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Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill [38/2015]: CANCOM submission, RTIA responses to submissions
7 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee continued to hear public submissions on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill (AARTO). CANCOM presented its submission. Having stated that it was essentially in support of the purpose of the AARTO Bill, CANCOM submitted that there were several issues that it was aware of ...
Transport
Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill [B38-2015]: public hearings
6 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Transport (PC) held a public hearing on the written submissions to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill. Presentations were made by Ms Alta Swanepoel, a specialist in the field of road traffic and transport legislation, South African Taxi, TASIMA, the Justice Project ...
Tourism
South African Tourism on its 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance
2 Sep 2016
It was an excellent Quarter for SA Tourism. The number of trips had increased from 6.8m in Quarter1 of 2015 to 10m in Quarter 1 of 2016. Domestic tourism accounted for 7.3m trips in Quarter 1of 2016 compared to 4.6m trips in Quarter 1 of 2015.This was an increase of ...
Transport
PRASA inquiry: day 2
31 Aug 2016
The Committee met the previous day to be briefed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). However, as the Committee had not exhausted all issues to do with the Agency the Chairperson allowed Committee members to continue on from the previous day’s questions. The presentation on Metrorail service ...
Transport
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on its performance Day 1
30 Aug 2016
The Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) had achieved 45% of its targets for 2016/17. Some of the action plans to address challenges were: recovery plans for rolling stock and infrastructure; combining work of PRASA Rail Engineering and PRASA Tech to collectively address infrastructure and rolling stock; security action revolved around interventions ...
Tourism
India-SA Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism; Committee Reports on KwaZulu-Natal oversight & Tourism Indaba
26 Aug 2016
The Committee considered and adopted outstanding minutes. An issue emanating from one of the adopted minutes was that public hearings should have taken place on the Tourism Sector Codes prior to publication of the Codes by the Minister. This did not happen. The Committee however agreed that the Tourism Broad–Based ...
Transport
Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill [B38-15]: consideration of oral submissions for public hearing
16 Aug 2016
The Committee met to discuss the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill. It was noted that only one written submission had been received, and it was resolved that an extension of time for submissions would be announced, with individuals and organisations encouraged to respond. The Department had ...
Tourism
Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Codes: National Department of Tourism briefing
20 May 2016
The Committee elected Ms S Xego (ANC) as Acting Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson Ms B Ncgobo (ANC).
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on the Amended Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Sector Code. The briefing commenced with an overview of the process on the development ...
Tourism
Committee Report on Tourism Budget
21 Apr 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Tourism Budget
The Committee Content Adviser presented the Committee Report on the Department Budget and focused on the Observations and Recommendations. Members were invited to make any changes and additions they deemed appropriate to what was presented. Members beefed up some of the recommendations ...
Transport
Department of Transport 2016 budget briefing; Passenger Rail Agency of SA and Railway Safety Regulator on their 2016 Annual Performance Plans
12 Apr 2016
Railway Safety Regulator Annual Performance Plan 2016/17
Railway Safety Regulator Strategic Plan 2016/2021
Passenger Rail Agency of SA 2016 Annual Performance Plan [email info@pmg.org.za]
Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (PRASA) presented its Annual Performance Plan to the Committee. It noted that passenger trips dropped by from 550 million to 500 ...