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Gauteng

THE SACP says the controversy surrounding e-tolls will soon be history.

Speaking on the election campaign trail in ward 10, Tembisa, SACP first deputy secretary-general Solly Mapaila said this week that the party had previously said if e-tolls inconvenienced motorists they should not be imposed on them.

“I understand that there is a process in the government to resolve the e-tolls issue,” he said.

His comments on e-tolls come after the South African National Roads Agency Limited indicated that the revenue collection on e-tolls had dwindled.

| Political Bureau

Cape Town

IF THE Good party wins Cape Town after the November 1 elections, the political party will prevent the illegal use of prepaid electricity meters as a debt collecting mechanism.

This is according to the party’s mayoral candidate Brett Herron, who said an immediate moratorium would be placed on the City of Cape Town’s practice of using prepaid electricity meters as a “debt collecting mechanism”.

“The debt collecting mechanism makes it impossible for consumers to buy electricity without losing some of the electricity units they have paid for,” Herron said. | IOL

Tshwane

THE National Liquor Traders’ campaign against further bans on the sale of alcohol during the Covid-19 lockdowns by the government was taken to the City of Tshwane, where it received support from local tavern and shebeen owners.

The rally was hosted in Mamelodi, where the liquor traders converged to reiterate their stance against further bans on the sale of alcohol and express their support for the government’s vaccination drive. |