Question to the Minister of Transport - NW2614

20 August 2015 - NW2614

Masango, Mr SJ to ask the Minister of Transport

(a) What investigations have been conducted into motor vehicle testing stations (i) in the (aa) 2012-13, (bb) 2013-14 and (cc) 2014-15 financial years, (b) who conducted the specified investigations, (c) what were the conclusions in respect of each investigation, (d) how many persons have been charged in respect of each month in each province as a results of each specified investigations, (e) what were the specified persons charged in each case with and (f) when were the specified persons charged in each case?

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Reply:

It must be noted first of all that the information requested resides with the nine provincial departments of Transport. In order to make it easier for the provinces to provide the information in a uniform manner, a template was designed for them to complete. Table 1 deals with the information requested in i) aa), bb) and cc), d) and f)

Table 2 and 3 deals with part c) and e). Table 4 deals with part b). Information is tabled per financial year, rather than per month.

EASTERN CAPE

EC Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A
Other investigations	2012-13	None	None	N/A
	2013-14	None	None	N/A
	2014-15	None	None	N/A

EC Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	None	None	None
Testing station registration cancelled	None	None	None
Examiner registration suspended	None	None	None
Examiner registration cancelled	None	None	None
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	None	None	None
Other testing station staff - fired	None	None	None
Vehicles retested	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other:	-	-	-

EC Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

N/A

EC Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	N/A	-
South African Police Service	N/A	-
HAWKS	N/A	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	N/A	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	N/A
Other (specify):	-	-

GAUTENG

GP Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	10	0	26
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	10	0	26
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	2	0	0
Other investigations	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0

GP Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	4	0	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	0	0
Examiner registration cancelled	0	0	7
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	0	0
Other testing station staff - fired	0	0	0
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other:	0	0	0

GP Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

Fraud – certified vehicles road worthy while the vehicles were not at the testing station

GP Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
South African Police Service	Yes	26
HAWKS
Inspectorate of Testing stations
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	2
Other (specify):National Task Team	Yes	26

KWAZULU-NATAL

KZN Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13
	2013-14
	2014-15
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	1	1
	2013-14
	2014-15
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	5	1
	2013-14	7	3
	2014-15	1	3
Vehicle Testing Stations that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	2
	2013-14	5
	2014-15	1	1
Other investigations	2012-13
	2013-14	1	1
	2014-15		1

KZN Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended			1
Testing station registration cancelled
Examiner registration suspended
Examiner registration cancelled		2	1
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation
Other testing station staff - fired
Vehicles retested
Other:

KZN Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

Examiner of vehicles not present at VTS when vehicles were being passed – CAS886/9/2013

Entrapment operation – CAS 504/12/2013 & CAS 506/12/2013

KZN Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
South African Police Service
HAWKS
Inspectorate of Testing stations	YES	9
Provincial Monitoring Units	YES	5
Other (specify):RTMC	YES	1

MPUMALANGA

MPL Table 1

Nature of investigations	Financial year	Number of Investigations per year	Number of investigations pending for year	Number of persons charged as result of investigations per year
Vehicles passed without being present at testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	1	0	1
	2014-15	1	1	1
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	2	0	2
	2014-15	1	1	1
Other investigations	2012-13
	2013-14
	2014-15

MPL Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	0	1	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	0	0
Examiner registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	0	0
Other testing station staff - fired	0	0	0
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other: *Two eNaTis end users resigned before investigation was completed*	0	1	0

MPL Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

Piet Retief Cas: 33/09/2013 (Fraud) Withdrawn by the court as a results of insufficient evidence..

Contravening Regulation 140(1) of the National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996

MPL Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	No
South African Police Service	Yes	2
HAWKS	No
Inspectorate of Testing stations	No
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	3
Other (specify):	None

NOTE:

Information is still being coordinated with Free State, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape Provinces.

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20 August 2015 - NW2614

Masango, Mr SJ to ask the Minister of Transport

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