Question & Replies No 676 to 700

2009-08-19

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QUESTION NO 676
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 7 August 2009: INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7-2009
"676. Mrs D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

Whether she has made available the 2008 forensic audit report into the Robben Island Museum to the new acting chief executive: if not, why not; and when will it be made available?"

REPLY:

No, I have not availed the forensic audit report to the acting chief executive at this time. The forensic audit report is being utilised in one of the outstanding hearings as such availing them may prejudice the outcome of the case. The acting chief executive is not involved in the process.

QUESTION NO.: 677

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 07 August 2009

677. Dr S M van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:†

(1)Whether private electricity producers will continue to supply up to 30% of local electricity; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)(a) why Eskom will not enter into an agreement with a certain independent electricity production company (name furnished), (b) who are the other 23 independent electricity producers who do not receive information about tender proposals for the construction of power stations for Eskom and (c) why Eskom is not speeding up private participation;

(3)what is Eskom doing in order to promote private participation in the independent production of electricity? NW766E

REPLY

(1) Government has a stated objective that at least 30% of new power generation should be provided by private electricity producers. The New Generation regulations as published by the Department of Energy in August 2009 set forth the process for the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and whether new generation would be done by the private sector or built by Eskom.

( 2)(a) Eskom is keen to finalise agreements with IPPs but can only do so in a supportive enabling environment where it can be in a position to enter into long term power purchase agreements. Some elements of this enabling environment amongst others include:

The confirmation of the Integrated Resource Plan by the Department of Energy which would indicate which capacity is allocated to IPPs.

The approval of an appropriate cost recovery mechanism by the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) that provides an assurance to the procurer of energy (currently Eskom) and the seller (an IPP) that the costs associated with the power purchase agreement will be recoverable from the tariff for the life of the agreement.
A tariff that clearly caters for the purchase of this power.

In the last financial year Eskom did not enter into any power purchase agreements (PPAs) because the cost recovery mechanisms were uncertain.

(b)The names of the 23 shortlisted bidders cannot be released due to the confidentiality of the commercial process. The 23 bidders were pre-qualified and an additional 4 bidders were conditionally qualified in the 4^th quarter of 2008. IPPs qualified to participate in the procurement process for 4500MW of base load capacity from the private sector. Eskom is prepared to issue the Request For Proposal (RFP) as soon as there is clarity on the enabling environment. Eskom is engaging with key Stakeholders (Department of Energy, Department of Public Enterprises, National Treasury and NERSA) to ensure the enabling environment is resolved before then.

(c) The Department of Energy is directly responsible for the promotion of private participation in the independent production of electricity, and Eskom co-operates in this regard.

(3) The response is provided in (2c) above.

QUESTION NUMBER: 680

DATE FOR PUBLICATION: 7AUGUST 2009

DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 26 OCTOBER 2009

MR G KRUMBOCK (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY PERFORMANCE MONITORING EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION:

Whether on his appointment of office, a new vehicle was purchased for the Minister of did the Minister inherent an existing vehicle was purchased (a) what make and model was that vehicle (c) how much did the vehicle cost (b) (i) what extras, above and beyond the vehicle's purchase price, were bought with the vehicle and (ii) at what cost and (d) what was the motivation for the purchase; if a new vehicle was not purchased (a) what was the make and model of the car inherited by the minister and (b) how old is the vehicle?

NW771E

REPLY:

The Minister inherited two vehicles in Pretoria and Cape Town and he has since ordered a new vehicle for use in Pretoria. The vehicle currently in Pretoria will be transferred to Cape Town as the one in CT has reached end of its lifespan. The vehicle in Cape Town was bought in 2004 and has now reached 120 000 kilometres.

a) Volkswagen Touareg V8, 4.2

b) Vehicle price is :R619 155

c) Extras cost is :R43 440

The total cost of the vehicle is R662 499

QUESTION: 681

681. Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:

(1) Whether her department will deploy the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to protect South Africa's borders; if not, why not; if so,

(2) whether the SANDF will assist in any way to protect the national borders; if not, why not; if so,

(3) whether there is a strategic plan for the deployment of the SANDF to protect the national borders; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the latest date for the commencement of the deployment of the SANDF to the national borders, (b) by which date will all national borders be protected by deployed members of the SANDF and (c) what are the further relevant details? NW773E

REPLY

As soon as I have received the reply information, the reply will be forwarded to Parliament

QUESTION: 682

682. Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:

(1) With reference to each of the 140 national flights undertaken by the specified aircrafts in Squadron 21 of the SA Air Force (details furnished), what was the (a) reason for the flight and the (b)(i) departure and (ii) arrival locations;

