April-scheduled road funding summit will discuss e-tolling

From April, Gauteng motorists will pay 30 cents per kilometre to use some of the provincial highways and it is still unclear whether this plan will be followed around the country. Last week, Cosatu led a national protest calling for the scrapping of the e-tolling system and a ban on labour broking.

Independent Online reports that the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport said it would continue to oppose any plans to install toll roads along the Wild Coast. Following opposition to e-tolling, a "well-placed senior government source" was quoted as saying plans for new toll roads around Cape Town and in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were set to be shelved. "The public protest was successful in this respect," the source said. The City of Cape Town, however, denied claims that Western Cape tolling will be shelved.

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