E-toll billboards: "A vote for the DA is a vote against e-tolls"

Today I launched new billboards in Gauteng with the message: "A vote for the DA is a vote against e-tolls".

These billboards along highways mark the start of an intensive campaign to mobilize Gauteng voters against the government that brought us e-tolls.

I will take information on the costs of travelling all major routes in Gauteng directly to the people as part of a mass mobilization campaign against e-tolls. 

The fact remains: people can't afford e-tolls, no matter how much SANRAL says they can.

Many people are refusing to buy e-tags. This is their prerogative and their right. It is important to send out a strong message to the ANC that people don't want e-tolls.

But, ultimately, the strongest message we can send out is at the ballot box. If people don't want e-tolls, they must vote out the party that has unjustly forced this system on us.

We can fight the further roll-out of e-tolls if we are elected to government. And, make no mistake, the ANC has plans to roll out even more e-toll gantries on our highways.

I have announced plans to fight e-tolling as Premier, including a provincial referendum so that people can make their voice heard against e-tolls. As Premier, I am prepared to interdict the next phase of e-tolls that will see gantries go up on a further 300km of roads, including major routes like the Ben Schoeman Highway.

We have also gone to court to have the E-Tolling Bill sent back to Parliament on the basis that it was unconstitutionally passed.

E-tolling will kill jobs in Gauteng and put an extra financial burden on people at a time when they can least afford it. 

Our message to the people is clear: We will put everything in to the fight against this unjust and unaffordable system, but we need your vote to do it.

Statement issued by Mmusi Maimane, DA Premier Candidate for Gauteng, November 21 2013

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