A revolt over South Africa’s roads  It doesn’t toll for thee  A
road-tolling scheme conjures up people power  See article
Readers' comments   PPP Lusofonia  Willingness to pay tolls has
some to do with tradition, but most to do with better quality
roads and avoiding congestion on non-tolled roads. .   A few
things went wrong with this project from the beginning: SA used
to have a fuel levy to cover construction and maintenance of all
roads. It was during the time period of that fuel levy that SA
built its impressive road network. Where the fuel levy was not
enough, a "top up toll" was introduced (I believe on the N4
platinum highway). The past government (or regime) later removed
the connection between fuel levy and road infrastructure,
placing the fuel levy directly into the main tax collection pot.
This has to be the biggest mistake, and many governments around
the world make this same mistake (including our government in
Ontario).  The highway network was then segmented from the
entire road network and pl