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IN DEFENCE: Ex-official Sibusiso Buthelezi. PHOTO: MAYEDWA NJILANA

Buthelezi, who was part of the team that came up with the project, said it was apparent that the Gauteng government, municipalities and national Department of Transport have several disagreements as to how the scheme should be operated and Sanral failed to address the concerns.

He said Sanral reneged on an earlier agreement of providing the public with safe public transport, park-and-ride facilities and the construction of new roads such as the PWV9, PWV5, PWV15 and R80.

This, according to Buthelezi, was supposed to have been implemented before the e-tolling system became operational.

Buthelezi came out following accusations by the South African Communist Party that past and present ANC leaders in Gauteng in the provincial government be investigated.

The party fell short of accusing them of receiving bribes and being silent partners in companies that stand to benefit from the system.

He said the project was controlled at cabinet level from the beginning and Sanral oversaw the implementation process.

"The project belongs to Sanral and the agency is not an organ of the provincial government," he said.

"I have no problem with calls for an investigation but insinuations that officials or politicians at the provincial government benefited must be rejected with the contempt they deserve," Buthelezi said.

He said it was a public knowledge that white engineering companies and BEE companies were the beneficiaries of the e-tolls.

"The involvement of all spheres of government was intended to make sure that one sphere of government does not implement parts of the plan in an isolated, ad hoc fashion that might have a negative effect on other spheres of government," he said.

The e-tolling was to have started on Monday on 185km of highway in Johannesburg and Tshwane, but the ANC and Cosatu requested that the process be postponed until the end of May.

The Pretoria High Court also granted an urgent interdict, brought by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance, to stop the e-tolling system so that a full court review could be carried out to determine whether it should be scrapped.

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May 4, 2012

Papage

The truth will now come out. who are the beneficiary of this scam? they must be arrested.
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May 4, 2012

lekalatp

Ayeye.........that is why they did not want to disclose who is going to benefit from the administartion of this project. Now they must be not dare touch government pension funds. I have heard that bo di likes of other ANC leaders are now rich via the other people pension funds. they must dare not touch that money.
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May 4, 2012

Papage

Chickens are coming home to roast.
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May 4, 2012

Mafu'theNkukhu

Phaaaansi ngecorruption phaaansi!!!
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May 4, 2012

KeRataBasadi

Did the ppl involved here really think that this scam was gonna fly with no opposition, that the public was just going to sit back and take it in the butt-hole, niyanya maan, apartheid is almost over incase they had not noticed.
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May 4, 2012

kgomotosku

So the implementation of this project is even more illigal.Big up to the Judge. Where are the alternative routes...we are being held to ransom...
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May 4, 2012

Papage

Where is the Sbu Ndebela guy, what is he saying now? they all ran away, even Majaivane Premier of Gauteng is shut.
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May 4, 2012

lekalatp

The devil's kingdom is going to be over thrown peacefully........next time when they introduce project that effect and impact the people they must consult the masses. I wish we must also reject the smart cards ID's because the next project after this one is that they will want to inplant mirco chips in our bodies to track and control us. These copy and paste policies from the unknown sources is nonsense. South Africa has its own problems and we have to provide our own innovative solutions. If they want to have solutions to our problems we are here to be consulted. I'm more than prepared to provide solutions. I have always had a problem with bo Globalisation, FICA, RICA, Secrecy Bill and so forth since these things lead us to be totally been controlled.
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May 4, 2012

RobinH

Hey Sbu, A very poor attempt at deflecting blame. That whole thing was just a gangsta's paradise f r e e for all, for the bigwigs.
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May 4, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

I still maintain, i won't dare register for this eTolling K A K
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