Questions and Replies

Reply:

Department

Note: Amounts are as at 30 June 2017

(i) Department (a) Breakdown	(b) Valuation	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	Beyond 12 months
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	28,000	28,000
Advances paid:
Department of International Relations and Cooperation	2,697,000			2,697,000
Northern Cape Provincial Government	631,000				631,000
Government Communications and Information Services	360,000			18,000	342,000
Prepayments:
Taxi scrapping	3,641,000	3,641,000
Claims recoverable:
National Departments	949,000				949,000
Provincial Departments	102,000			63,000	39,000
Public Entities	7,649,000			3,598,000	4,051,000
Recoverable expenditure:
Salary overpayments	206,000			206,000
Staff debt	810,000			213,000	597,000
Other debtors	522,000			320,000	202,000
Non-current assets
Investments:
Shares and other equity:
(aa) Listed	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
(bb) Unlisted:
(aaa) Directly held:
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Ltd.	4,248,259,000				4,248,259,000
Airports Company Ltd.	559,492,000				559,492,000
Air Traffic and Navigational Services Company Ltd.	190,646,000				190,646,000
S.A. National Roads Agency Ltd.	1,091,044,000				1,091,044,000

(ii) Department (b) Breakdown	Valuation	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	Beyond 12 months
Movable Tangible Capital Assets:
Transport assets	5,934,000			2,282,000	3,652,000
Computer equipment	99,104,000			4,890,000	94,214,000
Furniture and office equipment	31,508,000			2,286,000	29,222,000
Other machinery and equipment	5,094,000			1,366,000	3,728,000
Intangible Capital Assets:
Software	65,255,000				65,255,000
eNaTIS software	254,648,000				254,648,000
(bbb) Indirectly held	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Immovable Tangible Capital Assets
Mthatha Airport	353,434,000				353,434,000

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(a) breakdown of and (b) valuation for current and non-current assets and investments held by

(i) her department and

(ii) each entity reporting to her according to

(aa) listed assets

(aaa) directly held and

(bbb) indirectly held and

(bb) unlisted investments

(aaa) directly held and

(bbb) indirectly held by each of the entities,

in each case breaking the current assets and investments down by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and beyond 12 months?

Herewith the breakdown requested. From the next page.

Detail per line:

Property and equipment

Investment property

Intangible assets

Investments in subsidiaries

Investment in joint ventures

Investments in associates

Other non-current assets

Inventories

Trade receivables

Investments

ROAD TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT AGENCY (RTIA)

(ii) RTIA

(a) breakdown of and

(b) valuation for

current held by between 6-12 months

Receivables R57 769 725

Cash and cash equivalents R176 978 094

non-current assets held by beyond 12 months

Furniture & Fittings R1 606 205

Motor Vehicles R1 812 823

Office Equipment R1 115 502

IT Equipment R1 586 750

Leasehold Improvements R20 284

(aa) listed assets

(aaa) directly held There are none

(bbb) indirectly held: There are none

(bb) unlisted investments:

(aaa) directly held There are none

(bbb) indirectly held:

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

(ii) The detailed (a) breakdown of and (b) valuation for current and non-current assets and investments held by (ii) the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency according to (aa) listed assets (aaa) directly held and (bbb) There are no assets that are indirectly held and (bb) unlisted investments (aaa) directly held and broken down by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and beyond 12 months are highlighted in the table below. (bbb) There are no investments indirectly held.

ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)

(ii) The below table provides a (a) breakdown of the current assets and non-current assets and investments held by the Road Accident Fund as at 31 August 2017:

(aa) listed assets:	(aaa) directly held:	0-3 months:	3-6 months:	6-12 months:	Beyond 12 months:	(b) valuation:
		None
	(bbb) indirectly held:	None
(bb) unlisted investments:	(aaa) direcly held:	Short-term call deposits	None	None	None	R 1,430 038
		Rent-a-captive insurance	None	None	None	R 107, 24
	(bbb) indirectly held:	None

ROAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (RTMC)

Valuation of current assets	Valuation of non-current assets	Valuation of investments	Listed assets	Unlisted investments
N/A. The RTMC has not conducted any valuation of assets.	N/A. The RTMC has not conducted any valuation of assets.	N/A. The RTMC doesn’t have investments	N/A. The RTMC doesn’t have listed investment	N/A. The RTMC doesn’t have unlisted investment

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROADS AGENCY LIMITED (SANRAL)

ii) SANRAL’s Non-current and Current assets as per the Annual Report 2016 is as follows:

