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AARTO Amendment Bill: deliberations
28 Mar 2017
Members observed a moment's silence to mark the passing of Mr Ahmed Kathrada.
The Committee continued its deliberations on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill, with comments and clarification given on some points and on the public comments, from the Parliamentary Legal Advisors, the State Law ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: public hearings
23 Mar 2017
The Committee met to continue public hearings on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill.
The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) responded to submissions from stakeholders. It said CANCOM had raised a concern regarding the date of service of documents which the RTIA had changed. The date ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: Cancom submission; Road Traffic Infringement Agency responses to public comments
22 Mar 2017
The Committee took a submission from CANCOM on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill. CANCOM acts on behalf of large companies with fleets, or rental companies, and thus has continuous and first-hand experience of the processes under the AARTO Act. At the outset it stressed that it ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: summary of submissions; PRASA Inquiry: discussion
14 Mar 2017
Documents handed out:
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The Portfolio Committee had invited further written comments as it wanted to propose amendments that extend beyond the scope of the Bill. These were advertised as follows:
▪ The inclusion in the proposed definition of “infringement” of “National Land Transport Act, 2009 (and ...
Transport
Festive Period Road Accident Statistics: Department of Transport briefing
10 Mar 2017
The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on the recent festive period road accident statistics. A 6% increase in road fatalities was recorded for the 2016/17 festive season when compared to the 2015/16 period. Major fatalities and injuries were recorded in Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo during the 2016/17 festive ...
Transport
PRASA Board and Metrorail service delivery challenges
8 Mar 2017
The meeting was scheduled to discuss the Status of Metrorail but Members opted to continue the heated discussion from the previous day on the firing of Acting Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Collins Letsoalo, by the PRASA Board and the performance of the Board. Members requested written responses from the ...
Transport
PRASA Board on the firing of the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer
7 Mar 2017
PRASA was to make a second attempt at briefing the Committee on the status of Metrorail which had been scheduled for August 2016. However, the PRASA Board was asked to brief the Committee on the newspaper report about Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Collins Letsoalo, giving himself a 350% ...
Transport
Road Accident Fund recent challenges: RAF & DOT briefing; RAF Amendment Bill: briefing
28 Feb 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) on the recent freezing and subsequent release of their central bank accounts. The RAF said that although R8.6 billion was validly due to claimants, the fiscal reality as set out by the Finance Minister was that one could ...
Transport
Department of Transport on its Quarter 3 performance
21 Feb 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to be briefed by the Acting Director General, Department Transport on its 2016/17 Third Quarterly Report. The briefing highlighted the achievements, and non-achievements as well as the financial performance of the third Quarter in the seven programmes. The statistics indicated that out of 51 ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: Portfolio Committee Amendments
14 Feb 2017
The Committee went through the amended Portfolio Committee amendments to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment (AARTO) Bill compiled from recent discussions, with the assistance of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA). The Portfolio Committee amendments were approved and these would be published for public comment. Provisionally the closing ...