Hon Deputy Speaker, the implementation of new toll roads in Gauteng must be scrapped. The citizens of this country can simply not afford it. The cost of living in Gauteng is already one of the highest in the country. An additional cost burden such as this will have a crippling effect, not only on the citizens that have to use the toll roads but also on our entire economy.
The price of food - in fact, the price of all goods and services - will increase for ordinary citizens due to higher transport costs. Again, small businesses, the poor and the most vulnerable are the ultimate losers. The IFP therefore rejects the imposition of new tolls on roads in Gauteng and will support opposition to this.