(2) with reference to each of the 82 international flights undertaken by the specified aircrafts in Squadron 21 of the SAAF (details furnished), what was the (a) reason for the flight and the (b)(i) departure and (ii) arrival locations? NW774E

REPLY

As soon as I have received the reply information, the reply will be forwarded to Parliament

QUESTION: 683

683. Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:

(1) With regard to each of the three national and four international chartered flights that were undertaken between 12 September 2008 and 7 December 2008 as referred to in her reply to question 322 on 30 July 2009, (a) what was the purpose, (b) what is the (i) name and (ii) location of each airport where the aircraft (aa) departed from, (bb) arrived at and (cc) made any other stops and (c) what is the (i) name of the company and (ii) name/s of the (aa) owners and (bb) directors of the company from which the aircraft were chartered;

(2) what are the reasons for each of the aircraft of Squadron 21 of the SA Air Force not being available on each of the seven occasions?

REPLY

As soon as I have received the reply information, the reply will be forwarded to Parliament

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NUMBER: 684

DATE FOR PUBLICATION: 7 AUGUST 2009

DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 23 OCTOBER 2009

MR LL BOSMAN (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY: PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION IN THE PRESIDENCY:

Whether, in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, the Presidency has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to

(a) official vehicles,

(b) travel,

(d) accommodation and household help or

(e) any other aspects of government business; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW778E

REPLY:

Dear Member:
In response to your questions on cost saving measures, I wish to respond as follows: The department has identified a number of cost cutting measures that will be implemented to reduce wasteful expenditure and to ensure that resources are diverted to essential services and key priority programmes in my department.

As you may be aware, Cabinet has appointed a Ministerial Task Team to develop proposals on how the whole of government should respond to the recession by, among other things, identifying areas in which expenditure could be reprioritised with a view to diverting resources to the provision of essential services and crucial govt programmes.

The Task Team, which is led by the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, will make specific recommendations on how government should implement cost management measures in all the three spheres of government in a structured and coordinated manner. These recommendations will cover short and medium measures.

All government departments will be required to comply with these measures once they are approved by Cabinet. Examples of measures under consideration include the cutting down on international travel, reducing over-reliance on consultants; reviewing the prices that the state pays for goods and services, centralising certain procurement procedures, reviewing discretion projects and rescheduling time frames for some projects

I will be in a better position to respond more comprehensively to the questions as soon as the Ministerial Task Team's report has been finalised and approved by Cabinet.

Your patience in this regard is highly appreciated.

Minister in The Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

Mr Collins Chabane

QUESTION NO. 686
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7 - 2009
"686. Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture:

Whether, in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, his department has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to (a) official vehicles, (b) travel, (c) travel by departmental officials, (d) accommodation and household help or (e) any other aspects of government business; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?"

REPLY:

(a) Yes! The Department has limited its official vehicles to only four (4). One light delivery vehicle, one vehicle for daily post collections, one vehicle for the use of the Information Technology Unit in respect of visits to SITA and one vehicle for general use.

(b) Yes! With regards to flights the Department books the cheapest fares for the day. The Department also has an agreement with the South African Airways with regard to flights that are booked at least three working days before the actual trips take place. Through this agreement the Department saves up to 10% of the costs per ticket. Furthermore the Department also makes use of travel rand (travel credits) and limits the travel per business class to reduce expenditure.

(c) Yes! The Department negotiated rates and tariffs with airlines and rental car companies with the view of cost savings. In addition engine capacities are capped according to the rank of the official, for example, 1800cc for the Director-General and Deputy Director-Generals, 1600cc for Chief Directors and Directors and 1300cc / 1400cc for all other staff in respect of vehicle hire.

(d) Yes! The Department negotiated rates and tariffs with hotels via the travel agency with the view of saving costs.

(e) Yes! The Department has reduced its request for additional funds (bids) to increase the baseline allocation over the 2010 Medium Term Expenditure Framework. The Department has reduced its number of bids from 3 (R214 million) to 1 (R65 million). Furthermore the Department did reprioritise the 2010/2011 baseline allocation with R27,1 million in an attempt to partly fund the remaining bid.

QUESTION 687

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 07/08/09

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 07-2009)

Mrs AT Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of basic Education:

Whether, in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, her department has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to (a) official vehicles, (b) travel, (c) travel by departmental officials, (d) accommodation and household help or (e) any other aspects of government business; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW781E

REPLY:

The Department has the following austerity measures to reduce expenditure:

(a) Any official vehicle purchased is done in accordance with the Ministerial handbook for use in Pretoria and Cape Town.

