Mboweni against suspension of e-toll debt collection - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

He was speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria earlier on Thursday. The Board of the South African National Roads Agency announced this week that it was suspending the process of pursuing e-toll debt.Mboweni has made it clear that he is not in support of the move.

“I am very unhappy with the decision by Sanral board not to pursue those who have been defaulting on the e-tolls. It’s a very bad decision; they should never have taken that decision. It is not helpful in the bond market. It is undermining what we have said in the budget that we support the user must pay principle and they must reverse that decision immediately.”

In his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement as well as in the Budget Speech, he urged motorists to pay up. “This has implications for the bond market, the fiscus and their own credit rating and the credit rating of the country and people must learn that you don’t take a careless decision in the middle of a financial crisis.”“We urge anyone not to jump the gun and give us the process, the president is looking for an amicable solution to this issue,” says Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande.

The Gauteng African National Congress earlier welcomed Sanral’s decision. It has been one of the strongest e-toll critics, constantly lobbying for its scrapping.

The treasury and Sanral should have held a closed-door session to iron out any differences before issuing a joint public announcement. This will cost the ANC at the polls. South Africans are not as forgiving.

Lobaba uyagula ngathi uzocindezela more abantu, just coz u have everything does not mean be selfish.. You are serving the nation who ia already 😢 about thw etoll but you still insist.. What did people do to you😏

Hopefully ANC lose elections and mboweni will leave with them. Never been a favourite of mine anyway.

That's why the Deputy president Mabuza doesn't take him seriously

Kanti what's wrong with the former governor tito_mboweni, he complained when Afrikaans was abolished as a medium of instruction at UP, now this? Is he not MYANC member, which does not 'support' e-tolls?

Can we please have a meeting with Mboweni

That man continously revealing his ugliness

Do government institutions not talk to each other about these things?

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