Questions and Replies

Reply:

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

(1)

Centre		ATCO 1	ATCO 2	ATCO 3
Sector		Required	Actual	Required	Actual	Required	Actual
FABE	Bisho	6	8	0	0	0	0
FABL	Bram Fisher (Bloemfontein)	6	7	0	0	8	10
FACT	Cape Town	0	0	0	0	65	60
FAEL	East London	4	3	0	0	8	12
FAGC	Grand Central	6	10	0	0	0	0
FAGG	George	4	4	0	0	8	11
FAGM	Rand	6	10	0	0	0	0
FAKM	Kimberley	6	8	0	0	0	0
FAKN	Kruger	0	0	6	5	0	0
FALA	Lanseria	0	1	16	12	0	0
FALE	King Shaka (Durban)	12	9	0	0	17	16
FAMM	Mafikeng	4	5	0	0	0	0
FAOR	OR Tambo (Johannesburg)	30	24	0	0	103	80
FAPE	Port Elizabeth	8	4	0	0	17	18
FAPM	Pietermaritzburg	6	7	0	0	0	0
FAPN	Pilanesberg	5	7	0	0	0	0
FAPP	Polokwane	0	0	6	7	0	0
FAUP	Upington	6	6	0	1	0	0
FAUT	Umtata	6	11	0	0	0	0
FAVG	Virginia	6	7	0	0	0	0
FAWB	Wonderboom	0	1	9	8	0	0
		121	132	37	33	226	207

(2) (a) Average Arrivals – 850 daily

(b) Average Departures – 841 daily

(c) Average traffic utilising airspace – 3086 daily

Reply:

(a), (b), and (c) The Road Traffic Management Corporation does not receive Rural Roads Asset Management Systems (RRAMS) grant.

Reply:

(a)(i) Private sector representatives

SADSOA

RSACA

SADI

Cochrane steel

Digital technologies

Jampu business

Afro fleet

SMEC

Driver info bureau

Tracker

NIRSA

Tshelihle FC

AG Consultants

TT Projects

Impolompolo

Essilor

Driving Schools Association

Imbuba yenbokodo

Alcohol breathalyser

YOURS

Siyoyo

O B Broadcast

(a) (ii) non-governmental organisations

Stars of life

Autism SA

Santaco

Childrens forum

SRSC

Siyathuthuka FM

SANWIT

East Coast Radio

Sakhiswe

Town shop news

Gagasi fm

SAPTWU

SADD

Kwa-Zulu Natal Bus Council

Mgobozi

TMDM

YOURS

SAYCC

b) The number of those representatives referred to in (a) (i) All Private sector companies and (ii) Non-governmental orgarnisation that were invited sent representative.

Reply:

Parliament has consistently over recent years, starting in 2014/15, approved, on the recommendation of the Portfolio Committee on Transport an objective in the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plans, which objective provides for alignment of the RAF’s administrative dispensation with the RABS Bill, in order to prepare for the transition to RABS.

In addition to approving the objective, Parliament also approved, on the recommendation of the Portfolio Committee on Transport, the RAF’s annual budgets in relation to work to be performed in relation to the objective.

The objective is sensitive to Parliament’s consideration of the Bill and the Department of Transport’s responsibility in respect of formulating legislation for consideration by Parliament.

In 2014/15 the objective was for the RAF to support the Department of Transport to draft the Bill, Rules and Regulations as per the approved RABS policy. 

In 2015/16 the focus moved from the legislative process to readying the RAF to administer claims under the proposed Bill.  The focus was on internal readiness in terms of the business architecture and design.

In 2016/17 the focus was on developing a Transition Plan that is intended to assist the RAF in the transition. The plan is a conceptual document designed to enable the RAF to prepare for the administration of claims under the proposed Bill.  

The RAF spent the following amounts in relation to RABS, although not necessarily in respect of brand development:

With regard to -	in the 2014-15,	2015-16	and 2016-17 financial years:
(a) marketing and brand-promotion projects,	R Nil	R Nil	R 80 109.10
(b) advertisements in the media,	R2 896 662	R5 404 190	R6 365 666
(c) billboards,	R Nil	R Nil	R Nil
(d) mounted stickers and advertisements in lifts and malls,	R Nil	R Nil	R 4 300
e) promotional articles such as key rings (although no costs was incurred in respect of key rings, but in relation to mouse pads, CD’s and T-Shirts),	R 363 126	R 27 103	R 73 319
(f) printed booklets and pamphlets, and	R Nil	R Nil	R47 982
(g) the RABS website	R Nil	R Nil	R Nil

 

Advertisements in the media were published on mass-reach media platforms, for example radio, print and television. All expenditure took place following procurement in accordance with the provisions the RAF’s policies and the PFMA.

 

Reply:

(1) The RAF does not currently make use of external organisations to process claims; therefore questions (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are not applicable, however,

(2) The Road Accident Fund Act, No. 56 of 1996 (the Act) provides in section 8 for the appointment by the Board of agents to investigate and settle claims contemplated in section 17(1) of the Act (identified claims), similar to comparable sections contained in the Act’s predecessors. However, an appointment made under section 8 of the Act would constitute a public private partnership (PPP) under Treasury Regulation 16, where the full RAF function is outsourced. Considering the technicalities, timing and cost associated with PPPs the RAF Board elected instead to insource administrative capacity to assist the RAF to process the backlog of claims. Service providers were appointed following a compliant supply chain management process in respect of an open tender (RAF/2013/00027) advertised in the Government Tender Bulletin on 8 August 2013. The contracts commenced on 9 January 2014 and expired on 8 January 2017. Importantly, throughout the appointments the RAF remained responsible to approve the final settlement mandate in respect of the claims administered by the service providers, (a) the RAF appointed the following service providers (i) Ernst & Young Consortium [comprising of Ernst & Young Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd and A2A Kopano Incorporated and Alexander Forbes Compensation Technologies (Pty) Ltd (who subsequently left the consortium)] and (ii) Medscheme Holdings (Pty) Ltd, (b) to assist the RAF with the validation and verification of claim information; investigation and assessment of merits; investigation and assessment of medical records and reports relating to injuries sustained by claimants; investigation and assessment of quantum; negotiation of settlements based on approved mandates by the RAF; dealing with all litigation arising on a specific matter after instruction; keeping accurate records and reporting timeously; and communicating with claimants, attorneys and the RAF, (c) for the amounts as set out in the table below:

COSTS INCURRED – SERVICE PROVIDER INVOICES
Number	Description	Ernst & Young Consortium	Medscheme	Total
1	Paid invoices	R116,288,436	R184,175,692	R300,464,128
2	Outstanding invoices	R5,293,672	R2,856,544	R8,150,216
Total invoices received	R121,582,108	R187,032,236	R308,614,344
3	# Quotation for withheld reports	R22,365,349	R12,815,390	R35,180,739
Total	R143,947,457	R199,847,626	R343,795,083
# Note: The service providers incurred expenditure in obtaining expert reports and other information and, or documentation prior to termination of the contracts. The service providers requested re-imbursement for such expenditure and withheld the reports, subject to reimbursement. The contracts did not make provision for reimbursement for such expenditure. Approval by National Treasury, subject to certain conditions, has been obtained for the RAF to pay for additional reports. Re-imbursement is also subject to Board approval. The process to obtain Board approval has commenced.

 

 

Reply:

PRASA does undertake regular maintenance of its information technology.

(a) Financial constraints at PRASA have resulted in key technical vacancies that have affected the maintenance in certain areas of Information Communication Technology (ICT).

(b) PRASA is exploring a partnership with other SOE’s in particular Transnet and Broadband Infraco for support in fibre maintenance. This is an interim measure while PRASA is building internal capacity to carry out the maintenance.

(c) There has not been any reason to charge employees; the challenges are structural and not related to ill-discipline.

(d) Skills and funding (operational funding) over and above the infrastructure Capital outlay remains a challenge. As PRASA modernizes, many of its ICT projects are in various stages of implementation and the full maintenance implications from an Operational funding point of view are still unclear.

Reply:

Department

(a) No employees were awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the:

(i) 2014-15 – none

(ii) 2015-16 – none

(iii) 2016-17 – none

(aa)(aaa) – not applicable

(bbb) – Not applicable

(bb) (aaa) & (bbb) – not applicable

Air Traffic Navigating and Services (ATNS)

a.N/a

b.N/a. ATNS has not awarded any contracts or agreements to its employees to conduct business with any state entity

(i) 2014-15 : Nil

(ii) 2015-16 : Nil

(iii) 2016-17 : Nil

aa (aaa) : N/a

(bbb): N/a

bb (aaa) : N/a

(bbb) : N/a

Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA)

Not applicable.

ACSA policies do not allow for contracts to be awarded to staff members.

South Africa Civil Aviation Authority (SACCA)

(a)Not applicable, and (b), (i), (ii), and (iii): The South African Civil Aviation Authority is not aware of any staff member being awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity, nor has it granted an approval to any of its staff members to conduct business with any state entity during the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years.

As such questions: (aa), (aaa), and (bbb); and (bb), (aaa), and (bbb) are not applicable.

Roads Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

(b) No staff member at RTMC was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 financial years.