(b) As far as travel is concerned, one has to take into account that travelling remains an unavoidable expense in order to effectively meet the many responsibilities of a National Department of Education. As indicated under (a) any expenses incurred for travel will be done within the official guidelines and parameters set by government.

(c) Travel by Departmental officials has been reduced substantially in order to reduce costs. Where possible the number of officials traveling is reduced. Overnight accommodation is limited and is only arranged if it is a necessity. Telephone/video conferencing is also utilised where possible to save costs on both travel and accommodation.

(d) Accommodation and household help is treated in accordance with the Ministerial handbook.

(e) Cost containment measures are applied with the normal operations of the Department. In support of cost containment measures and the Cost Containment Guidelines issued by National Treasury, the accounting officer issued a circular to senior managers to request them to ensure that spending plans should be closely interrogated in terms of the overall need and value of the programme, before proceeding. Managers were also requested to identify any possible savings/under-expenditure that could be utilised for unfunded areas.

QUESTION NO 689

(Internal Question Paper No 7 - 2009)

Mr S Mokgalapa (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs:

Whether, in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, his department has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to (a) official vehicles, (b) travel, (c) travel by departmental officials, (d) accommodation and household help or (e) any other aspects of government business; if not, what is the position in

this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

ANSWER

Yes

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has planned workshops on travel matters to implement the travel cost containment strategy by end of September 2009. This covers the use of hired vehicles, air travel, venue hiring, hotel accommodation and other travel related matters.

(a) Considering group travel instead of hiring individual vehicles

(b) Introducing advance booking for travel to cut costs on flights tickets.

(c) To reduce the number of officials to travel when attending meetings

(d) Consider the cost-effective graded hotel accommodation by officials.

(e) Utilising internal venues for meetings and teleconferencing facilities is the first priority before considering external conference venues.

QUESTION NO: 690

QUESTION PAPER NO 7: 7 AUGUST 2009

DATE SUBMITTED: 1 SEPTEMBER 2009

MR K S MUBU (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

REPLY

Branches and Regions were requested to implement belt-tightening measures in order to contain costs per Financial Circular number 09 of 2009/10 financial year.

(a) Officials undertaking trips to the same destination must limit the use of multiple vehicles travelling to the same destination.

(b) Approval for trips must indicate the mode of transport and comparable cost for approval by the delegated managers/supervisors. The use of group B and C vehicles is henceforth in force for Regional Commissioners, Chief Deputy Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Directors respectively.

(c) All trips must be undertaken within provided budget limits and supervisors must evaluate trips on merit and alternative measures applied to achieve objectives without unnecessarily undertaking trips.

(d) Accommodation during official trips will be three (3) star accommodation or alternatives with comparable but lesser costs. DCS's facilities and other department's facilities must be considered for utilisation before one considers hiring the facilities for training, conferences and meetings. The approval to utilise private facilities must be sought from the delegated managers before the private facilities are used.

(e) Any appointment of consultants must be motivated to the Acting National Commissioner. Reasons must be provided as to why internal resources and skills cannot be utilised. Furthermore, enquiries must be made to the Department of Public Service and Administration and National Treasury if they have capacity to render the required services before external service providers can be sourced.

Furniture can only be bought externally when approval has been granted by the relevant Chief Deputy Commissioner or Regional Commissioner.

Purchases of uniform for all administrative staff appointed in terms of the Public Service Act should be discontinued immediately until further notice.

Officials must limit colour printing of all documents and apply the most cost effective and efficient methods of managing documentation.

The monthly limit of R300 per telephone landline will be imposed with soft lock functionality effective from 1 October 2009. All critical private calls made with permission of the supervisor must be paid.

Purchases of stores items will be done according to the needs of the department and not for the purpose of filling the store rooms which result in the obsolete and wastage of stores items.

Regions must exercise the interdepartmental exchange and transfer of stock among themselves where this is deemed to be most economical, cost effective and efficient.

QUESTION: 691

691. Mr I M Ollis (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:

REPLY

As soon as I have received the reply information, the reply will be forwarded to Parliament

QUESTION 696

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 07/08/09

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 07-2009)

Mr. L L Bosman (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training:

Whether, in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, his department has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to (a) official vehicles, (b) travel, (c) travel by departmental officials, (d) accommodation and household help or (e) any other aspects of government business; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW790E

REPLY:

This matter is being dealt with by Cabinet and guidelines are awaited. The Cabinet dealt with the aforementioned matter and the Department is currently waiting for the guidelines. Cabinet will soon announce measures in this regard, which all departments will be expected to implement. Please refer to the statement of the Cabinet meeting of 12 August 2009.

