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Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA): Public Protector's findings & plan of action
11 Sep 2015
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) said 37 complaints were made to the Public Protector by the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, SATAWU, about PRASA in 2012 and these complaints were taken over by the National Transport Movement. The complaints ranged from improper award of tenders, ...
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Department of Transport on its 1st quarter 2015/16 performance
8 Sep 2015
The Department of Transport (DOT briefed the Committee on its first quarter 2015/2016 expenditure. The report focused on the progress made with the implementation of programmes and projects. Administration had a total number of 7 targets and 86% was achieved, Integrated Transport Planning had 9 targets of which 77% was ...
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UBER & National Land Transport Act; NSRI on Medical Evacuations from Ships; Ex-PRASA sub-contracted workers
1 Sep 2015
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spoke about the low capacity of South Africa to perform helicopter medical evacuation services. The dangers of current techniques for rescue missions using boats were highlighted, and the need for the South African Air Force (SAAF) to maintain its helicopter fleet and make them ...
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Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport on the recent Mamelodi bus commuters’ challenges: Status update on the latest developments & way forward
17 Aug 2015
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport provided the Committee with an overview of the status of the Mamelodi/Autopax bus contracts. The briefing included a detailed background of the issues involved, the eight affected contracts, an insight into Autopax -- its current operations and operational challenges -- objections from the ...
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Lesotho/RSA Cross Border challenges: National Ministerial Task Team briefing
11 Aug 2015
The National Ministerial Task Team (NMTT) presented a briefing on the Republic of South Africa (RSA)/ Lesotho cross border challenges to the Committee. Highlighted in the briefing were the results of the oversight visit of the Committee, the NMTT model to mitigate the impasse, recommendations arising from meeting with the ...
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Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill [B12- 2015]: adoption; Third Term Committee Programme
21 Jul 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Transport adopted the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill (B12-2015)2015) in its entirety, as the clauses discussed contained technical amendments that the Committee had previously agreed upon, especially the substitution of “seaman” to “seafarer”.
In relation to the third term Committee programme, Members agreed to invite the Railway ...
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Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill [B12-2015]: Department of Transport (DoT) consideration of received submissions
23 Jun 2015
The responses to the questions sent by MPs to the Department of Transport (DoT), seeking clarification on the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill 2015, were considered and further explained by the Chief Director of Maritime Transport Regulation, with the assistance of the Chief Director, Legal Services in the Department. This was ...
There were three presentations from the Department of Transport. The first was a briefing on the National Learner Transport policy. The Department said the policy had been approved and adopted by Cabinet two weeks ago and the Department dwelt on the implementation aspect of the policy. The policy process started ...
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Committee Oversight Reports on visits to various Transport entities
2 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to consider and adopt four oversight reports on its visits in November 2014 to the Cross Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA ) and SA Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) and visits in February 2015 to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Air Traffic ...
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Department of Transport 2014/15 Fourth Quarter Expenditure
26 May 2015
The Department of Transport (DoT) overspent its budget due to the cost of e-ENaTIS maintenance and operations, and achieved an overall performance of 72%.
The Department revealed this when it briefed the Portfolio Committee on Transport on its fourth quarter expenditure. The focus was on optimal performance of deliverables in ...