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Outa furthers anti-toll campaign

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 19 Mar 2014
Outa and allies will gather on Friday to publicly oppose e-tolls.
Outa and allies will gather on Friday to publicly oppose e-tolls.

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) will on Friday hand over a memorandum to the office of the minister of transport, as part of a Human Rights Day anti-toll conference.

Outa spokesperson John Clarke says Human Rights Day is a day to "reflect on the atrocities and wrongs of a system that was so evil, and when the rights of many were rejected, ignored and vilified".

He says the e-tolling "fiasco" is one of the government policies that has gripped the attention of the Gauteng people and united a majority of citizens across all sectors of society, eliciting an angry reaction from hundreds of thousands.

"We believe it is time to give people the space and time to interact with prominent activists and thought leaders on this matter, on Human Rights Day, so that matters pertaining to the issues can be discussed and civil courage stimulated."

Outa is inviting the public to attend its interactive anti-toll session at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church, in Mkize Street, Soweto, on Friday morning from 8am.

The Bikers Against Tolls and Cars Against Tolls civil action groups will also host a protest ride to highlight the human rights issues related to e-tolling.

This event, says Outa, will start, also at 8am, and end at the Crusaders Club, near Wemmer Pan.

The keynote speaker in Soweto on Friday is political analyst Professor Somadoda Fikeni, with Outa chair Wayne Duvenage, the Congress of SA Trade Unions' Zwelinzima Vavi, and Section 27 director Mark Heywood also delivering addresses.

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