In light of the above, (a); (b); (c); (d); and (e) are not applicable.

QUESTION NO. 698

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7 of 2009

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 7 August 2009

Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:

Whether she has been informed of appeals to reopen the land claim issue in the Kruger National Park; if so, what is her department's policy on this matter?

NW792E

MR N J J van R KOORNHOF (COPE) SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT

HANSARD

PAPERS OFFICE

PRESS

698. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:

No.

QUESTION 699

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 7 August 2009

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7 of 2009

Mr I O Davidson (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether, in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, her department has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to (a) official vehicles, (b) travel, (c) travel by departmental officials,
(d) accommodation and household help or (e) any other aspects of government business; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW793E

REPLY

The South African Government has decided to appoint a Ministerial Task Team to develop a proposal on how the whole of government could respond to the economic meltdown by, among other things, identifying areas in which expenditure could be reduced with a view to diverted resources to the provision of essential services.

The Task Team, which is led by the Minister of Finance, will make specific recommendations on how government could implement austerity measures in all the three spheres of government in a structured and coordinated manner. All government departments will be required to comply with these measures as soon as they are approved by Cabinet. These measures will be made available as soon as possible. The department will be in a better position to respond to your questions as soon as this matter is finalised by Cabinet.

QUESTION NO. 700: MEASURES TO REDUCE EXPENDITURE
Reference: 4/8/2/1/1
MINISTER
1. PURPOSE

To obtain the Minister's approval of the draft oral reply to Parliamentary Question No 700 regarding measures introduced by the department to reduce expenditure.

2. BACKGROUND

The Minister has received a Parliamentary Question from a Member of Parliament, Dr JC Klopper (DA) who enquires on the following issue:

Whether in light of the current recession and the consequent shortfall in state revenue, his department has introduced any austerity measures to reduce its expenditure with regard to

(a) 0fficial vehicles,

(b) Travel

(d) Accommodation and household help or

(e) Any other aspects of government business;

If not, what is the position this regard; if so what are the relevant details

3. DISCUSSION

3.1 The department placed orders for two vehicles for the Deputy Minister as provided for in terms of the Ministerial Handbook, a BMW for Pretoria and Mercedes Benz for ape Town. These vehicles will only be delivered in October and November 2009. The Deputy Minister is currently using a car previously used by the former Minister of Housing in Pretoria and has indicated that consideration should be given to cancel these orders if agreed upon with the suppliers as she will prefer to utilize the current vehicles even though one has done more than the limit of 120 000km mileages. We are pursuing the negotiations for the cancellation. We have excluded any reference to this in the attached memo as it has been specifically asked in the question.

3.2. The department has not procured vehicles for the Minister as he has opted to use his private vehicles. No claim has been submitted yet to compensate the Minister for use of his private vehicle.

3.3. The department has instituted the following measures regarding traveling:

(a). All traveling by staff should be approved by at least a Chief Director. This is intended to tighten up control on traveling and prevent unnecessary traveling by staff. Previously Directors had the authority to approve traveling by staff in their areas of responsibility.

(b). The department's Subsistence and Travelling policy was amended such that only the Minister, the Deputy Minister and the Director General will use business class when traveling air. The Minister has however indicated that it would be advisable that the leadership at the highest level sets the example by traveling economic class on domestic trips.

(c). Staff Members are obliged to share transport whenever it is possible particularly in cases when they are attending the same meeting traveling from the same place.

3.4. The department has instituted the following measures regarding other government business:

(a). A moratorium has been placed on the procurement of all promotional Materials by line function managers except where the Accounting Officer under very exceptional situation particularly where this is most likely to provide visible benefit to the promotion of the department's image.

(b). The Department made a programme change on the transversal debtors system such that printing paper can be saved. This has a positive ripple effect on the printing done by provincial departments.

(c). The Department is currently doing more work and stringent controls to identify areas where more savings can be achieved.

4. RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Minister should approve the draft reply to oral question no 700.

QUESTION NO: 688

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 7 August 2009

QUESTION PAPER NO: 7

DATE OF REPLY: 3 September 2009

Mr M Mnqasela (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications:

NW782E

REPLY:

In response to your questions on cost saving measures, I wish to respond as follows:

The department has identified a number of cost cutting measures that will be implemented to reduce wasteful expenditure and to ensure that resources are diverted to essential services and key priority programmes in my department.

I will be in a better position to respond more comprehensively to the questions as soon as the Ministerial Task Team's report has been finalised and approved by Cabinet.

