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The African National Congress Youth League has noted the ruling of the
Constitutional Court with regard to the overturning of the judgment of the
North Gauteng High Court on the e-tolls.


The African National Congress Youth League remains resolute that the
judgment does not in any way invalidate any of the issues we have
consistently raised against the e-tolls. We remain vehemently opposed to
the e-tolling system on the basis that:


 - 1. The tolls are simply unjustifiably expensive for all commuters
 and totally unaffordable to the working class, the poor and young
people
 - 2. Tolls will further weaken the already weak purchasing power of
 consumers given that due to apartheid spatial planning, most people
live  far away from places of work thus spending a significant portion of
their income on travel
 - 3. The state has a responsibility to fund infrastructure
>development and maintenance through the direct and indirect taxes
already levied against the public. Demanding further taxes to fund the same
 objective is tantamount to shifting the burden of delivery from the
state to the public

SANRAL should not therefore overzealously take today’s judgment as the
green light to proceed with the implementation of e-tolls. It is
government’s responsibility to source alternative funding for the new
roads built and such should never be passed on to the overstretched tax payer.