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Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: Department response to Treasury concerns; with Minister and Deputy Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Transport (DoT) and the Road Accident Fund (RAF) briefed the Committee on its responses to the proposals and concerns raised by National Treasury on the Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill. RAF gave an overview of the responses. These responses pertained to the composition and appointment of ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill [B17-2017]: Summary of public hearings in the provinces
16 Aug 2018
The Committee received and considered the comments made at the RABS public hearings. The following points were encountered during the public participation sessions held in the provinces:
- The current claim process is too cumbersome and takes too long to conclude
- Claimants struggle to make contact with RAF offices ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: National Treasury concerns
14 Aug 2018
National Treasury came before the Committee to comment on the RABS Bill. The Bill is the largest social security reform since the introduction of social grants; thus, there are concerns about its financial sustainability and viability. The Bill has large financial implications for both the fiscus and society. The Road ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: Department response to submissions
6 Jun 2018
The Department presented some background on the Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill, and indicated that as the result of the Satchwell Commission, the following recommendations had been made:
Transport
PRASA Interim Board on challenges; ACSA & ATNS Amendment Bills: briefing
5 Jun 2018
The new PRASA Interim Board appointed on 13 April 2018 consisted of Khanyisile Kweyama (board chairperson), Sango Ntsaluba, Louis Wessie, Jenny Schreiner, Nazir Alli, Doris Tshepe, and Mashila Matlala.
The Committee heard that staff morale had already been identified as amongst the biggest challenges and top of the board’s agenda ...
Transport
Minister on vacancies in DoT Boards; DoT Quarter 4 Performance
5 Jun 2018
The Minister of Transport said that when he was appointed Minister most of the board terms of DoT entities were about to expire, whilst others did not have their full board complement. This was bad because the Ministry had to do everything all at the same time; but perhaps it ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill: public hearings day 3
23 May 2018
The Law Society of the Northern Provinces (LSNP) said that the Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill should be a balancing act between fair compensation and the affordability of the scheme in terms of available resources. Participating in the Portfolio Committee on Transport’s public hearings on the Bill, the LSNP ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
‘Debt Intervention’ National Credit Amendment Bill: finalisation of outstanding decisions
23 May 2018
The Committee went through the ‘Debt Intervention’ National Credit Amendment Draft Bill clause by clause, and resolved all outstanding matters so that a final version of the Bill could be prepared by Legal Services and presented for voting in three weeks’ time after they had heard from the constitutional experts. ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill: public hearings day 2
22 May 2018
The Black Lawyers’ Association (BLA) accepted that changes should be made to the Road Accident Fund (RAF), but did not agree with all the changes in the Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS). RABS was said to be unreasonable because it did not award general damages to victims of road accidents. ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: finalisation
22 May 2018
The Public Audit Amendment Bill was initiated by the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General as a Committee Bill. The principal Act of 2004 did not give the Auditor-General the authority to take remedial action, nor to ensure that losses suffered by the State were recovered, where possible. Year on year ...