Deputy Speaker, the report covers visits to the Northern Cape, where the committee was exposed to the Phelophepa Healthcare Train, provided by Transnet, that takes primary healthcare to the remote and rural parts of South Africa. It is very dynamic. We recommend that a second train be provided.
The committee visited the Port of Ngqura in the Eastern Cape and there we experienced challenges at the port. The existing legislation states that the port must be managed by the private sector. This is a separation of regulation and operation. As this militates against our developmental plans, we accordingly asked that legislation changes be brought about there.
We further visited the port in Richard Bay. In our view it is a port that is extremely underutilised, that has aging infrastructure, that does not have sufficient women in management and that also lacks in consultation with the unions. We recommended, amongst others, that a detailed plan on a range of things they were not able to provide to us be forwarded to the committee, because it looked like the management was not even well prepared for us.
We visited the South African Airways at O R Tambo and our primary discussion there was an interaction with the staff, the customers and the staff in the baggage facility areas. A long list of recommendations ensued, some of them especially around improvements that need to be brought about regarding health and safety matters at the airport.
We lastly visited Transnet Rail Engineering at Koedoespoort and there we saw the extremely positive potential to develop a programme to utilise the plant's capabilities. We also observed that the Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority, Theta, does not issue certificates on time and Theta also needs to provide funding on time. Our recommendation, amongst others, is that all of these things need to be addressed. I thank you.
There was no debate.
I move -
That the report be adopted.
Motion agreed to.
Report accordingly adopted.