokesperson Ann Mardon said the company would issue a statement later.
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:D
 
Seems like there are still some people with a conscience....

Would love to know the 'true' reason for his resignation.
 
Normally when a company is failing, COO's are the first to bail. He probably took one look at the figures and packed his bags.
 
And so the pot simmers...

Burnt out working over christmas?
 
AfricanTech said:
I cannot imagine a more unpleasant job than working at a SANRAL outlet.

Can anyone else?
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[-]Perhaps you should reread what you said here[/-] perhaps they have no choice?

Arthur said:
It would of course be ideal if everyone refused, resisted, or avoided the tolled roads.

But individual circumstances vary greatly. A young single male might easily have the time, energy and resolve to resist vigorously. A single mother with three kids, in a tough low-paying job, struggling through a long commute and lunchtime school collections, might simply not have the financial, emotional, intellectual or temporal resources to do anything but buy an eTag in a desperate bid to save R200.

Now R200 might be nothing to you. But to millions of South Africans on the edge, it can makes the difference between whether or not the kids get school lunch.

Not everyone can afford to become political or social activists. Most in fact are too busy scraping together a living, serving their families. They are harried, worried, and pressured for every Rand.

Those who can should protest and oppose in the ways they are able - it is an obligation in charity to defend the poor.

But those who oppose the new tax and who through force of circumstance cannot actively oppose it and are forced into compliance, these deserve our compassion and support. And a redoubling of effort from those who can do something about it.

Let us direct our opposition and opprobrium at the real culprits.
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AfricanTech said:
Well said Arthur, very well said.
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Necuno said:
[-]Perhaps you should reread what you said here[/-] perhaps they have no choice?
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I know, families to feed, lives to live.

My point being, that it is probably one of the most unpleasant jobs to be in at the moment, facing hordes of angry, frustrated consumers every day with no respite in sight - remember, the SANRAL outlet people deal with people who are trying to pay but can't.

Many people endure kuk jobs in order to put food on the table, doesn't mean that it isn't a kuk job - and being a SANRAL etoll outlet worker must be a pretty kuk job right now. I doubt they get any smiles or thank you's - thats for sure.

You misread my comment for sarcasm when it was pity.
 
AfricanTech said:
I know, families to feed, lives to live.

My point being, that it is probably one of the most unpleasant jobs to be in at the moment, facing hordes of angry, frustrated consumers every day with no respite in sight - remember, the SANRAL outlet people deal with people who are trying to pay but can't.

Many people endure kuk jobs in order to put food on the table, doesn't mean that it isn't a kuk job - and being a SANRAL etoll outlet worker must be a pretty kuk job right now. I doubt they get any smiles or thank you's - thats for sure.

You misread my comment for sarcasm when it was pity.
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Perhaps I did, perhaps I didn't. Why do you think I added the strike out?
 
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