Johannesburg - Opposition parties have accused Premier David Makhura of having lost the battle to scrap e-tolls, saying any such move would negatively affect the pockets of some ANC bigwigs.
Gauteng DA spokesman on transport Neil Campbell said Makhura had failed to give a precise response to the recommendations of the panel he had appointed to assess the e-tolls.
Relying on finance minister Nhlanhla Nene’s Budget speech on Wednesday, in which he said e-tolls would remain, Campbell said: “One must again ask the question why Sanral, the national Department of Transport and the ANC outside of Gauteng are hell-bent on using the expensive gantries.
“There remain many unexplained clauses in the contract between Sanral and Electronic Tolling Collection and Kapsch, the Austrian maker of toll road systems, that defy logic.
“Who exactly is being enriched by the e-toll system?” Campbell asked.
The Star