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RSR & PRSA 2020/21 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
11 Nov 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Transport convened virtually to be briefed by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) and the Port Regulator of South Africa (PSRA) on their 2020/21 annual reports.
The RSR reported that it had achieved 100% of its planned annual performance targets and had achieved ...
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Department of Transport, SANRAL, C-BRTA & RTMC 2020/21 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
10 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency and the Road Traffic Management Corporation briefed the Committee on their annual reports for 2020/21.
SANRAL gave an overview of the condition of its 22 253km road network, summarised ...
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Department of Transport and entities (ATNS, ACSA, CAA) Annual Report 2020/21 & Audit Ouctcomes; with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Auditor-General of South Africa briefed the Portfolio Committee on the audit outcomes of the Department of Transport and its entities for 2020/21.
The Department, as well as the Driving License Card Account and its three aviation-related entities (Air Traffic Navigation Services, the ...
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Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: deliberations
7 Sep 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee deliberated on the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill [B1 – 2020]. Decisions were taken on several outstanding concerns:
- Parliament would be involved in the appointment of the council but not the board of the regulator.
- A clause on the Application of ...
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Department of Transport 2021/2022 Quarter 1 performance; Railway Safety Bill: motion of desirability, with Deputy Minister
1 Sep 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Transport on its 2021/22 first quarter expenditure and on the Railway Safety Bill [B7 – 2021]. The Deputy Minister of Transport was present at the meeting.
The Department said that COVID-19 had had a huge impact on ...
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National Road Traffic Amendment Bill: deliberations; Online licence booking system and matters related to vehicle and licence renewals; with Deputy Minister
31 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Transport received a briefing from the Road Traffic Management Corporation on the online licence booking system and other measures taken to address the driving licence renewal backlog.
Members of the Committee questioned whether the March 2022 target for clearing the backlog ...
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Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: deliberations
24 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received feedback from the Department of Transport on issues it had identified during earlier deliberations on the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill. These were the lack of detail on the planning and financial implications of the transition to a single economic regulator, consequential ...
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National Road Traffic Amendment Bill: deliberations
18 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee convened virtually to deliberate on clauses seven to fifteen of the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill.
On clause seven, the Committee discussed the inclusion of an explicit reference to the Criminal Procedure Act, which would help traffic officers to prevent impounded vehicles from being released back ...
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National Road Traffic Amendment Bill: Department response to public submissions
2 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Transport, 02 June 2021
The Department of Transport (DoT) presented some statistics the Committee requested before continuing with the Department response to public submissions on the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill.
Members were disappointed with the bureaucratic responses from DoT that were quick to dismiss the ...
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National Road Traffic Amendment Bill: Department response to public submissions
1 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Transport, 01 June 2021
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Transport (DoT) in a virtual meeting on the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill [B 7-2020], and the DoT's responses to the written and oral comments on the Bill.
The Committee asked the Department to ...