a)  (i)The court ruled in favour of PRASA in the High Court (Gauteng Division) case number 14332/18 and declared the Siyangena Technologies contract unlawful and irregular. Siyangena Technologies proceeded to launch an appeal application in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) under case number 487/2021. The SCA confirmed the High Court decision and thereby ruling in favour of PRASA.

(ii) Refer to (i) above. ...

(1) (a) The details are part of the report.

(b) The report on the matter was concluded on the 31 March 2023. The report was submitted by the Board of Control of PRASA to the Minister of Transport for consideration. Based on the findings of the report the Chairperson was released of his responsibilities as the Chair of the Board.

(2) Mr. Ramatlakane, vacated ...

South Africa has a total road network of 750 000 km. The responsibility for building and maintaining the network is shared amongst SANRAL, Provincial and (Municipalities) Local government authorities.

(a) 159 272 Paved Network within the Republic 21% and 590728 gravel road 21%.

(b) Government to address funding requirements, the Department, together with SANRAL and CSIR are leading the use/piloting of the Nano-Technology based product ...

a) In May 2023, PRASA completed Phase three of the procurement of security guards to protect identified high security risk areas and hotspots, an intervention, which has resulted in a noticeable decline in the theft of guard rails and overall crime incidents.(e,g) 4670 in 2017-2018 and 958 in 2022-2023.

PRASA also: (i) conducts regular joint crime operations, with the law enforcement agencies led by ...

a) No other PRASA Board members, except for Mr. Ramatlakane have resided in/leased any PRASA properties.

b) Mr. Ramatlakane leased the house in Newlands for a 3-month period, from 15 December 2022 to 15 March 2023.

c) The lease agreement entered into with Mr. Ramatlakane was based on standard terms and conditions, signed with all external parties when residential properties are leased out to ...

(a)(i) The following numbers of employees were suspended in the months indicated below:

2021/2022

Yes, the then Minister of Transport, Mr Fikile Mbalula, established a Road Freight and Logistics Task Team (Task Team) to serve as a conduit to the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) and it comprises all stakeholders within the road freight industry, the Departments of Transport, DHA, DEL, SAPS and DIRCO. Trucking Association of South Africa (TASA) is also a member.

At a meeting held on 22 ...

The Department is currently implementation , busy with the Rail Policy which is geared at dealing with the provision of rail services across the country. The Policy is founded on the principle of the modal shift of rail-friendly cargo from road to rail and the need to revitalise the railways to supply a range of industrial supply-chain logistics services.

The ultimate objective being to ...

There are no official designated parking spots for truck and/or heavy duty vehicles provided by SANRAL and the Provincial or Municipal Road Authorities. These are generally are located away from the Road Reserve at private trucks stops/service stations. As part of implementation of the Road Freight Strategy, research will be commissioned to identify the needs of road freight for parking and handling space on corridors ...

(a) In terms of the Legal Succession Act No. 38 of 2008 establishing the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, section 23(2) states that, “the second object and the secondary business of the Corporation (“PRASA”) is to generate income from the exploitation of the assets acquired by it”.

Subsection 3 states that, “In carrying out its objects and business, ...