NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 718
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2009
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 07 AUGUST 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7 â 2009)
Mr P D Poho (Cope) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) What steps were taken to ensure that a certain operator (name
furnished), who received the daily allowance of R1 400, could provide
evidence of kilometres travelled during the period of the
Confederations Cup;
(2) whether these payments were made (a) by his department, (b) the Local
Organising Committee, (c) through a third party or (d) directly to
operators?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
1) The Department of Transport did not hire services that were provided
by taxi operators during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. The four
host cities, being the City of Johannesburg, the City of Tshwane,
Rustenburg and Mangaung were the entities that contracted these
services in terms of their hosting obligations as contained in their
hosting agreements with FIFA.
2) Neither of the parties the question addresses made or were contracted
to make payments to operators that provided services during the 2009
FIFA Confederations Cup.