Speculation is rife about the outcome of the e-toll advisory panel’s recommendations – set to be made public in “coming weeks” according to Gauteng premier, David Makhura. While some reports predict the certain demise of the controversial programme, others dash hopes that it will be scrapped. A ‘well-placed’ government source was cited as saying that e-tolls would not be scrapped, noting that the advisory panel had rejected the idea of using a ring-fenced fuel levy to pay for e-tolls. Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) chairman, Wayne Duvenage, said: “If sanity has to prevail, e-tolling must be scrapped. If they don’t scrap it, remember the local elections are on the way and government will pay the price,” he said.