Your patience in this regard is highly appreciated.

QUESTION: 683

683. Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:

(1). With regard to each of the three national and four international chartered flights that were undertaken between 12 September 2008 and 7 December 2008 as referred to in her reply to question 322 on 30 July 2009, (a) what was the purpose, (b) what is the (i) name and (ii) location of each airport where the aircraft (aa) departed from, (bb) arrived at and (cc) made any other stops and (c) what is the (i) name of the company and (ii) name/s of the (aa) owners and (bb) directors of the company from which the aircraft were chartered;

(2).what are the reasons for each of the aircraft of Squadron 21 of the SA Air Force not being available on each of the seven occasions? NW775E

REPLY

We have requested the necessary information as soon as that has been received a substantive follow up response will be forwarded.

QUESTION NO 678

DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: THURSDAY, 08 OCTOBER 2009

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 07 AUGUST 2009 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7 – 2009)

Mr M Waters (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:

(1) Whether there are any minimum standards with regard to the maintenance of (a) traffic lights and (b) road signage; if not, (i) why not and (ii) when will regulations be developed; if so, (aa) what are the relevant details and (bb) who enforces such regulations;

(2) whether there are any regulations stipulating the (a) frequency and/or (b) minimum standards with regard to road markings under the responsibility of all three spheres of government; if not, (i) why not and (ii) when will such regulations be developed; if so, (aa) what are the relevant details and who ensures that such regulations are implemented;

(3) how many (a) road accidents and (b) fatalities have occurred due to road markings that were not visible in each of the past three financial years up to the latest specified date for which information is available;

(4) what recourse can motorists take when road markings are no longer visible?

NW767E

REPLY:

The Minister of Transport:

Please note that the answers to parts (1) and (2) of Question No 678 overlap and are not responding to the numbers from the questions specifically.

(1) (a) Signal signs

(aa)

Repair maintenance is undertaken in direct response to reported failures at traffic signals.

Types of maintenance

Maintenance falls into two broad categories, i.e. routine and repair maintenance. The term "maintenance" is generally taken to mean both these operations.

Routine maintenance consists of a periodic inspection and servicing of traffic signals; and

repair maintenance is undertaken in direct response to reported failures at traffic signals.

(b) Road signs

(aa)

Deterioration or failure of road signs can be ascribed to various factors. This may include:-

Normal deterioration as a result of age or weathering;

vandalism;

signs damaged in vehicle accidents;

accidental damage to signs during other maintenance operations like blading and mowing of grass; and

veld fires.

(2) (a) and (b)

Road markings

Road markings are re-marked or replaced primarily as a result of one or more of the following reasons:-

markings deteriorate due to the mechanical action of traffic on them;

markings become obsolete due to changes in operation on the road; and

markings lose their visibility due to maintenance activities resulting in resurfacing of part or all of a section of roadway.

The service life of the road markings depends primarily on the:-

traffic volume and type;
position of the marking (dividing line, lane line et cetera);
type of materials used;
thickness of the surface to which the material is applied;
texture of the surface to which the material is applied;
extent to which bituminous binders in the surfacing have already weathered.

The lifetime for road sign material is approximately 7 years. The lifetime of road markings cannot be judged accurately due to wear and tear, quality of road marking paint and reflective beads.

It is essential that the perception by motorists is influenced positively by the condition of road traffic signs and road markings and that these should comply with driver expectancy.

The effectiveness of road markings depends to a large extent on the cleanliness of the markings, on the contrast between the markings and the surface to which they are applied and on the night-time visibility of the markings.

(1) (bb)

and

(2) (aa)

There are three spheres of government, where National Government sets policies, standards and regulations. The Provinces use these as a guideline to set their own policies, standards and regulations, while Municipalities and Local Authorities will have by-laws. The National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No 93 of 1996), stipulates that road signs shall be displayed substantially in conformity with the Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual Volumes 1 and 4, and the South African Road Traffic Signs Manual Volumes 2and 3. Each road authority, such as the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), who is the custodian of national routes, and each Provincial Authority, as well as Metros and Local Authorities, enforce these regulations.

(3) (a) 16 Accidents were reported in the past three years.

(b) 129 People have been killed due to inadequate/lack of proper road markings, no road markings at all or unclear/poor faded road markings.

(4) Road markings that are no longer visible can be reported to the National Traffic call centre on national level at 0861 400 800, which will take it up with the relevant authority responsible for the specific road to take corrective action. Furthermore, Provinces and Local Authorities are encouraged to do safety audits on the roads to rectify the road markings before it becomes a danger.

2009-08-19

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