(aa)(aaa) N/A

(bbb) N/A

(bb)(aaa)N/A

(bbb) N/A

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(b) Staff of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) who perform external remunerative work are required to obtain prior written permission to do so in terms of the RAF’s applicable policies and procedures, however the RAF would not know, beyond the prescribed declarations of interest forms completed by bidders in respect of the RAF’s own tenders and supply chain management policies and procedures, whether any staff member was awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with other state entities in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years; consequently, the RAF is unable to respond to questions (aa)(aaa), (aa)(bbb), (bb)(aaa) and (bb)(bbb).

South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

(b) (i)(ii) SANRAL’s employee contracts prevent any employee from receiving any secondary income for goods or services, unless authorised by the CEO. Additionally, staff are required to declare their interest in any entities. To the best of SANRAL’s knowledge and in terms of the declaration of interests received from staff annually, SANRAL is not aware of the award of any contracts or agreements to SANRAL staff, to conduct business with SANRAL or any other state entity, in any of the financial years listed herein.

Roads Infringement Agency (RTIA)

N(b) umber of staff awarded contracts

(i) 2014/2015=0

(ii) 2015/2016=1

(iii) 2016/2017=0

(aa) (aaa) Names and professional designations:

2014/2015=0

2015/2016 (1) =Mr K Maeyane (Risk Management Specialist)

2016/2017=0;

(bb) (aaa) Details of the contracts:

2014/2015=0

2015/2016=Audit Committee Member/Consultant to Fetakgomo Municipality.

2016/2017=0;

(bbb) Amounts in each case:

2014/2015=R0,00

2015/2016=R5721,00

2016/2017=R0,00

Cross Border Roads Transport Agency (CBRTA)

(b) In terms of declaration of interest records, no employee disclosed any financial interest with state entities during (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years.

The external audit for 2015-16 financial year revealed that the companies with which some of the employees affiliate, had conducted business with state entities. The relevant information as per the audit management letter is in the table below.

(aa)(aaa) Names	(bbb) Professional designations	(bbb) Amounts
Siphiwinhlanhla Nkala	Road Transport Inspector	R 27 657.41
Patrick Mathebula	Manager Training Ext. Act Coordinator	R 173 462.40
Sharon Mkhize	Manager: Business Planning and Performance	R 333 000.00

(bb) (aaa) The Agency does not have the details of the contract (s) and/or agreement (s) awarded as the information was not disclosed in the declaration of interest forms by the employees.

South Africa Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

From a review of the Contract Register as well as the Declaration of Members Interest, there were no employees (including executive members) or Board members awarded contracts or agreements to conduct business with the South African Maritime Authority (SAMSA) during the 2014/15, 2015/16 or 2016/17 financial years.

Ports Regulator (PRSA)

Ports Regulator secretariat staff has not conducted business with state entities in the 2014/15-2015/16 financial years (this has been audited by the Auditor General) and to the best of our knowledge, no staff has conducted business with state entities in the 2016/17 financial year (based on verbal verification with staff members).

Railway Regulator Safety (RSR)

(b) (i) (ii) (iii) No. None of the RSR staff have conducted business with any state entities in the financial years mentioned.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

PRASA has discovered that certain employees were conflicted with regards to certain contracts. Please see annexure for details.

 

Reply:

Airports South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

ACSA does not have any contract with the respective supplier.

 

Reply:

1. E-tag procurement from third parties:

(a) Names of third parties:

The parties that were contracted for the provision and maintenance of e-tags were:

• Kapsch Trafficom AB - Sweden;

• Q-Free ASA – Norway.

(b) Payments received:

The above parties have received the following payments for e-tag’s provided:

• Kapsch Trafficom AB: R167 220 930.96 (Excl VAT)

• Q-Free ASA: R58 317 748.41 (Excl VAT)

(c) Relevant service and/or obligation:

The above parties were contracted for the supply and maintenance of e-tags in accordance with SANRAL specifications and in accordance with the required specifications of an international CEN-278 standard. The e-tags were procured in batches in accordance with demand in terms of the e-toll registration for the GFIP project and for the conventional toll plazas country wide.

2. Payments towards invoice printing and posting:

The annual breakdown of payments towards invoice printing and posting for e-toll collection as per SARS and AARTO requirements is as follows (excl VAT):

• 3 December 2013 to 31 December 2014: R124 635 007.73

• 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015: R58 422 869.55

• 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016: R112 289 632.03

• 1 January 2017 to May 2017: R32 043 385.45

3. Kiosk rental:

(a) Amount per unit:

The amount per unit differs between “temporary” kiosks and “permanent” kiosks, and from shopping mall to shopping mall, depending also on kiosk floor area.

• The monthly rental for a temporary kiosk currently ranges between R7 000 and R22 680 per month (excl VAT).

• The monthly rental for a permanent kiosk ranges between R15 226.09 and R78 797.24 per month (excl VAT).

(b) Number of units:

• There are currently five temporary kiosks in operation.

• There are currently 17 permanent kiosks in operation.

(c) Beneficiary or beneficiaries within the current e-toll structure:

There are no beneficiaries from kiosk rental within the e-toll structure (i.e. the e-toll Operator - ETC). The kiosks are rented from the various owners of the shopping malls. ETC receive 2.5% of the rental for arranging and managing the rental agreements in terms of their contract. This percentage was tendered by ETC as part of the competitive tender for this contract.

 

Reply:

Department of Transport

Name of Transaction Advisor	Tender	Contract Value	Amount Paid	Notes
(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)
Utho Capital	Transaction Advisor for PPP - Government Fleet	R4 900 000.00	R3 876 000*.00	*Total amount paid. Contract finalised
J Maynard SA	Feasibility Study for the Tug Boat Building Project in Preparation of a PPP	R9 033 360.00	R4 382 721.86*	*Amount paid to date. Contract terminating in 2019

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)

Airports Company South Africa does not have any transaction advisors for tenders as far as could be established for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

(b) ATNS did not appoint a transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016, therefore (i), (ii) and (iii) not applicable.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

(a) Not applicable, (b), (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): During the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) used the services of a transaction advisor only once. KPMG, a global professional service company, was appointed in October 2014 to guide the SACAA in its quest, through a tender process, to acquire and implement an Enterprise Business System (EBS) from a suitable and competent service provider. The EBS had to be a best-practice and industry-appropriate information system which would improve organisational efficiency and augment compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organization standards. KPMG was tasked with among others, drafting questions and answers as well as the vetting of suppliers. The total amount of the EBS tender was R94, 091, 131.20, which covers the four-year implementation period.  KPMG, as the transaction advisor was paid R144, 068.64

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

The (b) Cross Border Road Transport Agency appointed a transaction advisor in the financial year ending March 2016. (i) The appointed transaction advisor was Gartner, (ii) Gartner was appointed to provide transaction advisor services for the procurement of the New Permit System, (iii) The budget of the New Permit System of which Gartner was appointed to provide transactional advisory services for was R9 million and (iv) Gartner was awarded a contract of R651, 715.20 of which R195, 514.56 was invoiced and paid.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

 

The (b) On the premise that the term “transaction advisor” refers to a service provider with appropriate skills and experience appointed to assist and advise in connection with a specific tender or tenders, the Road Accident Fund (RAF) appointed one transaction advisor to assist and advise with one tender in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016; (i) Deloitte & Touche was appointed to receive and store bids; manage response handling; arrange, co-ordinate and manage the briefing session; collate questions and answers from the briefing session; publish questions and answers; close the tender; open bids; register bidders; oversee evaluation of bids; audit the Bid Evaluation Committee scores; prepare shortlists; and, prepare letters of regret / award, (ii) in connection with the RAF Panel Attorney Tender; (iii) for which tender the pricing is forecast at approximately R 8, 2 billion over the 5 year term of the tender; and, for which services the transaction advisor was paid R 1 640 109.68, or 0.019% of the tender value. The RAF Panel of Attorneys Tender secured 88 contracted firms to manage the RAF’s litigation defense in litigated claims throughout the country.

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

Transaction advisors to the RTMC for the periods 01 January 2012 – 31 December 2016

Transaction advisor no.1

Heading	Comments
Year	2014
Name of transaction advisor	Grant Thornton
Purpose of transaction advisor	To develop the scope of work for the appointment of a technical advisor that would assist RTMC in the sourcing of rental accommodation
Transaction Advisor total payments	R 152 360.54 (transaction advisor payments specific to Tender 01/2014/15)
Tender on which transaction advisor worked on
Tender	RENTAL OFFICE SPACE: RTMC BID 01/2014/15
Tender Price	R105 432 274.76

Transaction advisor no.2

Heading	Comments
Year	2014
Name of transaction advisor	Alchemy Architects
Purpose of transaction advisor	To develop the scope of work as well as act as an advisor on the evaluation of the bid for the sourcing of rental space for RTMC
Transaction Advisor total payments	R368 619.00
Tender on which transaction advisor worked on
Tender	RENTAL OFFICE SPACE: RTMC BID 1/2014/15
Tender Price	R105 432 274.76

Transaction advisor no.3

Heading	Comments
Year	2015 & 2016
Name of transaction advisor	Gibb Engineering and Architecture
Purpose of transaction advisor	To provide to the RTMC a multi-disciplinary engineering service for the following key projects: Project A - Temporary office accommodation for a period of twenty four (24) months Project B - Planning, design, contractor procurement management and construction supervision including advisory services in relation to the procurement of land on which the building is to be constructed and other professional services that will be required from time to time Project C - Engineering services for the procurement and construction of temporary accommodation for RTMC training provisioning
Transaction Advisor total payments	Project A – R 1 500 000,00 Project B – Nil Project C – R 3 927 881,30 Total payments = R 5 427 881,30
Tender on which transaction advisor worked on
Tender (1)	RTMC BID 16/2015/16 - REQUEST FOR THE PROVISION OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION / OFFICE SPACE FOR THE RTMC
Tender Price	R 43 999 999.10
Status	Award terminated
Tender (2)	RTMC BID 17/2015/16 - PROVISION OF PARKHOMES FOR USE BY RTMC
Tender Price	R 27 428 618.39
Status	Ongoing
Tender (3)	RTMC BID 10/2016/17 - LEASED ACCOMMODATION FOR RTMC
Tender Price	R40 756 902.66
Status	Ongiong
Tender (4)	RTMC EOI 01/2016/17 – REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE PROVISION OF PERMANENT OFFICE SPACE AND ACCOMMODATION FOR THE RTMC
Tender Price	+ R395 000 000
Status	Non Award

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

 

The RTIA has not appoint any Transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

 

The (b) SANRAL has not appointed any Transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

SAMSA has not appointed any transaction advisors for the period indicated above.

