2024-w273 - 19 March 2024

Khethamabala Petros Sithole to ask the Minister of Transport

Given that the economic cost and loss of life due to accidents on poorly maintained roads continue to increase (details furnished), what are the full, relevant details of the plans that her department has in place to ensure that this is prevented in the 2023-24 financial year?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 19 Mar 2024

1. Road Safety Audits

The Department is highly concerned about the continuous increase in road traffic crashes due to poor condition of roads and to this end, my department developed the Road Safety Strategy that seeks to address rod crashes and fatalities with safer roads being one of the Road safety pillars. The Department of Transport developed the Road Safety Audit Manual that provides ...

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2024-w379 - 13 March 2024

Nontando Nolutshungu to ask the Minister of Transport

With reference to her reply to question 3312 for oral reply on 9 November 2023, wherein she indicated that there are a number of different subsidy models for taxis being considered and explored, what (a) are the full, relevant details of the subsidy model that is being considered for the taxi industry, (b) are the specific time frames for its implementation and (c) progress has been made to date?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 13 Mar 2024

a) The referenced reply (to question 3312) stated that the Department is developing a public transport subsidy policy that will locate the subsidisation of minibus taxi users within the wider, multi-modal subsidy framework as part of the public transport funding reforms. This implies a move away from mode specific subsidisation to a subsidised network serviced by a combination of modes to minimise the cost ...

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2024-w352 - 13 March 2024

Thembekile Richard Majola to ask the Minister of Transport

What are the full details of all (a) sponsorships, (b) donations and (c) financial transfers provided for lawfare and/or any other purposes to (i) her, (ii) her department and (iii) officials of her department by any (aa) Qatari, (bb) Iranian and/or (cc) Russian organ of state, organisation and/or resident since 1 January 2021 up to the latest date in 2024 for which information is available?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 13 Mar 2024

3.1 In respect of Qatar, Iran and Russia for the period that covers 1 January 2021 up to the latest date in 2024, the reply is as follows:

a) Sponsorships

(aa) (i) Not applicable (aa)(ii) Not applicable (aa) (iii) Not applicable

(bb) (i) Not applicable (bb) (ii) Not applicable (bb) (iii) Not applicable

(cc) (i) Not applicable (cc) (ii) Not applicable (cc) (iii) Not ...

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2024-w274 - 13 March 2024

Khethamabala Petros Sithole to ask the Minister of Transport

Considering that her department acknowledged in the National Land Transport Strategic Framework (2023-2028) that nearly 80% of the national road network has exceeded its 20-year service life structure design and, furthermore, based on National Treasury estimates more than R255 billion will be needed over the next three years to build, upgrade and maintain the Republic’s road transport infrastructure, what (a) plans does her department have in place to address the Republic’s ailing road infrastructure and (b) is the breakdown of the budgetary allocations for such restorations per annum?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 13 Mar 2024

Following the rapid decline in the condition of Provincial and Municipal roads, the Cabinet retreat of 1 June 2022 then appointed SANRAL as the lead agent to support Roads Authorities in fixing their roads in an integrated way through Operation Vala Zonke programme. In order to effectively provide this support, the Minister of Transport launched Operation Vala Zonke as part of the build-up to ...

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2024-w152 - 29 February 2024

Denis Joseph to ask the Minister of Transport

(1)Whether the case between a certain person (name and details furnished) and the Road Accident Fund as the defendant was closed; if not, what are the reasons that the case is still open; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what amount was paid to (a) the specified person directly, (b) to her attorneys or (c) into a trust fund?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 29 Feb 2024

This is a represented claim and Road Accident Fund is not allowed to give details of the claim to Parliament as is deemed personal as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”).

The Road Accident Fund will contact the claimant / attorney to address any queries relating to the claim.

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2024-w52 - 29 February 2024

Nontando Nolutshungu to ask the Minister of Transport

What is the (a) total number of cases (i) received and resolved since the establishment of the Road Accident Fund Call Centre, and (b) breakdown of cases that have been waiting for more than five years to be resolved?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 29 Feb 2024

The Customer Relations Management (CRM) solution is not a claims processing solution, but a customer contact solution that provides communication platform with claimants and other stakeholders, where claimants can interact with the RAF to enquire and follow up all claims related matters. The CRM solution intends to centralise and optimize all queries handling and become a central point for all key communication information.

(a)(i) ...

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2024-w17 - 29 February 2024

Khethamabala Petros Sithole to ask the Minister of Transport

Considering that the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has, on numerous occasions, failed to deal with and provide answers to the issue of its abandoned buildings, which have over the years become a haven for criminals in the area, what plans does her department have to ensure that the abandoned buildings are secured and cannot be used to endanger those living in areas that surround it?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 29 Feb 2024

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has no record of what could be deemed abandoned buildings in its property portfolio. Where properties are either unoccupied or not optimally utilised, there are various strategies being applied to either refurbish or prepare such properties for possible development proposals from the open market. This process is ongoing. In cases where properties are earmarked for development, ...

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2024-w4172 - 08 January 2024

Khethamabala Petros Sithole to ask the Minister of Transport

Whether her department has put any step-by-step measures in place to ensure road safety during the 2023 festive season in each province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 8 Jan 2024

Yes, my department together with all relevant role-players within the road traffic management has put a step-by-step measure in place to ensure road safety during the 2023 festive season in each province which is informed by the lessons learned over the last 5 years.

The interventions are based on the biggest contributors to fatal crashes by province were Gauteng (21%), Kwa-Zulu Natal (17%), Eastern ...

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2024-w4173 - 08 January 2024

Khethamabala Petros Sithole to ask the Minister of Transport

Whether her department has records of the number of mini-bus taxis operating as public transport in each province; if not, why not; if so, how many mini-bus taxis have (a) been impounded for not being roadworthy, (b) their operating licenses been (i) rejected and (ii) approved during the 2015-2022 period and (c) what are the relevant details in each specified case?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 8 Jan 2024

1.  How may mini-bus taxis have been (a) impounded for not being roadworthy

a) Land transport enforcement is a function of a province or municipality. As enforcement authorities, provinces and/or municipalities are responsible for the impoundment of vehicles where there are transgressions to section 87 of the National Land Transport Act (NLTA). Therefore, the Department does not have the records of the impounded vehicles ...

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2024-w3732 - 08 January 2024

Nontando Nolutshungu to ask the Minister of Transport

Considering that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) has launched a customer relations management tool to improve the finalisation of RAF claims, (a) what total number of (i) claims have been finalised since the launch of the specified programme and (ii) cases are still outstanding and (b) how long will it take to clear the backlog?

Reply from the Minister of Transport on 8 Jan 2024

(a)(i) The Customer Relations Management (CRM) solution is not a claims processing solution, but a Customer contact solution that provides communication platform with claimants and other stakeholders, where claimants can interact with the RAF to enquire and follow up all claims related matters. The CRM solution intends to centralise and optimize all queries handling and become a central point for all key communication information. ...

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