Over the last few days I have received a few phone calls that didn't make sense. I was asked if I was blacklisted, which I obviously replied NO.I have never been blacklisted in my life.The penny dropped as the e-toll company that runs our toll roads Sanral has threatened to blacklist motorists who don't pay. This is too much of a coincidence as the calls were this week. This looks like the last ditch effort and it is about to collapse. They have no where else to turn and the power of people standing together has won.
This is how it worked and why they say 70 percent of motorists don't pay (more like 99 percent). Imagine a motor way where you live and nothing changes except a gantry goes up reading your number plate and starts charging you for using a road that has always been there. This happened about seven years ago and I haven't paid one cent towards this. This is as crooked as it comes.
If they had built a new road and had to recoup prices back from charging,then I have no issue with that. You can't just start charging for something that has been there before this lot were even born. Everyone pays road tax on their licence disks each year which covers the maintenance of roads.
Summonses were sent out last week to a group of motorists threatening to black list them if they don't appear in court and pay their debt. The Credit bureau has released a statement that they will not blacklist anyone for E-toll debts. We all see this as a last desperate attempt to get some money.
Bully boy tactics as there have been reports of confiscated cars seized at roadblocks from users who owe money. From my understanding this is illegal and just like the roads is an illegal attempt to get their hands on money they have never earned. I feel so strongly on this and honestly these greedy individuals are ruining the country with the brainless thoughts.I get cross when I see this and have to keep my cool.
This is where staying strong on something and ignoring everything that is happening is the best option. They can't prosecute millions of people and it is safety in numbers. Billions of Rands are owed according to them and they won't get 1 cent and are throwing money away trying to chase it. This is a corrupt country to the core and they will do anything for money. I wish we could bundle all the corrupt officials into a very large rocket and shoot them into space on a one way ticket.I have a way cheaper solution which people won't like.