		2016	2015
	R’000	R’000
Non-current assets	317 047 850	310 441 492
	Property, Plant and Equipment	315 293 978	308 819 013
	Investment Property	1 404 075	1 318 565
	Intangible assets	60 704	44 009
	Investments	289 093	259 905
Current assets	17 808 351	14 926 180
	Trade and Other receivables	7 661 333	4 967 164
	Investments	636 814	452 605
	Non-current assets held for sale	20 096	26 971
	Cash and cash equivalents	9 490 108	9 479 440
Total assets	334 856 201	325 367 672

(aa) Listed investments

SANRAL only invests in listed bonds, which was R636 814 000 for 2016, which are current assets included above and are held for trading.

(aa) Unlisted investments

SANRAL has a Capped Insurance receivable of R289 093 000 for 2016, with a 12 month term, which is a non-current asset included above.

For a further breakdown of the information the member is invited to peruse the Annual Report as stated above or visit SANRAL offices.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

(a) Breakdown and (b) valuation of non-current and current assets, held by (ii) PRASA as below:

(aa) PRASA does not have listed assets

(aaa) directly held or

(bbb) indirectly held.

(bb) PRASA does not have unlisted investments

(aaa) directly held

(bbb) indirectly held

Timeframes as indicated above.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

1. Breakdown and (b) valuation of non-current and current assets held by (ii) Railway Safety Regulator as below

March 2017 unaudited figures

Non-current assets	37,873,539
Property, plant and Equipment	26,970,909
Intangible assets	10,965,630

Current assets	11,300,085
Trade Receivables	10,146,526
Prepayments	562,065
Staff Debt	291,454
Cash and cash equivalent	300,040

 

 

Total Assets 49,173,624

(aa) The Railway Safety Regulator does not have listed assets

(aaa) directly held or

(bbb) indirectly held

(bb) The Railway Safety Regulator does not have unlisted assets

(aaa) directly held

(bbb) indirectly held, in each case breaking the current assets down by

0-3 months R8,881,478

3-6 months R2,418,607

6-12 months Not applicable

beyond 12 months Not Applicable

South Africa Maritime Safety Authority ( SAMSA)

SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME AUTHORITY
CURRENT AND NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Description	(R'000)
0 to 3 Months	68 684
3 to 6 Months	6 082
6 to 12 Months	2 262
Beyond 12 Months	33 677
TOTAL	110 705

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

(a) (ii) Breakdown of assets, (b) (ii) Valuation of current and non-current assets as at 30/06/2017

Current assets		Amount (R) 000
	Receivables	37
	Cash and Cash equivalents	16 110
Non-current assets
	Property, plant and equipment	954
	Intangible assets	38

(b) (ii) Valuation of Investments: (held with Standard bank as at 30/06/2017):

R 15 880 256 (included in Cash and Cash equivalents above) which is in terms of the Treasury Regulations to invest surplus funds. There are no other investments held by the Regulator

(aa) No listed assets

(bb) as above – with Standard bank

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(1) Restricting public access to the upper and lower roadways will prevent vehicles from gaining easy access to the terminal building, this is measure to enhance security and reduce opportunitistic criminal activities. A case in point was experioenced on the 21st October 2016, when the airport experienced an armed robbery at 09h30, opposite the KFC outlet. This incident occured inside the main passenger terminal building, wherein armed men accosted a staff member from one of the retail stores whilst enroute to bank the takings of the previous evening. The staff member concerned was accompanied by two private security officers whose responsibility was to ptotect the movement of cash. The armed robbers ovepowered the private security officers and dashed off with the suitacse. A get away car was awaiting the criminals outside Piece a Piazza on the upper frontage road. The get away car was parked at the front door of the terminal which enabled the robbers to get away without any difficulity.

The risk of having an improvised explosive device detonated close to the terminal building which may result in a significant disruption to the airport and to the economy is a threat that must be take into consideration, noting the vulnerability of airports on Landside.

Restricted access of the airport frontage roads will further assist the poorly resourced law enforcement agencies with effective managemnt and reduction of illegal touting activities which takes place on a daily basis opn the airport’s frontage roadways. The illeagl touters will be easily identifiable and better managed by all law enforcement agencies.

Restricted access of frontage roads at O.R. Tambo Intrenational Airport is further informed by Amendment 15 to Annex 17 of International Civil Aviation Organisatioon (ICAO) which states that “ this amendment includes a definition of behaviour in relation to the implementation of security controls. It also includes new/revised provisons on Landside Security, behviour detection, innovation in aviation security amd Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS).” Annex 17 is attched to this response for ease of reference.

