NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1257
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 06 AUGUST 2012
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 01 JUNE 2012:
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 15 â 2012)
Mr L S Ngonyama (Cope) asked the Minister of Transport:
1) Whether the Government has any policy regarding the (a) manufacturing,
(b) licensing and (c) utilisation of three-wheeler taxis, particularly
the electric model, to facilitate easy and affordable inner city
transport; if not, (i) what is the position in this regard, (ii) when
does he envisage that such a policy will be implemented, (iii) when
does the Government intend to introduce the legislative framework in
support of the introduction of the (aa) three-wheeler taxi and (bb)
the electric version; if so, what are the relevant details in each
case?
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3. THE WRITTEN REPLY
The Minister of Transport:
The Department currently does not have any policy regarding the (a)
manufacturing, (b)
Licensing and (c) utilisation of three-wheeler taxis.
i) Where these types of vehicles are in operations or there are plans to
introduce them, it them the responsibility of the planning authority
(municipality) to provide for them in their Integrated Public
Transport Network Plans (IPTNâs)
ii) and (iii) are subsumed in (i)