Question to the Minister of Transport - NW2614

01 September 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:

The information regarding investigations of testing stations and their operation lies at Provincial and local level, therefore the Department has requested such information from the relevant authorities, which is herewith submitted in response to the question.

Table 1 deals with response to questions (i) aa), bb) and cc), d) and f)

Table 2 and 3 deals with the responses to questions in (c) and e). Table 4 deals with the response to question (b)

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):	-	-

FREE STATE

FS 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	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	1	1	1
	2014-15	-	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

FS Table 2

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

FS Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	Examiners of vehicles Mr. TA Tau & MR Minnie of Welkom VTS was departmentally charged for declaring unroadworthy vehicle at Welkom VTS during August 2013. The matter was reported to Departmental Employee Relations Section on the 1st of September 2013 but nothing materialised ever since.

FS 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	-	-
Provincial Monitoring Units/Provincial Inspectorate Unit	Provincial Inspectorate Unit: Free State	1

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

LIMPOPO

LIM 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	0	0	1
	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	2	2	2
	2013-14	2	2	2
	2014-15	3	2	3
Other investigations	2012-13	0	0	0
	2013-14	0	0	0
	2014-15	0	0	0

LIM Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	0	0	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	0	2
Examiner registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	1	2
Other testing station staff - dismissed	0	0	1
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other:	0	0	0

LIM Table 3

No	Nature of Charges (Short summary)
1	2012-13: - 2 (two) Examiners of vehicles were suspended for issuing roadworthy certificates without testing the vehicles. Their cases are still under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Unit under the Limpopo Department of Transport (LDoT).
	2013-14: - 2 officials, both Management Representatives (Management Reps.) were charged with the case of issuing roadworthy certificates without testing the vehicles under Polokwane CAS 145/09/2013 Fraud: Issuing of certificate of road worthiness without testing the vehicle and Project Organised Crime SAPS as per Enquiry Number 02/05/2014 Disciplinary enquiry.
	2014-15: - 2 officials, 1 (one) Examiner and 1 (one) Management Rep. were charged with the case of issuing certificates of roadworthiness vehicles without such vehicles being in a roadworthy condition or ever being presented for roadworthy tests CAS Number 142/03/2015 Northam SAPS and CAS Number 145/03/2015 Northam SAPS. The two officers resigned but the station proceeded with disciplinary hearings resulting in the Examiner receiving a no guilt verdict and the Management Rep. a guilty verdict and dismissed. The case of the third official, i.e. an examiner who is alleged to have issued a certificate of road worthiness without testing the vehicle is still under investigation.
2	Contravening Regulations 140(1) and 141of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) read together with the Code of Practice SABS 10047.

LIM Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	No	0
South African Police Service	No	0
HAWKS	No	0
Inspectorate of Testing stations	No	0
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	1
Other (specify): National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit (NTACU)	Yes	1
Anti-Corruption Unit under Limpopo Department of Transport	Yes	5

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	-

NORTH WEST

NW 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	1	1	-
	2013-14	1	-	-
	2014-15	2	-	6
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	1	1	-
	2013-14	1	-	-
	2014-15	2	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

NW Table 2

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

NW Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

Issuing a roadworthy certificate without testing the vehicle

Vehicles passed without being present at testing station

NW Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	Yes	1
South African Police Service	Yes	1
HAWKS	-	-
Inspectorate of Testing stations	Yes	2
Provincial Monitoring Units	Yes	1
Other (specify):	-	-

NORTHERN CAPE

NC 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	1	-	-
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	1	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

NC Table 2

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

NC Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

FRAUD

NC Table 4

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

WESTERN CAPE

WC 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	Cannot confirm	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Testing stations that passed a vehicle that was failed by another testing station	2012-13	Do not have stats. Report on eNaTIS?	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-
Examiners of vehicles that pass a vehicle that is not roadworthy	2012-13	2	-	-
	2013-14	3	-	-
	2014-15	Cases under investigation	-	-
Other investigations	2012-13	-	-	-
	2013-14	-	-	-
	2014-15	-	-	-

WC Table 2

Conclusion of Investigations	Number of instances per Financial year
	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Testing station registration suspended	0	0	0
Testing station registration cancelled	0	0	0
Examiner registration suspended	0	3	0
Examiner registration cancelled	2	0	0
Examiner resigned before completion of investigation	0	0	0
Other testing station staff - fired	0	1	0
Vehicles retested	0	0	0
Other:	2 cases pending	25 cases pending	3 cases pending

WC Table 3

Nature of Charges (Short summary)

MOST CASES ARE CORRUPTION

WC Table 4

Persons/Organisations that conducted investigations	Involved in Investigation Yes / No	Number of Instances
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)	-	-
South African Police Service	Y	13
HAWKS	Y	16
Inspectorate of Testing stations	-	-
Provincial Monitoring Units	-	-
Other (specify):	-	-

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01 September 2015 - NW2614

Masango, Mr SJ to ask the Minister of Transport

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