The road to ANC’s ruin

DEAR SIR — With the recent signing of the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill by President Jacob Zuma, I think the time has arrived for the African National Congress’s wings to be clipped at the next election. The movement has become irrational and inconsiderate; people’s views are no longer worthwhile, but their votes are important. It is time for a change of government.

There have been petitions, go-slows, marches, legal challenges and political interventions to scrap the e-tolling system, but the government is forging ahead regardless of who says what. This raises the question as to who the beneficiaries of e-tolling are? The petrol price keeps going up, car maintenance is expensive, taxis are moving coffins, and now there will be further expense through e-tolling. I’m not sure if this is the better life we voted for in 1994.

Portugal’s e-tolling failure is clear evidence that e-tolling does not work. According to the Portuguese road agency EP, it failed to collect more than €30m from e-toll transgressors.