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Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: Committee amendments; National Road Traffic Amendment Bill
30 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered the updated the A-list of changes to the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill. Members discussed the choice of word to describe the way in which existing economic regulatory entities would form the single Regulator in some depth. Legal advisors had suggested the word ...
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Committee Report on DoT 2020/21 Quarter 1 Performance
23 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Transport adopted its draft report on the 2021/22 first quarter expenditure of the Department of Transport, and adopted outstanding minutes. It had planned to consider its report on the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill but this item was postponed to the ...
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Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: deliberations; National Land Transport Amendment Bill remitted bill: President’s reservation; Transport BRRR
16 Nov 2021
The Committee adopted proposed changes to the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill. A new change provided for the portfolio committee responsible for transport to prepare a shortlist of candidates from which the Minister of Transport would appoint the members of the Transport Economic Council.
The Committee considered ...
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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; Transport Appeal Tribunal Amendment Bill: briefing with Deputy Minister
25 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Transport on the Transport Appeal Tribunal Amendment Bill. The Bill sought to amend the Transport Appeal Tribunal Act of 1998 to give the tribunal the necessary authority and tools to enforce its rulings, to streamline the ...