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<\/a>e-Toll protest<\/p><\/div>\n
Cosatu Gauteng chairman Phutas Tseki<\/a> said motorists should not pay for the e-tolls, as they had not been consulted about them.<\/p>\n “We were never consulted, even when these gantries were coming up. In the absence of our involvement regarding our own roads, we are saying no to e-tolls,” he told the protesters.<\/p>\n He said other events like picketing, sit-ins, protest marches and the signing of petitions would be held in the future.<\/p>\n Pointing to a nearby crowded Home Affairs refugee reception centre, Tseki said that with the rising cost of living, more and more South Africans were languishing in poverty.<\/p>\n “As Cosatu, we are worried when we see such things. I am not sure where we are going to run to. We have the sea on our left and right. At least they [refugees] could move from Zimbabwe, Mozambique and even as far as Nigeria to seek better life.”<\/p>\n He said further protests would be held around the province.<\/p>\n “We are saying to government, we the workers are not happy. The development of the transformation agenda is going astray from what we expected in 1994,” Tseki said.<\/p>\n “We had the view that we were going to have free education [and] free movement on the roads. Government now wants to exclude some sections of society from these roads.”<\/p>\n He said Cosatu hoped the transport department would “rescind its decision and review what they are saying”.<\/p>\n The protesters’ convoy and the police escort reached the N1 before 3pm.<\/p>\n Last month, Cosatu’s Gauteng provincial secretary Dumisani Dakile<\/a> said there would also be protests in other provinces to ensure the opposition to e-tolling became a “national act”.<\/p>\n An application by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa<\/a>) to have the electronic tolling of Gauteng’s major roads scrapped was dismissed in December by the High Court in Pretoria.<\/p>\n The court granted Outa leave, in January, to take the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n OUTA e-toll appeal application a success<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n E-tolls going ahead: court<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n E-tolls: vandals will be punished<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n E-tolls: Cosatu threatens toll booth destruction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore e-tolls articles<\/h3>\n