Ports Regulator South Africa (PRSA)

(b) The Ports Regulator has not appointed transaction advisors for tenders ever since its establishment in 2007/08. The scale of its supply chain management process and projects have not necessitated the need for transaction advisors.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

(b) Yes, for one tender. Appointment of transactional advisor made during the 2014/15 Financial Year.

(i) Lefefa Consulting, for the provision of a property management consultant

(ii) Provision of Fully Serviced Office Accommodation for the RSR

(iii) R195 912 467.66 for a period of five years (2016-2021)

(iv) R572 280.00

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

Yes – PRASA appointed transaction advisors for various tenders during the said period, see attachment with the details.

Reply:

The PRSA has a contract with an IT service provider who are responsible for maintaining the information technology infrastructure of the Regulator in line with the approved IT policies and Asset Management policies of the Regulator.

Maintenance of the infrastructure falls within the scope of an IT service contract which is overseen by the Corporate Services Department which in turn is overseen by the Audit committee of the Regulator that regularly (at least on a quarterly basis requires IT maintenance and update reporting).

The Regulator has, in recent years upgraded the computers of Regulator employees and Members, the backup was system has been revised, and regular automated and manual backups are conducted by staff through the service provider. A weekly off-site backup facility is in place to ensure additional safety of information. Furthermore, maintenance contracts for recent assets are in place (printing equipment etc.) and turn-around time in the event of failure is less than 24 hours. Website maintenance is conducted by a specialized service provider and updated on a regular basis and whenever new documents are published by the Regulator.

Reply:

1. There are twelve (12) entities reporting to the Minister of Transport, and all entities are governed by each entity’s founding legislation

    (a) All the entities have Boards in place.

    (b) Not applicable.

(i) Annexure A (attached), provides the Board Composition of all twelve (12) entities depicting the following:

aa) Appointment date of each member.

bb) Expiry date of each member’s term.

(ii) (aa) (bb) Annexure A (attached), provides the number of the current Board members per entity and their gender.

2. All Entities have Boards in place

 (a) The Minister of Transport is in terms of the Entity’s legislation responsible for the appointment of the Board.

 (b) Where there are vacancies, the Department has embarked on the recruitment process and once it is finalized, the Minister will appoint the Board members.

ANNEXURE A

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE PASSENGER RAIL AGENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA (PRASA)

NO.	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Dr Popo Molefe	Male	Black	Public transport transformation and strategy development	Chairperson	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
2.	Ms Zodwa Manase	Female	Black	Chartered Accountant (CA), Internal and External Audit Specialist.	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
3.	Ms Carol (Roskruge) Cele	Female	Black	Project development, public and private sector management	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
4.	Ms Jeremia Matlala	Female	Black	Public transport transformation and strategy development	Non-Executive	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
6.	Ms Nonduduzo Samukelisiwe Kheswa	Female	Black	Legal, Compliance, Risk	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
7.	Mr William Solomon Steenkamp	Male	Coloured	Strategy, transport planning and public transport	Non-Executive	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
8.	Mr Manyungwana Clement	Male	Black	Department of Transport	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
9.	Mr Landon McMillan	Male	White	National Treasury	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
10.	Mr Xolile George	Male	Black	Nominee of SALGA	Non-Executive	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
11.	Mr Tefetso Bernard Phitsane	Male	Black	Business Development Strategy	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
12.	Mr Lindikaya Zide	Male	Black	Acting CEO	Executive Director		31 July 2017

NB: PRASA Board has six (6) vacancies

NB: COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY (SAMSA)

NO		GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	APPOINTMENT DATE	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Mr Mavuso Msimang	Male	African	Business Management	Chairperson	1 March 2015	31 April 2018
2.	Ms Nomsa Cele	Female	African	Organised labour in maritime	Deputy Chair	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
3.	Dr Michael Harry Hendricks	Male	Coloured	Governance and Business Management	Non-Executive	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
4.	Mr Fredericks Andrew Jacobs	Male	Coloured	Maritime and HR Training	Non-Executive	1 August 2014	31 July 2017
5.	Ms Anna Sekabiso Molemane	Female	Black	Maritime Law	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2018
6.	Mr Lindelani God’slove Shezi	Male	African	Logistics & Shipping	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2018
7.	Mr Mervyn Burton	Male	Coloured	Chartered Accountant	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2018
8.	Mr Mthunzi Madiya	Male	African	Department of Transport	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2018
9.	Mr Sobantu Tilayi	Male	African	Acting CEO	Executive Director	1 July 2016	Until further notice

NB: SAMSA Board will have three (3) vacancies from 1 August 2017

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (SACAA)

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE/EXPERIENCE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Mr Smunda Mokeona	Male	African	Engineer – Technical and Strategy	Chairperson	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
2.	Adv Roshan Dehal	Male	Indian	Law	Non-Executive (Resigned)	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
3.	Ms Doris Dondur	Female	White	Chartered Accountant	Non-Executive	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
4.	Prof Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango	Female	African	Law	Non-Executive	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
5.	Major-General Nhlanhla Lucky Ngema	Male	African	Aviation Specialist/operations	Non-Executive	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
6.	Ms Lizeka Dlephu	Female	African	HRM/Transformation	Non-Executive	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
7.	Mr Mongezi India	Male	African	Department of Transport	Non-Executive	1 November 2014	31 Sept 2017.
8.	Ms Poppy Khoza	Female	African	Director Civil Aviation	Executive Director	1 December 2013	31 Nov 2018

NB: There is only 1 vacancy on the SACAA Board

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE AIRPORTS COMPANY OF SOUTH AFRICA (ACSA) SOC LIMITED

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1	Mr Skhumbuzo Macozoma	Male	Black	Transport infrastructure	Chairperson (Resigned)	Resigned	31 April 2020
2	Mr Deon Botha	Male	White	PIC representative	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2020
3	Ms Maureen Manyama	Female	Black	Financial Director	Executive Director	Resigned	31 April 2020
4	Mr Roshar Morar	Male	Indian	PIC representative	Acting Chairperson	1 March 2015	31 April 2020
5	Mr Siyakhula Simelane	Male	Black	Chartered Accountant	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2020
6	Dr Matlhodi Steven Mabela	Male	Black	Economics	Non-Executive	1 March 2015	31 April 2020
7	Ms Kate Matlou	Female	Black	Civil Aviation Industry	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	31 April 2020
8	Ms Bajabulile Luthuli	Female	Black	Chartered Accountant	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
9	Dr John Lamola	Male	Black	Aviation	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
10	Ms Chwayita Mabude	Female	Black	Finance	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
11	Adv. Kenosi Moroka	Male	Black	Legal	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
12	Mr Bongani Maseko	Male	Black	Managing Director	Executive Director	15 May 2013	30 April 2019

NB: There is only 1 vacancy on the ACSA Board

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE CROSS-BORDER ROAD TRANSPORT AGENCY (C-BRTA)

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Ms Pam Pokane	Female	African	Cross-border road transport (freight)	Chairperson (Resigned)	Resigned	28 March 2017
2.	Ms Malebo Nkomo	Female	African	Governance/knowledge of cross-border road transport by virtue of having served on the Board	Deputy Chairperson (Resigned)	Resigned	28 March 2017
4.	Mr Moses Cyril Scott	Male	Coloured	Cross-border road transport of passengers	Non-Executive (Term extended with 3 months)	1 April 2014	30 June 2017
5.	Mr Trevor Bailey	Male	White	Cross-border road transport of freight/ Legal and governance	Non-Executive (Term lapsed)	1 July 2013	30 June 2016
6.	Mr Msondezi Futsane	Male	African	DoT Representative	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
7.	Mr Raymond Dennis Baloyi	Male	African	Cross-border road transport of passengers	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
8.	Ms Keitumetse Mahlangu	Female	African	Governance/Legal	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
9.	Ms Ignatia Dikeledi Sekonyela	Female	African	Human resource	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
10.	Mr Mosoeunyane Ramathe	Male	African	Finance	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
11.	Mr Lucky Lempiditse Thekisho	Male	African	Legal	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
12.	Prof. Jan Havenga	Male	White	Cross-border road transport of freight	Non-Executive	1 May 2016	30 April 2019
13.	Sipho Khumalo	Male	African	CEO	Executive Director	1 July 216	30 June 2021

NB: C-BRTA Board have (4) vacancies

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)

NO.	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Dr Ntuthuko Bhengu	Male	Black	Finance, health service provision	Chairperson	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
2.	Mr Dawood Coovadia	Male	Indian	CA/auditing	Vice Chairperson	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
3.	Mr Patrick Masobe	Male	Black	Insurance, Strategy and economics	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
4.	Ms Refiloe Mokoena	Female	Black	Legal	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
5.	Dr Lungelwa Linda	Female	Black	Medical service provision	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
6.	Mr Ahmed Pandor	Male	Indian	CA/IT governance	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
7.	Dr Terrence Omdutt Kommal	Male	Indian	Medical Service Provision	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
8.	Dr Maria Claudina Du Toit	Female	White	Legal	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
9.	Mr Monko Khotso Mothobi	Male	Black	Actuarial	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
10.	Ms Lusanda Unathi Zisiwe Rataemane	Female	Black	Clinical Psychologist	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
11.	Ms Mala Somaru	Female	Indian	Officer in the DoT designated by the Director-General	Non-Executive	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2019
12.	Dr. Eugene Watson	Male	Coloured	CEO	Executive Director	2 July 2012	30 June 2017

NB: THE CHAIRPERSON REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TWO (2) MEMBERS ON THE BOARD.

