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Department of Transport, RAF, RTMC, RTIA, C-BRTA, Ports Regulator 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Road Accident Fund (RAF), the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA), the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) and the Ports Regulator of South Africa briefed the Committee on their 2018/19 APPs, budgets and strategic plans.
The RAF said it was challenged by two main ...
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Department of Transport, PRASA and RSR 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met with the Transport ministry, the Department of Transport (DoT) and teams from two DoT entities, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and Railway Safety regulator to deal with their Annual Performance Plans (APPs)..
The Minister gave an overview of DoT’s alignment with ...
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National Land Transport Amendment Bill: Adoption
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to receive the proposed amendments to the National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7-2016] from the Parliamentary Legal Adviser (PLA), the State Legal Adviser (SLA) and the Department of Transport (DoT). The proposed amendment was to redraft specific clauses in the Bill in a way ...
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Department of Transport Quarter 2 and 3 performance, with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2018
The Department of Transport (DoT) presented on the progress that had been made in the implementation of programmes and projects for the second and third quarters of the 2017/18 financial year. In the second quarter, the level of performance was 76%. The Department had 39 targets - eight had been ...
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National Land Transport A/Bill: e-hailing operators; SANRAL ‘e-Toll’ A/Bill; PRASA Inquiry prep
13 Mar 2018
Documents awaited: Committee Report on Northern Cape oversight visit; PRASA Inquiry terms of reference
The Committee expressed concern that the Acting Director General was not available for the fifth consecutive meeting on e-hailing transport services in the National Land Transport Amendment Bill. This had delayed the processing of the Bill. ...
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National Land Transport Amendment Bill: proposed amendments
6 Mar 2018
In the previous meeting, the Committee had agreed to the proposed amendments but still had concerns about clauses 38 and 48 which affected Uber, Taxify and taxi operators.
The Committee was of the opinion that it could not allow clauses 38 and 48 to be passed because they would make ...
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Commuter Operations and Safety: PRASA and Department; with Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2018
PRASA Report (This document is being reviewed)
The Committee met to continue engagements with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and the Department of Transport on commuter operations and safety.
It noted that:
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National Land Transport Amendment Bill: deliberations
21 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to deliberate on the amendments to the National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7-2016]. The meeting had been adjourned after Parliamentary Legal Adviser, State Legal Adviser and the Department of Transport (DoT) team had disagreed on the wording of Clause 7 on the 20 February ...
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Metrorail crisis; PRASA investigation resolution; National Land Transport Amendment Bill disagreement
20 Feb 2018
The Committee received an update from Metrorail Western Cape Regional Manager on the reopening of the Central line. The Metrorail Regional Manager’s update spoke to the resources mobilised to ensure that the Central line would be reopened as scheduled on 21 February 2018. He also spoke about distractions that had ...
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Metrorail emergency safety plan: #UniteBehind, Transport Deputy Minister, PRASA, Metrorail, Railway Safety Regulator
13 Feb 2018
The Deputy Minister for Transport, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) interim board, Metrorail and the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) provided action steps that would lead to the resolution of the crisis on the railways. The meeting had been postponed from the previous week because PRASA interim board had ...