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Sanral het wraggies nou sy beste skrikmaakmasker opgesit maar, blykbaar is daar meer mense wat geskrik het vir Elsabe Zietsman toe sy haar klere begin uittrek het as vir hierdie patetiese spul. Sien, die nuutste is dat as jy onder een van Sentraal Transvaal se nuwe diskoligte deurry, en die enigste skyfies in jou motor is slap skyfies, Simba-skyfies of jou lisensieskyfie, dan begin die tyd aftel. Die bewering is dat jy dan onder druk behoort te verkeer omdat jy net sewe dae het om die rekening te betaal! Maar spaar ‘n gedagte vir arme Siphiwe wat met die rekeninge werk. Die probleem is dat jy nie weet wat jou rekening is nie, so die druk is op Siphiwe om die rekening by jou te kry binne sewe dae, maar die probleme is legio. Eerstens leef ons in ‘n land waar die onderwysers (wat grade verwerf het by universiteite…wel sommige van hulle) nou toetse moet skryf om hul bevoegdheid in hul eie vakke te bewys. Hoe goed kan Siphiwe se opleiding dan wees, wat aangestel is op grond van sy ...

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%". ...