NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1510
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: WEDNESDAY, 30 JUNE 2010
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 14 â 2010)
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
What (a) monitoring processes, procedures and mechanisms exist to ensure
that the legislation on converted taxiâs is progressing according to
schedule and (b) are the costs to his department in this regard?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
a)
The capturing of the illegally converted vehicles onto the National Traffic
Information System (eNaTIS) occurred at different levels and by different
role players. These role players included Manufacturers, Importers and
Builders (MIBs), Financial Institutions, Motor Vehicle Dealerships, Taxi
Owners and Officials at Registering Authorities (RAs). It is accepted that
no one party could have done this solely. Therefore, the task at hand is
to ensure that corrective measures do not further exacerbate the current
deficiencies in the system. The success of the process is dependent on the
correct process to rectify the data on the eNaTIS system. Delays have been
experienced in finalising this process and a process flow chart has been
developed that outlines the process of the data correction on the system,
which can only be done at head office.
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specification (NRCS) is responsible
for the monitoring and regulation of the program and will be issuing
letters of Authority for each vehicle. This is done through a process of
physical examination of each vehicle to ensure compliance to the set
standards. The approved MIB maintains a data base and the changes made on
eNaTIS are logged to a database of all vehicles that have been successfully
legalised.
b) This process has no cost to the Department of Transport.