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE AIR TRAFFIC NAVIGATION SERVICES (ATNS)

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Ms Phindile Riba	Female	Black	Strategy & HR	Chairperson	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
2.	Ms Daniel Gray Mwanza	Male	Black	Aviation Specialist	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
3.	Dr. Bridgett Ssamula	Female	Black	Aviation Management	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
4.	President Qiniso Dhlamini	Male	Black	Aviation Safety Management	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
5.	Ms Shaila Hari	Female	Indian	Economist	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
6.	Adv. Adwin Matane Mphahlele	Male	Black	Legal	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
7.	Ms Nwabisa Mtshali	Female	Black	Civil Aviation & HR	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
8.	Mr Isaac Nkama	Male	Black	Business	Non-Executive Director	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
9.	Mr William Ndlovu	Male	Black	CFO	Executive Director	1 September 2015
10.	Mr Thabani Mthiyane	Male	Black	CEO	Executive Director	26 June 213	31 May 2018

NB: THE BOARD IS FULLY CAPACITATED. NO VACANCIES

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR (RSR)

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Dr Nomusa Zethu Qunta	Female	Black	Economics & Risk	Chairperson	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
2.	Mr Boy Johannes Nobunga	Male	Black	Economics	Deputy Chariperson	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
3.	Mr Christiaan Johan de Vos	Male		Organised labour	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	1 October 2019
4.	Ms Hilda Thamaga Thopola	Female	Black	Safety	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
5.	Mr Zacharia Mosothoane	Male	Black	Organised labour	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
6.	Mr Ngwako Makaepea	Male	Black	Ex-officio member representing the Department of Transport	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
7.	Mr Michael Monashi Motlhala	Male	Black	Ex-officio member representing the Department of Police	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
8.	Mr Willem Venter	Male	White	Safe Railway Operations	Independent Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
9.	Mr Andre Harrison	Male	White	Management of Railways	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
10.	Ms Ntombizine Mbiza	Female	Black	Legal	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
11.	Ms Khulekelwe Mbonambi	Female	Black	Finance	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
12.	Mr Tibor Szane	Male	White	Ex officio member representing the Department of Labour	Non-Executive	1 November 2016	31 October 2019
13.	Ms Nkululeko Poya	Male	Black	CEO	Executive Director	1 October 216	30 Sept 2021

NB: THE BOARD IS FULLY CAPACITATED. NO VACANCIES

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (RTMC)

No	Name	Gender	Race	Expertise/ Experience	Designation	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Mr Zola Majavu	Male	African	Law	Chairman	1 January 2017	31 December 2020
2.	Ms Pinkie Mathabathe	Female	African	Road Traffic	Non-Executive	1 January 2017	31 December 2020
3.	Ms Thembeka Mdlulwa	Female	African	Law	Non-Executive	1 January 2017	31 December 2020
4.	Prof Maredi Ivan Mphahlele	Male	African	IT	Non-Executive	1 January 2017	31 December 2020
5.	Ms Thandi Clarah Thankge	Female	African	HR	Non-Executive	1 January 2017	31 December 2020
6.	Dr. Eddie Mogalefi Thebe	Male	African	Road Safety	Non-Executive	1 December 2015	31 December 2020
7.	Ms Daphline Harridene Charlotte-Ann Ewertse	Female	Coloured	Finance	Non-Executive	1 December 2015	30 November 2018
8.	Mr Thulani Matiki Norman Kgomo	Male	African	Law	Non-Executive	1 December 2015	30 November 2018
9.	Mr John Motsatsing	Male	African	DoT Rep	Ex Officio	1 December 2015	31 December 2020
10.	Adv. Makhosini Msibi	Male	African	CEO	Executive Director	1 January 2014	31 December 2019

NB: THE BOARD IS FULLY CAPACITATED. NO VACANCIES

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE PORTS REGULATOR (PR)

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	EXPIRY DATE	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Mr Thaba Mufamadi	Male	Black	Economist	Chairperson	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
2.	Ms Thato Tsautse	Female	Black	Legal, expert knowledge of maritime law, ports and shipping industry.	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
3.	Adv. Gugulethu Abigail Thimane	Female	Black	Legal	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
4.	Ms Lindelwe Mabandla	Female	Black	Strategist	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
5.	Mr Riad Khan	Male	Indian	Maritime Transport & Shipping Industry	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
6.	Ms Gerdileen Taylor	Female	White	Chartered Accountant	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
7.	Ms Anjue Hirachunda	Female	Indian	National Regulator Specialist	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
8.	Mr Andile Mahlalutye	Male	Black	Financial Management and knowledge of ports operations	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
9.	Ms Patricia Mazibuko	Female	Black	Experience of working for a Regulator	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
10.	Mr Aubrey Ngcobo	Male	Black	Legal	Non-Executive	1 September 2015	31 August 2018
11.	Mr Mahesh Fakir	Male	Indian	CEO	Executive Director	30 April 2019	30 April 2019

NB: THE BOARD IS FULLY CAPACITATED WITH NO VACANCIES

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC INFRINGMENT AGENCY (RTIA)

NO	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Ms Nomini Rapoo	Female	Black	Legal and Governance	Chairperson	1 December 2014	30 Nov 2017
2.	Mr Bryan Chaplog	Male	Coloured	Chartered Accountant	Non-Executive	1 December 2014	30 Nov 2017
3.	Ms. Nomusa Quntha	Female	Black	Public Finance, Economics and Governance	Non-Executive	1 December 2014	30 Nov 2017
4.	Mr. Benedict Matinise	Male	Black	Strategy	Non-Executive	1 December 2014	30 Nov 2017
5.	Prof. Tebogo Job Mokgoro	Male	Black	Strategy and Governance	Non-Executive	1 December 2014	30 Nov 2017
6.	Adv. Xolisile Khanyile	Female	Black	Director of Public Prosecutions	Non-Executive	1 December 2014	30 Nov 2017
7.	Mr Jeph Chuwe	Male	Black	CEO	Executive Director	1 October 2016	30 Sept 2021

NB: THE BOARD IS FULLY CAPACITATED WITH NO VACANCIES.

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROAD AGENCY (SANRAL)

NO.	NAME	GENDER	RACE	EXPERTISE	DESIGNATION	DATE APPOINTED	EXPIRY DATE
1.	Mr Roshan Morar	Male	Indian	Chartered Accountant	Chairperson	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
2.	Ms Zibusiso Kganyago	Female	Black	Finance	Non-executive member	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
3.	Ms Allyson Lawless	Female	White	Civil Enginering	Non-executive member	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
4.	Ms Daphne Mashile-Nkosi	Female	Black	Business Management	Non-executive member	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
5.	Mr Matete Matete	Male	Black	Transportation Planning	Non-executive member	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
6.	Ms Avril Halstead	Female	While	Dept. of Finance Rep	National Treasury ex officio	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
7.	Mr Chris Hlabisa	Male	Black	DoT Rep	DoT representative	1 March 2015	28 February 2018
8.	Mr Skhumbuzo Macozoma	Male	Black	CEO	Executive Director	1 December 2016	30 November 2021

NB: THE BOARD IS FULLY CAPACITATED WITH NO VACANCIES.

Reply:

a) (i) New points machines were installed in March 2017 and commissioned in May 2017.

    (ii) The point maintenance were replaced in March 2017 in a form of a new installation of signal machines as commissioned in May 2017.

b) Inspion of signal points is done every six months by Engineering Technicians and every twelve months by a Senior Engineering Technician. In between the fore mentioned inspections, there are ad hoc signal train inspections by Branch Managers.

Reply:

1. The Railway Safety Regulator performs regular system and infrastructure maintenance including regular risk assessments on its ICT systems and facilities. The ICT systems are available, operational and functional at more than 98% uptime.

a) See response in (1) above.

b) See response in (1) above.

c) See response in (1) above.

   (i) See response in (1) above.

  (ii) See response in (1) above.

Reply:

(a) (i) No power backup generators have been stolen.

(ii) No power backup generators have been damaged.

(b) Refer to (a) above.

(c) Refer to (a) above.

(d) Refer to (a) above.

(e) Refer to (a) above.

(f) Refer to (a) above.

