Chair, if one is a road user who uses the road between Johannesburg and Pretoria, or even if you use the N12 from O R Tambo International Airport, one would experience that one no longer spends time on the road as was the case in the past. Therefore I think that we must also note that difference.
For that reason, Chair, I think we have to be honest in the Council. I think that as a country we need money. If we have to develop the country, we won't develop it from leaves that grow on the trees. We do need to generate some kind of income.
We have noted how the Minister reduced the fees after the outcry from around April last year. I want to say that on the radio station, Umhlobo Wenene, there used to be an advert called nesisulu siyahlawulelwa [nothing is for free].
I'm not going to translate it. I hope the interpreters have done so correctly.
With those few words I want to say that the ANC supports the Bill because we think if we still want to continue with the business and make sure that doing business in South Africa becomes easier, the best mode would be by rail because it is going to be refurbished, but the roads are still the priority for now and for those reasons I urge the parties in the House to reconsider and support the Bill.
Bill agreed to in accordance with section 75 of the Constitution.