'Sanity has prevailed': OUTA celebrates scrapping of e-tolls in Gauteng

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The Transport Department gazetted the withdrawal of the declaration on some highways in the province earlier on Thursday.

JOHANNESBURG - The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse said that the scrapping of e-tolls in Gauteng was a victory for motorists, who have been rejecting the project since the beginning.in the province earlier on Thursday.

OUTA said the e-toll system was another example of what happens when government puts in place laws without considering the impact they will have on society.

 

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