 

Reply:

a) The stolen or damaged Metrorail signal equipment consists of two elements namely, signal cables and the signal infrastructure. The total number of incidents and arrests are shown below for the Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal Metrorail Regions. This is followed by the tables reflecting the same for the signaling infrastructure. The signaling infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is owned and protected by Transnet.

Signal Cable

Signal Infrastructure

Gauteng
Incidents 2014	Incidents 2015	Incidents 2016	Incidents 2017	Arrests 2014	Arrests 2015	Arrests 2016	Arrests 2017
477	317	220	121	145	53	34	32
Western Cape
Incidents 2014	Incidents 2015	Incidents 2016	Incidents 2017	Arrests 2014	Arrests 2015	Arrests 2016	Arrests 2017
507	197	93	96	33	7	7	4

KZN
Incidents 2014	Incidents 2015	Incidents 2016	Incidents 2017	Arrests 2014	Arrests 2015	Arrests 2016	Arrests 2017
154	142	66	59	18	2	0	1

b) (i) These incidents occurred in various locations between stations, not always in the same place.

(ii) The time of the incidents varies but most of the incidents occur between the last trains at night and the first trains in the morning.

(c) The total value of operating infrastructure theft and vandalism countrywide amounts to between R25 to R30 million per annum, of which cable theft accounts for R 4-5 million of this total.

(d) It is estimated that between 5 and 10% of trains delays and cancellations is directly related asset related crimes (theft and vandalism). In Gauteng on average 1%, Western Cape 7% and KZN 3% trains are delayed and cancelled due to cable and signaling theft and vandalism.

(e) The following action plans are in place to prevent and reduce the number of occurrences:

From a security perspective the following:

• Crime prevention plans are executed to ensure effectiveness and efficacy in the identified hot spot areas.
• Management of security contracts e.g. (Visits, attending parades, briefings/debriefings, contractor’s meetings, and record keeping).

Enhance all Provincial/Regional security and crime prevention plans to:

• Ensure correct analysis of hot spots areas, trends, times and days
• Correct deployments according to security risk assessments. (May differ from day to day).
• Ensure efficacy of Provincial Rail Crime Combating Forums (PRCCF), Non Ferrous Metal Crime Combating Committees (PNFMCCC) and Provincial Operational Committee (HAWKS POC).
• Implement intelligence driven operations.
• Increase visibility/patrols (Uniforms/Reflectors).
• Arrests must be followed through until conviction. Criminal matters amendment Act no 18 of 2015.
• All cases must be reported to the SAPS to determine crime trends and hot spots.
• Daily monitoring of “hot spots” and “flash points” as defined by the Crime Pattern Analysis.
• Dedicated deployment on hotspots.
• Joint planning between Protection Services and the Rapid Rail Police at the weekly Corridor Railway Crime Combating Forum.
• ADHOC interventions by Rapid Response Units on crime affected areas.
• Stake holders meeting – Rapid Rail Police weekly meeting, Monthly Community Policing Forums and Monthly Commuter meetings.
• Engaging technical department for vandal proofing and burying of signal cable.
• Disruptive scrap metal dealer visits with Fire Arms Liquor and Second-hand Goods Act Component of the Police.

From the engineering side various initiatives are also being implemented to assist with the physical protection of the assets. This includes the following:

• Vandal proofing of cables and infrastructure (burying cables and hardening equipment to make it more vandal resistant)
• Rollout of a GSMR Network (Fibre Optic) to reduce the dependency on copper cables
• Colour light signal lamps changed to light emitting diodes (LED)
• Fencing project – started with the building of walls and fences between stations to keep criminals out/prevent theft.

Reply:

a) Minister of Transport

Yes, South African Police Services VIP Prorection Unit 

1. Yes 
2. No 
3. No;

(aa) It is provided for in the Ministerial Handbook 

(bb) It is paid from Department of Transport s’ budget 

(cc) Details pertaining to protection of Minister resides with South African Police Services.

b) Deputy Minister

Yes, South African Police Services VIP Prorection Unit 

1. Yes 
2. No 
3. No;

(aa) It is provided for in the Ministerial Handbook 

(bb) It is paid for from Department of Transport s’ budget 

(cc) Details pertaining to protection of Deputy Minister resides with South African Police

Services.

Air Traffic Navigating and Services (ATNS)

ATNS has never made use of security services paid for by the State.

Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA)

The question in its entirety is not applicable to ACSA, as none of the listed persons make use of security services paid for by the State.

South Africa Civil Aviation Authority (SACCA)

1. Not applicable, (b) Not applicable, (c) (i), (ii), (iii); (aa), (bb), (cc): At the moment the South African Civil Aviation Authority does not make use of any security services to protect its head or any of its staff members, and/or their immediate family members.

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

(c) The RTMC does not use security services paid for by the State for (i) its CEO (ii) his immediate family members (iii) any staff member.

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(c) Neither the Board nor the CEO of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) themselves, (ii) their immediate family members or (iii) any of the RAF staff members; the remainder of the questions in (aa), (bb), and (cc) are therefore not relevant to the RAF.

South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

(c)SANRAL does not make use of any security services for any individual or their family members; the remainder of the questions in (aa), (bb), and (cc) are therefore not relevant to SANRAL.

Roads Infringement Agency (RTIA)

(c) The Road Traffic Infringement Agency:

(i) The Registrar does not make use of security services paid for by the State,

(ii) Immediate family members of the Registrar do not make use of security services paid for by the State

(iii) No employee of the RTIA makes use of security services paid for by the State

(aa) Not Applicable

(bb) Not Applicable

(cc) Not Applicable

Cross Border Transport Agency (CBTR)

(c) The head of Cross-Border Road Transport Agency has not made use of security services paid for by the State for (i) himself, (ii) neither his immediate family members nor (iii) any of his staff members.

(aa) – (cc) Not applicable.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

(c) (i) (ii) (iii) No, the RSR heads and / or bodies do not make use of security services for individuals,

staff members or families of employees.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

Ports Regulator South Africa (PRSA)

No staff member of the PRSA including the CEO make use of security services paid for by the State for him/herself, his/her immediate family members or any of their staff members. Nor has any security services paid for by the State been requested.

South Africa Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

The South African Maritime Authority (SAMSA) does not make use of nor pay for security services provided to any employee (including executive members), the Board members as well as their immediate family members.

Reply:

Maintenance is being undertaken on information technology facilities and systems within the Road Traffic Management Corporation;

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A;

In the period 2016/17 the Corporation upgraded the Network Security and is in full control of the perimeter firewall for all internal systems. Various core infrastructure components have been refreshed to facilitate the Virtualisation of the corporation’s servers. The Corporation has also implemented an Oracle EBS solution to integrate core financial, human capital, fleet management, asset management and payroll functions.

 

Reply:

a) From November 2016 to June 2017, 199 729 account units were registered.

b) SANRAL, as the Agency responsible for National Roads and the GFIP is currently issuing civil summonses to thousands of debtors. Some of these matters are far advanced and several court cases are foreseen shortly that will clarify the legal obligation to pay toll for the GFIP toll-roads. This is an ongoing process.

Reply:

a) The SA National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) is aware that the concrete palisade fence along the N3 freeway near Alexandra, Johannesburg is continuously being vandalised by the community. The community (pedestrians) removes the fence uprights to gain access into the road reserve in order to walk a shorter distance to the Industrial area across the freeway, through the N3 freeway and Marlboro Drive.

b) There are no structures built or erected within the road reserve. The erected structures are within the yards, at the back of the houses.

• (i)  As part of the SANRAL’s maintenance strategy, the national road network is continuously under the supervision of the Routine Road Maintenance (RRM) engineering consultants and contractors, who patrol their respective routes daily. Regarding the above-mentioned route, the RRM engineering consultant and contractor has inspected the area. The fence has been broken in two localized areas.
• (ii)  The fence is being repaired continuously due to vandalism by pedestrians referred to in (a) above. The contractor has been instructed to repair the fence and will commence with the work as soon as the funds are available.

Reply:

1.The section of the M1 Freeway on which the above questions refer to, is under the jurisdiction of the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport.

(a) and (b) falls away

2. (a) and (b) falls away

Reply:

1. In order to ensure compliance with the legal prescripts and processes enshrined in the AARTO legislation, the RTIA has developed Standard Operating Procedures. The Standard Operating Procedures will be published as part of the Regulations in order to ensure compliance by all role players.

2. The RTIA regards every aspect raised in the representation made as a technical issue. To this extent, the number of representations that the RTIA dealt with since the pilot phase since 2008 up to 31 March 2017, is 506 984 representations.

3. The RTIA is in the process of giving effect to the court order in relation to the specified judgement. The Court made a ruling in respect of specified representations that were in dispute particularly due to the inconsistent adjudication outcomes. In this respect the specified representations will be reviewed and be made successful.

4. 

City of Joburg - AARTO Area
YEAR	Fatal Crashes	Pedestrian	Driver	Passenger	M/Cyclist	Cyclist	TOTAL Fatalities
"2012	556	363	206	73	1	607	649
"2013	693	431	188	148	11	7	785
"2014"	533	337	127	94	17	4	579
"2015	698	441	154	127	22	10	754
"2016	746	478	138	137	35	14	802
City of Tshwane - AARTO Area
YEAR	Fatal Crashes	Pedestrian	Driver	Passenger	M/Cyclist	Cyclist	TOTAL Fatalities
"2012	512	247	245	110	1	9	612
"2013	578	264	240	183	3	7	697
"2014"	482	243	135	148	14	18	558
"2015	537	254	168	141	31	16	610
"2016	618	313	186	166	24	7	696
Combined
YEAR	Fatal Crashes	Pedestrian	Driver	Passenger	M/Cyclist	Cyclist	TOTAL Fatalities
"2012	1068	610	451	183	2	616	1261
"2013	1271	695	428	331	14	14	1482
"2014"	1015	580	262	242	31	22	1137
"2015	1235	695	322	268	53	26	1364
"2016	1364	791	324	303	59	21	1498

5. The AARTO Bill is still in Parliament, once Parliament has gazetted for further public engagement the AARTO Bill will be enacted then become South African Legislation.

