President Cyril Ramaphosa has mandated Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula working with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Gauteng Premier David Makhura to submit to Cabinet a solution to the impasse around electronic tolling on Gauteng freeways.<\/p>\n
The President has noted and finds extremely unfortunate and deeply regrettable recent public exchanges between Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and the Gauteng Provincial Government on this matter.<\/p>\n
The President says such exchanges on social media are unbecoming of their high offices and fail to provide the leadership required in this instance.<\/p>\n
The public interest is best served through collaboration, not conflict, and the appropriate platform for leaders to express and reconcile differing views is Cabinet and other coordination forums.<\/p>\n
The President has called on the Ministers and Premier to table proposals to Cabinet by the end of August 2019.<\/p>\n
While the user-pay principle remains a policy of government, the electronic tolling system as part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Plan (GFIP) presents challenges in its current form.<\/p>\n
The President expects that the consultations within government over the coming weeks will produce workable outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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