Editor's note: Excuse my middle class tendencies The Gauteng e-tolling debate is picking up pace again and it seems as if the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) and government are scrambling to spin the benefits of the controversial system any which way they can. Even if what they are saying is completely preposterous –more so than before. Just recently, the state-owned roads agency lashed out at e-toll critics, saying that the system ultimately favours the poor and that Gauteng's middle-class will ultimately bear most of the cost. According to Sanral, "government's commitment to the poor and its continuing attempts to shield the poor and the workers from even more price hikes can best be exemplified by the fact that the highest earning quintile will bear 94% of the toll fees and when the second quintile is added, this figure goes up to 99%".
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