Cosatu has received permission from the national economic development and labour council for it 2- million members to participate in a strike again on April 20, 2012 because the South Africa national road agency (sanral) has not addressed some of the public’s concern yet. What i want to know is the strike going to make a difference this time and is there a resolution that is going to be reached about the e tolling.
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| Same of public concern that the sanral need to address before implementing the e tolling system |
When cosatu held its first strike against the e tolling system on March 7, the response from the government was that the e tolling will go ahead as planned. This time again it calling for a strike, will this strike help the government to back down. It is quite clear that millions of motorist are opposing to pay fees for the e tolling and now it is worse to to the fact that if you do not register you will end up R1, 75 per kilometer instead of paying a standard tariff of R0, 30 for registered users. This means that if you are coming to Gauteng and you travel on the freeway roads that has the e tolling system you will have to pay R1,75 per kilometers is that fair for people who do not use this roads on a time o time bases to pay that much.
From a PRs point of view I think that the e tolling of the freeway has been poorly planned with no participation and engagement with the users.
yes the strike will make a difference just like in june 1976 it made a difference
ReplyDeleteyes in 1976 it did make a difference but we are no longer i the 90's this time i have to disagree with you i do not think it will make a difference.
DeleteI doubt the strike will make a difference. When the government wants something then they're going to get it. That is just how it is...
ReplyDeletei have to agree with you that our government doesnot take in to consideration the publics concerns it just do want it wants to do.
DeleteI doubt it will make a difference. Government never listens to our concerns. I have even resorted in using public transport toget to school because I'm avoiding having to register for an e-tag and pay for every kilometre I drive.YOH I'm student I do not have that kind of money.
ReplyDeleteOur government did not take in to consideration situations like yours that as a students where will we take that amount of money to pay for the e tolling system. they should have said it free also for students to use the freeways.
DeleteI too dont think it will make a difference, just like you are saying its not the first strike and things didnt change at first so what is going to make the Government change its mind this time around????
ReplyDeleteTrue to that, i also agree with you because our government said nothing is going to change no matter what.
DeleteI personaly think the strike is not going work because you cant keep doing the same thing over and over again and think you will get different results that one is very impossible.
ReplyDeleteI agree but the question is that when is our government going to take in to consideration our concern as the public for us to aviod doing the same thing over and over again?
DeleteSanral poorly planned the whole thing, it didnn't engage with the public or address the issue properly. The srike might make a change as public opinion matters.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the strike might change tings but it wont make a big difference because most busines are planning to increase they prices, we as the consumer will always stay affected.
Deletethe e-tolling to me looks like a is not going to change to me because the are still event putting other on the road so i don't gurantee the the strike will make a change but who knows maybe it would
ReplyDeleteI agree with you but we will have to wait and see maybe the after the strike the government might come up with a better solution.
DeleteThe srikes do change things i think the protesters need to make a real damage as Clive said it "1976" the state might back down and come up with better offer.
ReplyDeleteThemba time have changed if the strike damages anything, we as the nation will have to pay for the damage.
DeleteI think it’s time for the izinyoka to give back to the community and steal the e-tolling cables maybe that will make our government listen to the nation when it says it does not want the e-tolling system
ReplyDeleteNiykoh maybe your solution might work but promoting crime will not help to find a solution to this matter.
DeleteStrike this days not come as a solution but it complicates situation and waste time,remember in 2010 there was teachers 's strike that wasted time for grade 12 learners.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you that strikes do waste time but the only way to get our government to hears our is by striking.
DeleteI think second strike will bring changes because they will try to come up with a better solution
ReplyDeleteWe all hope that the government comes with a better solution after the strike.
DeleteIts about time we accepted that nothing will change, as the strike has been done before and nothing changed so road users must just register and paid the ruquested amount.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that is the solution to this problem, but i believe that we must keep trying maybe things wil change who knows.
DeleteAnd then the question that I will pose is, is Striking the only means of getting what we want, can't we reason better without striking.
ReplyDeleteThe is the problem with our government we cannot reson better with out striking first.
Deletethe stike wont make any difference instead it will bring big troubles
ReplyDeleteTrue to that because the (SNRAL) has decided to make the minibuses and buses to pay for the e tolling even before the strike
DeleteIt can make a difference but the only problem is that when our government has made a decision on something they not going to change their minds hey yet we say we are living in a democratic country...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the way our government is handling this is like we are not living in s democratic country.
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