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ANC pays first e-toll price

JOBURG - The e-tolling debacle will cost the ANC some 30 000 votes in the 2014 general election.

This follows a call by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers for its members to vote for an alternative party next year.

“Civil disobedience and not voting for the ruling party are the only way to resist e-tolling,” said Success Mataitsane, general secretary of the trade union.

“Our national general council took a decision not to vote for the current ruling party.

“We are also spreading the word among our 30 000 members that the only way to make it clear that we are not happy with the way the country is governed, is to vote for an alternative party and not by staying away from the elections.

‘Central to our decision was to continue our fight against e-tolling and to contemplate a protest march to the office of President Jacob Zuma.

“We cannot allow the privatisation of our roads which are already paid for through taxation and the fuel levy.”

Trade union federation Cosatu has announced it would organise a national day of action against e-tolls.

The DA, meanwhile, has urged the people to protest against e-tolls by voting the ANC out of power, with its Gauteng Premier candidate promising to do everything in his power to scrap e-tolling should he be elected.

Government has indicated e-toll decisions would not be reviewed or reversed, and that the system would be implemented before the end of the year.

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