Reply:

a) The National Traffic Information System (NaTIS) is operational and no system is offline. The Department is aware that 2 of the 5 Live Capture Units (LCUs) deployed at the Driving License Testing Centre are not operational. The Driving License Card Account (DLCA) entity, which is currently responsible for the maintenance of the equipment is working towards a solution to this problem.

b) Services are being rendered and no member of the public is turned away. There are however delays due to only 3 LCUs being fully operational. The DLCA has deployed technicians to fix the faulty 2 LCUs but in the long term the units will have to be replaced.

c) The services are not offline as indicated in (b) above, the technical team is working on the replacement of the 2 LCUs that are not working.

d) The staff in question are administration staff, hence they are performing other administrative functions.

e) The challenges experienced by the DLCA is that the current LCUs are old and some of the parts are no longer available in the market. The Department is working with National Treasury on new acquisition of new LCUs.

Reply:

The Honourable members of the National Assembly are requested to take note:

(i) That the development of the Road Safety Strategy is part of the operational activities. It must be noted that unlike legislation and policy matters, the tabling of the operational activities at Parliament is not a standard practice. However, the Road Safety Strategy can be presented at the Portfolio Committee upon request.

(ii) That the process to develop the Road Safety Strategy before tabling it for Cabinet approval was widely consultative and very exhaustive, with multiple stakeholders taking interest. The National Road Safety Strategy was closing a crucial policy gap and addressing an urgent national malaise on the country's roads, thus cannot be delayed any further.

(iii) That the subsequent step after Cabinet approved the Strategy is to implement it in the fight against road carnage. Had this been a matter of a Policy shift or changing of Legislation, it would have been brought forward to serve before Parliament but in its current form, the strategy contains operational techniques to use in order to effectively make our roads safe.

Reply:

a) Regular maintenance is undertaken by the Department and its agencies.

b) No steps can be taken against officials if regular maintenance is done accordingly.

c) Officials cannot be suspended or charged when they are doing their duty and the systems are available

Reply:

1. Information Technology (IT) facilities and systems are maintained on a regular basis. Annually, an IT budget is compiled for the maintenance of all IT facilities and systems.2. 

2. Maintenance plans are documented and aligned to documented procedures. The plans include Daily, Weekly and Monthly schedules. Maintenance activities are outlined below:

2.1 Patching the IT system for software upgrades, for example, Anti-Virus patches;

2.2 Proactive monitoring and maintenance of our Database environment as well as conducting daily backups;

2.3 Manage disaster recovery on critical data;

2.4 Continuous monitoring of overall (IT) facilities and systems health checks for resolution of urgent issues;

2.5 Proactive monitoring and maintenance of the Wide Area Network and Equipment by External Service Provider;

2.6 Manage software updates and migration data to the Production environment.

3. Service Level Agreements are signed with External Service Providers for maintenance of specialist services and equipment.

Reply:

Yes, regular maintenance is being undertaken on information technology facilities and systems within the Airports Company SA.

The necessary critical maintenance is taking place for the IT Facilities. Contracts are in place to enable the maintenance of critical systems and in some areas where contracts have expired, tenders to continue the services are currently being prepared for publishing on open market processes. We also have a three-year hardware maintenance and replacement plan as part of IT Digital Strategy approved by Exco, IT Steercom and the ACSA Board to refresh/ replace obsolete equipment that are expensive to maintain. That plan is being implemented as and when there is a need in different business units across the company.

Reply:

The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency undertakes regular maintenance on a quarterly basis on its information technology facilities.

(a) – (c) (ii) Not applicable.

Reply:

Regular monthly scheduled maintenance, within the prescripts of the Cost Containment Instructions issued by the National Treasury, is undertaken on information technology facilities and systems within the Road Accident Fund, and performed in accordance with an approved Maintenance Calendar developed in terms of a Board approved ICT Service Management Policy; consequently, questions (a), (b), (c)(i) and(ii) are not applicable.

Reply:

(a), (b), (c), (i), (ii):The South African Civil Aviation Authority ensures regular monitoring and maintenance of its hardware and software information technology facilities and systems.

NW1910E

Reply:

 

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Information Technology (IT) Department has formulated and put measures in place to ensure regular maintenance of Information Technology infrastructure and systems. The following are as follows

1. Infrastructure

• Systems are in place to monitor performance of the infrastructure to ensure its ability to operate the critical systems that are used by the organization to carry out its duties.
• The performance of the system is monitored frequently to ensure maximum availability at expected levels.

2. Applications Systems

• Business and operations are regularly monitored to also ensure availability to the clients at all times.
• There is a dedicated effort to ensure that these performed as expected and also at expected levels.

Systems generated reports are used to monitor performance and point to the nature or type of maintenance that will be required. As part of maintenance, there are also regular reviews with service providers to address issues prior to them escalating to problems.

The maintenance of the systems and the infrastructure has contributed significantly to avoiding down times and reducing systems and infrastructure performance inconveniences to very low levels which is critical to availability through high uptime.

 

Reply:

Yes, regular maintenance is being undertaken on information technology facilities and systems within the Road Traffic Infringement Agency,

a) N/A

b) N/A

c) N/A (i) N/A (ii) N/A;

Maintenance of Data Center/ Server Room Facility is done at least once per annum, the following equipment are maintained:

Air Conditioning System, Fire Detector and Suppression System, Water Detection System, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Humidity Monitoring System, Power conditioning and Distribution System (PDU).

Maintenance of Network Infrastructure such as Internet, Intranet, Internal Systems, E-Mail and Web infrastructure is done on a daily basis. Proactive security measures are taken by updating RTIA system into latest updates and patches to protect against cyber-attacks.

 

Reply:

a

Mr Alli was not paid as per his request.

Ms N Scheepers 38 601.42

Mr MF Baleni 36 287.75

Mr RC Mkwanazi 34 676.92

Mr TR Rikhotso 38 601.42

Total 148 167.51

b

The Board held 2 meetings. The first was an introduction meeting and the second was a Board meeting

c

The Board met on the following dates:

17 March 2017

31 March 2017

d

The Board was planning on having as an induction workshop to get a full understanding of the mandate of PRASA, however this did not materialise due to the outcome of the court case.

Reply:

1. The term of the reinstated Board of PRASA will expire on the 31 July 2017
2. There was no break in service as the Minister appointed the interim Board which was fully functional
3. The full Board was reinstated to ensure that they carry out their fiduciary duties, however some members of the Board resigned subsequent to their reinstatement leaving the vacancies which the Minister is currently in a process to fill.

Reply:

(a) The Department has not as yet received the legal fees from its legal team.

(b) Not applicable

(i) The Department has not yet received any taxed costs from the Applicants.

(ii) PRASA did not join legal proceedings, thus there were no legal fees to be paid

Reply:

a) The Metrorail commuter service between Crossmoor (Chatsworth) and Durban was suspended from 22 February 2017 due to the general shortage of serviceable rolling stock experienced by the PRASA KZN Region. As at February 2017, only 32 train sets out of the required 57 train sets were in-service, due to major overhaul/upgrade and maintenance program requirements of the ageing fleet. PRASA was also losing 5 coaches on average per month due to vandalism. As a consequence the in-service fleet is under pressure and run more kilometres than usual, with less time to effect day to day maintenance, having an adverse effect on the performance of the fleet. The over extension and poor performance of the available fleet create serious risks in terms of commuter dissatisfaction and overcrowding.

In balancing the available in-service fleet with overall demand across the KZN region, the Chatsworth and Bluff services were suspended in order to make rolling stock available on higher demand corridors in areas where alternative bus services are not viable due to objections from the taxi industry.

b) A replacement bus service was provided by PRASA between Crossmoor and Merebank, making it possible for commuters to connect with trains travelling to and from the South Coast and Umlazi.

c) Although a partial recovery of the KZN Metrorail fleet availability towards the end of March allowed the train service between Durban and Crossmoor to be reinstated, limited spare trains sets still affects service capacity and performance, resulting in frequent cancellations. Buses are arranged on an ad-hoc basis to augment the train service as far as possible.

d) The train service between Durban and Crossmoor was officially reinstated on 30 March 2017. The train service between Durban/Umlazi and Wests (Bluff) remains suspended due to the ongoing shortage of rolling stock. PRASA is in a process of accelerating the return of additional rolling stock (train sets) to improve the fleet availability across all services in the KZN region.

Reply:

(i) There are three ongoing investigations at PRASA.