The amendment was adopted on 23rd November 2016, effective on 3rd April 2017 and applicable from 3rd August 2017.

(2). (a) An internal assessment was done by the airport’s industrial engineers as a preliminary study to establish traffic patterns and vehicle counts. This is not a scientific study.

b) The restriction is necessitated by the safety and security requirements and in the interest of the airport users and its employees.

(1) the assessment considered vehicle counts using the roadway in 10 minute intervals during the peak hours in the month of June 2017.

(11) The preliminary traffic analysis is an internal document of the Airports Company of South Africa.

(3) An environmental impact assessment is not required as no major infrastructure changes are being proposed.

(4) whether attention has been given to the impact that the decision will have on traffic flow, particularly the bottleneck that could be caused and that could result in a traffic tailback as far as the R21 freeway;

Currently the traffic already backs up towards the freeway during peak time. We do not foresee this to be exacerbated. The current behavior of the users of the frontage roadways results in severe congestion due to some users parking for extended periods of time thereby preventing other users easy access.

(5) what are the mitigating steps that the relevant authorities will take regarding the (a) traffic flow, (b) deprivation of the comfort in respect of the embarcation and disembarcation of flight passengers, (c) deprivation of the loading and unloading area of parking operators en destruction of their businesses, (d) disadvantagement and/or destruction of any other businesses that depend on the use of the relevant roads and (e) air pollution of queuing cars that have to travel along the side roads of the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA), including gas emission pollution inside the ACSA parking buildings?

a) ACSA cannot comment on behalf of the ‘relevant authorities’

b) Embarkation and disembarkation can take place in the multi story parking facilities at the airport. This will be of greater comfort and will enhance the safety of passengers.

c) All pick ups and drop off can take place in the multi story parking facility at the airport. the Airports Company of South Africa will embark on fair and transparent process with entities wanting to do business on its property.

d) The use of the public roadway to conduct one’s private businesse will require formal approval from the relevant authorities. Public users that use the airport frontage roaway as a throughfare can use alternate roads instead of the roadways alongside the terminal building.

e) The side roads are opened air roadways that will not be adversely impacted. We do not forsee that there will be an increase in air polution due to the restrcted access of the frontage roaways.

Our parking facilities comply with the design requirements as approved by the relevant municipality. Our parking facilities are not roadways and have to be used a parking facility. Owners of vehicles will be required to switch off their engines once parked.

 

Reply:

a) Currently, the Department of Transport does not have any agreement with the Ivory Coast

b) (i) (ii) (c) (d) (e) (i) (ii) Falls away

Reply:

a) On the 19th July 2017 I met with the Minister of Police and the Acting National Commissioner and his team to discuss the state of affairs between the metered taxis and /app-based operators and to propose a more focussed enforcement strategy.

In addition, I met with the MEC for Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport and the MMC’s of the relevant metropolitan municipalities on the 24th July 2017.

Furthermore, I met with the Gauteng Metered Taxi Council, the Concerned Metered Taxi Operators and the app-based operators on the 27th July 2017 in Midrand.

I also arranged a walk-about programme on 11th September 2017 in Sandton to sensitize operators that they must abide by the prescripts of the law which requires them to have a valid operating licence and that there will be no compromise on law enforcement.

b) See a) above.

c) The issues raised by the metered taxi and app-based operators are being addressed in the National Land Transport Amendment Bill which is before the Portfolio Committee on Transport.

Reply:

1. Interim requirements have been developed and accepted by the acting CEO of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications in accordance with Section 22 (2) (c) of the Legal Metrology Act. The remainder of the question is therefore not applicable.

2. The system is currently undergoing type approval evaluation in accordance with the interim requirements.

Reply:

During the late afternoon of 9 November 2016 flash flooding resulted in sections of the national road network in Gauteng being flooded. SANRAL initiated an investigation by a Specialist Engineering Company for the meteorological, hydrological and hydraulic assessment of the R24/N12, Linksfield and Gillooly’s interchanges to understand the underlying causes of the flooding. A final report was tabled on 12 September 2017 by the investigating Specialist.

The report reflects on the event of 9 November 2016 and explored reasons for the flooding which occurred at specifically three sites (see Figure 1):

• R24/N12 interchange
• Linksfield Road interchange
• Gillooly’s Interchange