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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Hearing on the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA) Annual Report and financial statements for 2021/22, with Minister
29 Nov 2022
Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA)
The Committee met with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) for a hearing on the material irregularities and irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure at the SOE. The Minister of Transport was in attendance.
The Minister of Transport said that in March 2022, he ...
Transport
Transport Portfolio Audit outcomes; Department of Transport, SAMSA & PRASA Annual Report 2021/22; with Ministry
11 Oct 2022
Maritime Safety Authority SA (SAMSA)
Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA)
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Transport received briefings from the Auditor-General of South Africa, the Department of Transport, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and the South African Maritime Safety Authority on their 2021/22 annual ...
Tourism
National intervention to prevent attacks on long-distance bus operators: DoT briefing; with Minister
13 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Transport (DoT) on the attacks on long-distance bus operators, and was told that extortion had become institutionalised in the public transport space, where the taxi industry was the main culprit. The Minister said this had become a ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Road Accident Fund 2020/21 Audit Hearing Deferred; with Minister
7 Sep 2022
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts held a hearing on the annual performance report and financial statements of the Road Accident Fund for the 2020/2021 financial year. The Minister of Transport was in attendance.
The Minister said that the Auditor-General of South Africa has since published the RAF audit ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
PRASA perennial underspending on capital infrastructure; with Ministry
7 Sep 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on the issues resulting in its perennial underspending on capital infrastructure. The Minister and Deputy Minister of Transport were in attendance.
The Committee Chairperson expressed the Committee’s concerns about the inability of ...
Transport
Railway Safety Bill: Department response to submissions; Putco bus contract; Rail White Paper; with Minister
30 Aug 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received submissions from the Department of Transport (DOT) on its response to the written and oral submissions on the Railway Safety Bill, the Putco bus contract, and the Rail White Paper.
The DOT set out the various inputs from the stakeholders on the ...
Transport
Department of Transport Q4 2021/22 Performance; with Ministry
7 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Transport briefed the Committee on its 2021/22 fourth quarter performance. The Department had achieved 95% of its performance targets but admitted that this did not necessarily translate into tangible improvements in the lives of the people. The baseline freight ...
Transport
Department of Transport and RAF 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister and Deputy Minister
3 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Road Accident Fund and the Department of Transport briefed the Portfolio Committee on Transport and the Select Committee on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure jointly on their 2019-24 strategic plans and their 2022/23 annual performance plans.
The Minister of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA hearing on irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure 2020/21; with Minister
29 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee conducted a hearing on the annual report and financial statements for the Passenger Rail of South Africa (PRASA) for the 2020/21 financial year, as well as irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure relating to the entity.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA oversight visit: meeting with Minister
22 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a follow-up briefing from the Minister of Transport on the issues emanating from its oversight visits to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.
The Minister highlighted that the Agency’s vacancy rate was sitting at 19 percent, which was nine percent more ...