1. The investigations into the irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure found by the Auditor-General in the 2014/2015 annual financial statements. This was commissioned by the Board of PRASA in terms of its fiduciary duties flowing from the Public Finance Management Act and led by Werksmans Attorneys.
2. The investigations into contracts of more than R10 million concluded between 2012 and 2015 as per the remedial steps recommended by the Public Protector’s Report in August 2015 that are associated with the entities and transactions that were under investigation in (1) above. These investigations were, by agreement between PRASA, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer of the National Treasury and the Department of Transport, led by Werksmans Attorneys.
3. The investigations into contracts of more than R10 million concluded between 2012 and 2015 as per the remedial steps recommended by the Public Protector in August 2015. These relate to entities and transactions that were not viewed as related to the entities and transaction under investigation in (1) above. These investigations are led by National Treasury and National Treasury has appointed about 20 entities with forensic investigation capacity to conduct the investigation of these transactions and entities.

(ii) There is no new investigation commissioned by the Board of PRASA.

(iii) For the Financial Years 15/16 and 16/17, R148 million was paid for the investigations, and for the 17/18 Financial Year R14 million has been budgeted.

(iv) The timeframes for the conclusion of the investigations is end of July. The Milestones are that reports are submitted to the Board as they are completed. To date the Board has instituted seven court actions and has also forwarded 41 reports to the Directorate of Priority crimes investigations for further criminal investigations and 4 internal disciplinary actions have been instituted against affected employees.

(v) Please see response under (ii).

Reply:

(1) Adv Bilikwana is not appointed to the Board of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency;

(2) There was no appointment made and thus no need for his name to be gazetted;

(a) there was no gazetting because he is not a member of the board. His official employment duties are that of a Company Secretary. In the RTIA’s correspondence therefore, his name is listed along with that of board members, expressly indicating that he is the Company/Board Secretary, in line with best practise

Reply:

(aa) 2014-15

ITEM	NAME	DESIGNATION	AIR	CAR HIRE	(a) TRAVEL	(b) ACCOMMODATION
(i)	MS E PETERS	MINISTER	R1 298 747.00	R 667 166.38	R1 965 913.38	R181 172.70
(ii)	MS L CHIKUNGA	DEPUTY MINISTER	No information available	R392 782.61	R392 782.61	R21 345.00
(iii)	MR I MNISI	MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER - MINISTRY	R8 706.17	R17 527.30	R26 233.47	R69 754.38
(iii)	MS N MAPHANGA	PARLIAMENTARY AND MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER - DEPUTY MINISTER	R0.00	R142 222.72	R142 222.72	NO INFO

No information – no record, company insolvent

(bb) 2015-16

ITEM	NAME	DESIGNATION	AIR	CAR HIRE	(a) TRAVEL	(b) ACCOMMODATION
(i)	MS E PETERS	MINISTER	R1 401 868.22	R883 813.53	R 2 285 681.75	R50 760.73
(ii)	MS L CHIKUNGA	DEPUTY MINISTER	R1 008 247.22	R863 496.51	R1 871 743.73	R109 187.69
(iii)	MR I MNISI	MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER - MINISTRY	R104 071.11	R30 607.13	R134 678.24	R52 744.00
(iii)	MS N MAPHANGA	PARLIAMENTARY AND MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER - DEPUTY MINISTER	R219 534.16	R154 047.35	R373 581.51	R124 636.87

(cc) 2016-17

ITEM	NAME	DESIGNATION	AIR	CAR HIRE	(a) TRAVEL	(b) ACCOMMODATION
(i)	MS E PETERS	MINISTER	R750 529.60	R1 047 281.14	R1 797 810.74	R85 616.07
(ii)	MS L CHIKUNGA	DEPUTY MINISTER	R862 245.83	R539 112.08	R1 401 357.91	R152 472.49
(iii)	MR I MNISI	MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER - MINISTRY	R93 865.84	R47 183.02	R141 048.86	R49 622.53
(iii)	MS N MAPHANGA	PARLIAMENTARY AND MEDIA LIAISON OFFICER - DEPUTY MINISTER	R195 974.90	R282 622.46	R478 597.36	R191 802.97

Reply:

(a) Total amount spent on legal fees

(i)

(aa) 2014-2015 (R8,983.177.00)

(bb) 2015-2016 (R9,383.623.00)

(cc) 2016-2017 (R19,911,320.00)

(ii) Since 1 April 2017 (928,574.00)

(b)

(i) details

2014 2015

Tasima

City of Cape Town / Minister of Transport and SANRAL

DOT / Thwala

Prodiba

2015-2016

Tasima

Prodiba

Marine enquiry Kingfisher

City of Cape Town / Minister of Transport and SANRAL

DOT / Vilana

DOT / Thwala

MEC For Transport KZN / Transport Appeal Tribunal

JV Ndorum (Mthatha Airport)

2016-2017

Tasima

Prodiba

Marine enquiry Kingfisher

Marine enquiry Witbank

MEC for Transport KZN / Transport Appeal Tribunal

City of Cape Town / Minister of Transport and SANRAL

DOT / Thwala

DOT/ Vilana

JV Ndorum (Mthatha Airport)

African Harvest / Minister of Transport and ACSA

1 April 2017

Tasima

JV Ndorum ( Mthatha Airport)

(ii) outcomes

Tasima - success

Prodiba – success

Marine enquiry kingfisher – completed

Marine enquiry Witbank – completed

DOT / Vilana - settled)

DOT / Thwala – success

MEC for Transport KZN / Transport Appeal Tribunal - success

City of Cape Town – not succesful

JV Ndorum (Mthatha Airport) – not finalized

African Harvest (not finalized)

(ii) costs of each case

Tasima (R13, 322, 170. 54)

Prodiba (R1, 792, 495.19)

Marine enquiry Kingfisher (R2, 582, 935.33)

Marine enquiry Witbank (R1, 722, 232.54)

DOT / Vilana (R1, 552, 420.00)

DOT / Thwala (R2, 550, 370.93)

MEC for Transport KZN / Transport Appeal Tribunal (R1, 306, 460.93)

City of Cape Town / Minister of Transport and SANRAL (R1, 087, 503.00)

JV Ndorum (Mthatha Airport) (R247, 095.00)

African Harvest (R809 172.00)

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

1. It was reported to the Department that no examiners of vehicles in KwaZulu-Natal who have been convicted of issuing fraudulent certificates of road worthiness during the 2016 / 17 financial year are still practicing.

1. See above (a)

1. See above (b)

Reply:

(a) In terms of section 40 of the National Road Traffic act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) read with regulation 136 of the National Road traffic Regulations, 2000 it is the competency of the respective MEC’s responsible for transport to either suspend or cancel the registration of a testing station, if a testing station no longer complies with the requirements for registration. In terms of Regulation 137E the Inspectorate of Testing Stations shall evaluate and inspect as prescribed and make recommendations to the MEC in terms of the compliance or non-compliance of vehicle testing stations in the province. This includes but is not limited to the compliance to SANS 10216. It remains the prerogative of the respective MECs to implement the recommendations of the SABS and the reason for different applications of the recommendations is due to the fact that each MEC may choose to implement according to his or her discretion.

(b) The function of the Inspectorate of Testing Stations is currently performed by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). The Inspectorate can only make recommendations to the respective MEC and have no powers to enforce such recommendations. It remains the prerogative of the respective MECs to implement the recommendations of the SABS and the reason for different applications of the recommendations or not implementing at all is due to the fact that each MEC may choose to implement according to his or her discretion. All provinces have replied that the recommendations were adhered to.

(c) The Department is communicating concerns regarding noncompliance at the national forums and via provincial information sessions. This happens on a continuous basis. The Department has further included the development of the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy in its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan. The Department is further striving towards publishing the Minimum Requirements for Service Delivery Standard. Both these initiatives strive to address non-compliance at not only testing stations but also Driving Licence Testing Centres and Registering Authorities. All of the mentioned initiatives involves publication in the Gazette and impact studies. The replies to (d), (e) and (f) are dependent on the relevant MECs of each province and are depicted under the applicable provincial heading below.

Eastern Cape:

(d) (i) Upon recommendations by the SABS, Eastern Cape issues a TS4 notice to the contravening vehicle test station in terms of Regulation 136 (1) and (2) NRTA, Act 93 of 1996, and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000, requiring the said VTS to report to the MEC in writing within 14 days from the date of the notification, the reason for such failure to comply and details of the measures taken to rectify and prevent such failure. Standards are applied to in terms of the National Road Traffic Act 93/1996

(ii) (iii) The Province follows up with the VTS after the 14 days, and with the SABS to determine if the recommendations have been implemented and findings cleared. If the findings are not cleared, and of a nature that warrants suspension or cancellation, Eastern Cape then issues a TS5 notice to the contravening VTS notifying of the suspension or cancellation of the registration of such VTS, in terms of Regulation 136 NRTA, Act 93 of 1996, and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000.

No SABS findings were ignored. All recommendations by the Vehicle Testing Centre were rectified and sent back to SABS.

EC Inspectorate Section is doing a follow up to those recommendations by SABS and most were rectified.

The contravening VTS then has the right to appeal to the Minister of Transport within 21 days of receipt of the notice as per Section 51A NRTA, Act 93 of 1996. If an appeal is lodged with the Minister of Transport within the 21 days, and the Province is notified of such, then the Province waits for the decision of the Minister before implementing the suspension or cancellation.

(e) Inspectorate after the visit SABS should immediately forward copy or Email to the Provincial Inspectorate

(f) Eastern Cape Vehicle Fitness Section

Free State:

(d)The Province has started during the 2014-2015 Financial Year to upgrade and calibrate all the vehicle testing equipment at vehicle testing stations in the province.

