Cdes, The travel allowances of most of this decision makers of merciless systems like Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project are in a nucleus of it all. The state takes a complete care of their daily movement without any cent expected from them but with more advantages on the road such as Blue Lights and all the tendencies found at our roads. The working class as a result will be at the receiving end of these acts in as much as prices of everything will rise countrywide especially at retail outlets which are found at all corners of South Africa, though this insane project occurs in Gauteng, other provinces will be used as a means to recover costs due to the fact that most of their depots are in Gauteng, thus the truck will via the same route exiting Gauteng to its intended destination. Lack of realistic planning and to a larger extend the beneficiation of officials and politicians in its procurement processes, will lead to discouraging workers and the poor in Gauteng to avoid buying cars at all costs and use public transportation system to go to work & even to visit their loved ones. Perhaps if most parliamentarians and officials went back to taxi businesses, and this is a strategy to sustain and grow their businesses, as people are buying cars on daily basis and as a result it negatively impacts on their businesses. The implementation of this project will not only bear negative effects to the working class but also to most businesses in Gauteng, because petrol will mostly be poured to taxis and buses, because even the retail companies will change the transportation system of trucks and make use of trains, the movement of Passenger trains might equally be affected because of the high volume of goods transportation, consideration will be given to provision of more time for goods transportation rather than passenger due to the profit Transnet will be generating from it. Truck drivers will eventually forfeit their relevance at those companies and later South African 's rate of unemployment and crime will be on the rise. Perhaps the Project intends of combating congestion on the roads, then what will then be the need for road infrastructure development, what is going to be driven on those roads. The Gauteng Provincial Government along with the City of Joburg should acknowledge that the Bus Rapid Transport System is equally not working due to its inconvenience, maybe as in when the use of private cars is limited, they believe that the BRT shall serve a purpose on their initial intentions. We should maybe amend some clauses of free travelling system of Politicians in Government and Travel Allowances for Officials, so much that they also feel the pain of paying toll gates and high prices of Petrol and Diesel, after doing these maybe it shall plant in them patriotism as they totally lost it. The YCL is spot on on this matter and we should urge fellow countrymen and woman to meet this with boycott.
Kgotso e le atele bana besho "Eager for expropriation is a determination for rightful ownership, especially where compensation is unlisted" -----Original Message----- From: Khaya Xaba <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:08:17 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] YCL notes with disgust the approval of the revised tariffs for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project *Press statement* ** August 11, 2011 *YCL notes with disgust the approval of the revised tariffs for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project* ** The Young Communist League of South Africa [Ufasimba] notes with disgust the approval of the revised tariffs for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project. Even after revision we are of the view that the tariffs are still high, in fact this project should have not been implemented in the first place. As the YCL we feel that it is too much for light motor vehicles [they are classified as Class A2] to pay 40cents per kilometer, medium vehicles [Class B] to pay 100cents per kilometer and longer vehicles [Class C] to pay 200cents per kilometer. These tariffs are too much for a country that is gripped with rising prices of food, petrol and other daily necessities. This approval of the tariffs is a blow in the face of the working class and poor in their struggle to sustain their lives. We are also distraught that “middle class taxpayers” are objecting to the exemption of taxis and busses and we are going to have to defend the exemption, so we can't be pretending at this stage that it does not exist. This also should not give leeway to greedy taxi associations to increase fares that are currently high as it is. With the cost of living, these new tariffs will sky rocket it because the cost of transportation will increase e.g. transportation of food and other daily necessities will be affected but most important buses and taxis will be affected. Majority of the working class uses public transport to get to and from work; this means they will have to pay more for their trips to their place of employment. Also school children will be affected by this horrible decision. We call on government to reconsider this project and stop the entire project before it even commences. If our call is not heeded the YCL will not hesitate to mobilise its membership and the communities at large to go to the streets to protest against this project. Issued by the YCL head office Mafika Mndebele (National Spokesperson) Landline: (011) 339 3621 Cellphone: 073 574 5953 Cellphone: 082 567 3557 Email: [email protected] -- Venceremos -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
