Denosa concerned with e-toll dispensation

Denosa President Simon Hlungwani says nurses work 12 hour shifts and find it difficult to use public transport. 

"We work difficult hours. We work 12 hour shifts and public transport is unreliable," he says. 

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday that while e-tolls will not be scrapped, public transport will be exempt from paying fees. 

Hlungwani says although this new dispensation reduces costs, it remains an unsustainable system.

"We have resolved in our congress and in Cosatu that we will still be engaging in a campaign to ensure this system is done away with. We want it to be totally banned because it will give Gauteng residents a problem," he says. 

Ramaphosa also announced that the new system will ensure that vehicle licencing renewals are linked to paying e-tolls. 

Hlungwani says this will cause nurses to abandon their private cars for public transport which will cause more problems.

"It will just force nurses to utilise public transport which is unreliable. Public service will suffer because some nurses will either be late or not make it for work at all," he says. 

 

 

(Edited by Laila Majiet)

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