.....in the wind
Driving down the highways of Gauteng at night, one cannot cease to be amazed by the violet light that breaks the monotony of the yellow floods that light up the road. As you pass under the e-toll gantries you cannot fail to be amazed by the technology that has been installed. All to collect an e-toll around the national roads in Gauteng. What the heck was SANRAL thinking! The system, when implemented, will bring in a revenue of 3.513 billion rand while the cost of collection would be 2.543 billion rand about 70% of the collected revenue. This makes no mention of the cost of SANRAL staff, administration costs, etc. which I suspect will yield a negative return. Fortunately a court ruling has put a halt to the project and for the moment its "e-tolling in the wind"! Parkhurst used to be a nice quaint suburb where you could park your car and walk around the streets and have a look at the interesting items that are on display or alternatively stop by for a quick cup of cof