ANC's Parks Tau steps up call for municipalities to fight e-tolls
FORMER Johannesburg mayor and South African Local Government Association chairman in Gauteng, Parks Tau, has called for e-tolls to be scrapped and urged municipalities to fight the user-pay system.Tau, who is also the ANC’s regional chairman in Johannesburg, on Thursday said: "The wealthy live closer to where their offices are and so they don’t always have to pay e-tolls. We [are] worried about the impact [of e-tolls] on the poor."The ANC has conceded that e-tolls contributed to the party’s electoral losses in Gauteng, where it lost control of Tshwane and Johannesburg.Tau was speaking on Thursday at a briefing after addressing delegates at a South African Local Government Association (Salga) conference, which marked the beginning of the new local government term and will set its agenda for the next five years. New leaders will be elected at the conference, the result of which might change the complexion of Salga, which has been dominated by ANC candidates.Tau said Salga welcomed the...
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