(i) (ii)The Province reported that 17 stations were upgraded (i.e. Bloemfontein, Trompsburg, Bethlehem, Harrismith, Parys, Heilbron, Sasolburg, Kroonstad, Welkom, Virginia, Wesselsbron, Marquard, Ladybrand, Ficksburg, Odendaalrus, Thaba-Nchu, and Windburg Testing Stations) by the end of the 2016/17 financial year.

(iii) The province endeavors to continue upgrades in the 2017/18 financial year and will further calibrate the equipment of five more stations i.e. Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba, Bultfontein, Viljoenskroon and Petrusburg.

(e) The Inspectorate for Vehicle Testing Stations will follow up on the progress reported by the province.

(f) Provincial Monitoring Unit

Gauteng Province:

(d) (i) Upon recommendations by the SABS, Gauteng issues a TS4 notice to the contravening vehicle test station in terms of Regulation 136 (1) and (2) NRTA, Act 93 of 1996, and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000, requiring the said VTS to report to the MEC in writing within 14 days from the date of the notification, the reason for such failure to comply and details of the measures taken to rectify and prevent such failure.

(ii) The Province follows up with the VTS after the 14 days, and with the SABS to determine if the recommendations have been implemented and findings cleared. If the findings are not cleared, and of a nature that warrants suspension or cancellation, Gauteng then issues a TS5 notice to the contravening VTS notifying of the suspension or cancellation of the registration of such VTS, in terms of Regulation 136 NRTA, Act 93 of 1996, and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000. The contravening VTS then has the right to appeal to the Minister of Transport within 21 days of receipt of the notice as per Section 51A NRTA, Act 93 of 1996. If an appeal is lodged with the Minister of Transport within the 21 days, and the Province is notified of such, then the Province implements the decision to suspend or cancel the VTS in question on approval by the Minister

(iii) Addressed in (ii) above

(e)Addressed in (d) above

(f) Gauteng: Vehicle Fitness Section

KwaZulu-Natal:

The KwaZulu-Natal Province abides by the prescripts of SANS 10216. The Inspectorate of testing stations, SABS conducts yearly inspections at KwaZulu-Natal Vehicle Testing Stations and provides recommendations in respect of the findings in terms of SANS codes 10216 and deviations are addressed accordingly.

KZN does adhere to the recommendations made by the SABS. Upon receipt of TS4, TS5 recommendations from SABS, notices of intention to cancel or suspend or suspension/cancellation notices, signed by the HOD, are forwarded to the vehicle testing stations. Responses are followed up.

(c) Notices are sent to the vehicle testing stations, responses are dealt with, and SABS is consulted with regarding the responses.

(d) What are the:

(i) The recommendation is received from SABS. The notice is prepared for the HOD’s signature. On receipt of the signed notice, the notice is hand delivered and from the date of delivery, the testing station is given 14 days to respond.

(ii) The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport issued twelve (12) TS4 notices on recommendation from SABS, and 1 TS5 notice is in the process of being served. The representations in respect of the TS4 notices are in the process of being reviewed by SABS/Administration, and

(iii) The proprietor is given 14 days to respond.

(e) Monitor and pend for response, follow up on responses.

(f) The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport

Limpopo:

(d) The province is having number of compliance inspections conducted as one of the indicators in the Annual Performance Plan.

(i) Each and every institution is monitored every six months.

(ii) Compliance reports are received from National Inspectorate, follow-ups are made on implementation of the recommendations.

(iii) Monthly reports are received from the Departmental Inspectors and reports are being made to the respective institutions.

(e)(f) The National Inspectorate of Vehicle Testing Stations makes regular follow ups to ensure that these dates are met.

Mpumalanga:

(d) (i) (ii) (iii) Once the testing station report has been received, TS4 is issued to the affected testing station and a response is expected within 14 days. The testing station is given 30 days to put corrective measures.

(e) A follow up inspection is conducted to confirm the corrective measures.

(f) The Senior Manager responsible for Transport Administration and Licensing in the province.

North West:

d) The Provincial monitoring unit conducts follow up inspections to ensure the implementation and monitoring of the recommendations as communicated with the stations.

(i) Stations are given 30 days to respond to the recommendations made by the SA Bureau of Standards.

(ii) Non-compliant stations at the time of the inspection, have implemented all recommendations and now operating effectively. Furthermore, the Provincial Inspectorate conducts unannounced inspections to independently confirm that short comings are addressed accordingly.

(iii.) The provincial deadline for the implementation of the recommendations are linked to the SA Bureau of Standards Inspectorate deadline of 30 days.

e) Provincial monitoring unit conducts regular announced and unannounced visits to the Vehicle Testing Stations to ensure strict adherence to the deadlines, and where slow implementation is experienced, immediate intervention is sought with relevant authorities.

f) The Provincial monitoring unit is mandated with the responsibility of ensuring that all recommendations and deadlines thereto are strictly adhered to by relevant stations.

Northern Cape:

(d) Follow up letters are submitted to the respective Testing Stations in line with the findings and recommendations of the South African Bureau of Standards where TS4/ TS5 notices were issued.

Follow up visits are conducted to determine whether corrective interventions were taken or not. In the case where no corrective actions are taken the Testing Stations are suspended from operation i.e., De Aar, Victoria West, Kathu, Prieska etc.

Regular follow up visits and hosting of information sessions to ensure a common understanding in respect of the interpretation and application of relevant policies governing the Vehicle Testing Station environment.

(i) Quarterly

(ii) Follow up visits are done on Quarterly basis to ensure implementation plans are adhere to.

(iii) Testing Stations are given 14 (fourteen) days to comply in terms of Regulation 136 of the National Road Traffic Act, (Act. 93 of 1996).

(e) Regular follow ups in writing, telephonically and meetings with Municipal Managers/ Testing Station Proprietors.

(f) The Provincial Monitoring Unit.

Western Cape:

(d) Findings raised in reports that are provided to the Department are formally brought to the attention of the VTSs and followed up until rectified:

(i) as soon as the report is received with feedback due to the Department within 21 days (ii) milestones and corrected finding

(iii) reported immediately for a response within 21 days,

(e) The Section Vehicle Regulation and Standards Unit and the Compliance Monitoring Unit do follow up inspections.

(f) The Section Vehicle Regulation and Standards Unit and the Compliance Monitoring Unit

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

(a) The Eastern Cape Province reported that one examiner was convicted and is still practicing (Case no 217/ 1 /2016 Cradock Magistrate Court). The reason for continuation is that the Department is waiting for the response of the accused. A suspension letter was issued to him and signed by him on 08 May 2017. He was given 21 days to respond and this will end on the 02 June 2017.

(b) See above (a)

(c) See above (b)

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

a) It was reported to the Department that no examiners of vehicles in the Western Cape were convicted of issuing fraudulent certificates of road worthiness in the 2016 / 17 financial year.

b) See above (a)

c) See above (b)

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

a) It was reported to the Department that no examiners of vehicles in the Northern Cape have been convicted of issuing fraudulent certificates of road worthiness during the 2016 / 17 financial year.

b) See above (a)

c) See above (b)

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

a) Gauteng Province responded by noting that that five (5) Examiners of vehicles have been de-registered as Authorized Officers for Fraud during the 2016/2017 financial year and are no longer practicing as Examiners of Vehicles in the Gauteng Province due to their registration being cancelled.

b) See above (a)

c) See above (b)

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

a) The North West Department of Transport reported on the following:

Four (4) Examiners had been arrested and charged.

Of the four (4), one (1) examiner resigned during the process,

One (1) examiner was found guilty by the Wolmaranstad Magistrate Court and sentence will be passed on the 9th June 2017.

Two (2) Examiners' case ongoing at the Tlhabane Magistrate Court, but are currently on bail and the hearing postponed to the 8th June 2017 - Case No. 336/02/2017

One (1) Runner and a Clerk arrested with the Examiner above, case also ongoing - Case No. 336/02/2017

The examiner who was found guilty is not currently working as an examiner.

b) See above (a)

c) See above (b)

 

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

a) The province of Mpumalanga has reported that there were no examiners that were convicted of issuing fraudulent certificates of road worthiness in the 2016 / 17 financial year.

b) See above (a)

c) See above (b)

Reply:

It is difficult to report on the statistics relating to convictions of examiners due to the prolonged period it takes to finalise a case; and due to the fact that once a case has been opened with the South African Police Service (SAPS), they must conduct investigations and ultimately prepare the docket for the Department of Justice to prosecute. Therefore a case may take much longer than expected to be finalised. This involves arms of government other than the Department of Transport.

a) The Limpopo province reported that there were no examiners convicted of issuing fraudulent certificates of road worthiness in the 2016 / 17 financial year.

b) See above (a)

c) See above (b)

Reply:

(a) Number of cases identified by the Auditor-General:	(i) Fruitless	(ii) Wasteful	(iii) Irregular
(aa) 2014-15	1	-	1
(bb) 2015-16	-	1	1
(cc) 2016-17	-	-	-
(b)(i) Total amount in each case:	(i) Fruitless	(ii) Wasteful	(iii) Irregular
(aa) 2014-15	R 67,000.00	-	R 750,865.50
(bb) 2015-16	-	R 50,050.00	R 520,000.00
(cc) 2016-17	-	-	-
(b)(ii) How much was recovered in each case:	(i) Fruitless	(ii) Wasteful	(iii) Irregular
(aa) 2014-15	R 67,000.00	-	-
(bb) 2015-16	-	-	-
(cc) 2016-17	-	-	-