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National Land Transport Amendment Bill: response to submissions; Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill: deliberations
25 Oct 2016
The National Department of Transport met with the Committee to discuss progress on two items of legislation related to traffic and transport matters – the National Land Transport Amendment (NLTA) Bill and the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill.
The Department had considered the submissions made by ...
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South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister in attendance
18 Oct 2016
The South African Maritime Safety Agency, an entity of the Department of Transport (DoT), presented its annual report to the Portfolio Committee on Transport.
The Deputy Minister introduced the presentation by giving the Committee a detailed insight into the international obligations and responsibilities that South Africa had, ...
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Road Accident Fund and SANRAL on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Road Accident fund (RAF) and the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) on their annual reports for 2015/16.
The Committee was disappointed to hear that the AG had reported that the RAF had regressed, because over the years the RAF had been the ...
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Department of Transport, PRASA, Railway Safety Regulator on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input
11 Oct 2016
Annual Report Railway Safety Regulator
Annual Report Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee met to hear presentations from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Transport (DoT) and its entities for 2015/16 financial year. The portfolio’s overall outcomes had ...
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National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7-2016]: public hearings day 2
22 Sep 2016
Documents: Comments from Transport for Cape Town’s Transport Authority [awaited]
On the second day of public hearings on the National Land Transport Amendment (NLTA) Bill, the Portfolio Committee on Transport received submissions from the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), Transport for Cape ...
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National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7-2016]: public hearings day 1
21 Sep 2016
Public hearings on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill (the Bill) were held, with submissions from Uber SA, Uber Drivers Guild and the SA Meter Taxi Association (SAMTA).
Uber firstly defined what it was and how it operated and asked that e-hailing be introduced into the definitions section of the ...
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National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7-2016]: briefing by Departments of Transport & Economic Development
20 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Transport joined with the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development to hold a workshop at which the Department of Transport (DoT) presented the National Land Transport Amendment Bill.
The DoT saw the necessity to amend the 2009 National Land Transport bill so that it could ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; National Land Transport Amendment Bill: identifying stakeholders for public hearings
13 Sep 2016
The Committee met to consider proposed changes to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill which had been put forward by stakeholders and affected persons during an extensive consultation process. Each relevant proposal was fully discussed, under the guidance of state law advisors, to consider whether it ...
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Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill [38/2015]: CANCOM submission, RTIA responses to submissions
7 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee continued to hear public submissions on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill (AARTO). CANCOM presented its submission. Having stated that it was essentially in support of the purpose of the AARTO Bill, CANCOM submitted that there were several issues that it was aware of ...
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Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill [B38-2015]: public hearings
6 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Transport (PC) held a public hearing on the written submissions to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill. Presentations were made by Ms Alta Swanepoel, a specialist in the field of road traffic and transport legislation, South African Taxi, TASIMA, the Justice Project ...