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RAF & RTIA 2017/18 Annual Reports
11 Oct 2018
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) and the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Transport on their audit outcomes for the 2017/18 financial year.
The RAF said its the total revenue during 2017/18 had increased to R37.34 billion, from R33.34 billion in previous year. ...
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Department of Transport on its Annual Report 201/18, with Minister
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) noted the regression in clean audits in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17, the reasons for SAMSA and PRASA having qualified audits, the root causes of audit findings and its recommendations for improvements. AGSA emphasised the importance of implementing consequence management for non compliance ...
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Burning of Metrorail Trains: PRASA strategy; with Minister
9 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met with the PRASA board and executives to discuss ways of resolving challenges in service delivery, such as derailments, delays in train schedules, accidents and losses as a result of burnt trains which were affecting rail transportation, particularly the Metrorail trains in the Cape Town ...
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Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: Schedule 1 Benefits Formula Calculation
13 Sep 2018
The Department presented Schedule 1 of the Bill on the Benefits Formula Calculations:
Temporary income support benefit: This kicks in and be calculated from day 61 after the date of accident. It takes into account the income of the victim pre-accident and net of tax. The support benefit allows the ...
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Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: proposed amendments
12 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to review and deliberate on its proposed amendments (A-list) to the Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill. The amendments had been deliberated in previous meetings and the intention was to ensure that the revised clauses and minor amendments made by the legal drafting team from ...
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Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: deliberations
6 Sep 2018
The Committee went through the Bill clause by clause. Clause 40 was flagged for further engagement. although there was consensus that it and Clause 41 should be included in Clause 29 (Categories of benefits) in Chapter 6. There was no clear consensus on the age restriction for beneficiaries. Clause 46 ...
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Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2018
The Committee continued going through the RABS Bill clause by clause. In Clause 20 the Committee agreed that the Minister would not get involved in the appointment of the CEO and the CEO cannot be in office for more than two terms. Clause 21 was flagged. In Clause 24 the ...
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Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: clause by clause consideration
4 Sep 2018
The Department submitted its replies to questions asked by Members in the 31 August meeting on the Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill.
The Committee commenced its clause by clause consideration of the Bill. It was satisfied with the Preamble as it explained the policy intent of the Bill, specifically no-fault. ...
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Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: Department response to National Treasury
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Transport (DoT) said the document outlining its responses to National Treasury stemmed from the engagement between both departments and Ministers, and after the engagement the Ministers had signed a letter of agreement. The departments had reached consensus on clauses 7, 9, 13, 16(2)(b)(a)(i), 26, 28 (including undocumented ...
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RABS Bill: Department responses to submissions; Auditor General on its Assurance Model
28 Aug 2018
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) spoke on its Combined Assurance Model which has been in action for the past seven years which assessed the effectiveness of the assurance providers of a state of organ auditee. It was derived from the King III Code of Corporate Governance. The assurance providers included ...