The final report handed in by the e-toll panel set up by Gauteng premier David Makhura\u00a0is understood to recommend that the province’s controversial tolling system be scrapped.<\/p>\n
This is according to ANC sources, speaking to The Times<\/a> following the handing in of the report on Sunday (30 November 2014).<\/p>\n The Times quoted insiders who said that the e-toll panelists believe the system would strangle the Gauteng economy and further damage the national economy, ultimately impacting the poor.<\/p>\n Makhura has remained silent on the contents of the report.<\/p>\n On Sunday, the premier would not divulge what recommendations the e-toll review panel had tabled, because he had not read the report and did not want to make any rash announcements.<\/p>\n “We don’t want to make a mistake,” he told reporters in Johannesburg at the hand over of the report from the review panel.<\/p>\n There has been a public outcry over the implementation of e-tolls on Gauteng roads, with many motorists refusing to pay their bills.<\/p>\n Panel chairman Professor Muxe Nkondo handed the panel’s final report to Makhura at the Emoyeni conference centre in Parktown. He was accompanied by some of the panelists.<\/p>\n The panel was appointed by Makhura in July to examine the economic and social impact of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project and the e-tolling system set up to fund it.<\/p>\n “Early in the new year we will conclude our process and make a determination. We will then release the report,” Makhura said.<\/p>\n (With Sapa)<\/p>\n E-tolls a damn good idea: economist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n E-tolls cost 25 cents for every R100 earned<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n E-tolls are not perfect: transport minister<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore on e-tolls<\/h3>\n