Wenze kahle. Awuthi ngidlulise nakhu futhi okunye. [Well done. Let me mention this again.]
During our oversight visit to Gauteng and Mpumalanga and Taking Parliament to the People in Limpopo, as well as the visit by Parliament to host cities, the following recommendations by the people were raised.
Isiphakamiso sokuqala, abantu bacela ukuthi eMpumalanga kunomgwaqo ohlanganisa iPienaar neKwanyamazane ibhuloho lakhona seliyoqeda unyaka akucaci kahle ukuthi ubani omelwe ukulilungisa, ingabe uhulumeni kazwelonke, wesifundazwe noma wasekhaya. Esikhundleni sokuthi balungise umgwaqo kunaleyo nkulumo-mpikiswano.
Okunye futhi ukuthi kunendlela eya eMpakeni edlula ngaseMthethomusha iyadabukisa, uma ngabe imvula ina akungeneki kanti futhi nakwi-Bus Rapid Transit, i-BRT, abantu be-BRT bamatekisi abayali futhi abayivumi kodwa bacela kube nokuqguqguzelana ukuthi sisebenzisane kakhulu. Okunye abakucelayo kwi-BRT ukuthi bacela ukuthi kunamagatsha amaningi phakathi, abaxhumanisi, nokuyinto edla imali eningi kakhulu uma sekukhulunywa ngalabo bantu. Ngalokho bacela ukuthi sengathi singabona ukuthi kungenziwani ngalezo zindaba. Bese ngiyabuya ngiyaqhubeka ngithi ... (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[The first proposal from the people is that there should be a road in Mpumalanga that connects Pienaar and Kanyamazane. The bridge has been left incomplete for about a year and it is not clear who is supposed to fix it - whether it is national government, provincial government or local government. There is debate around the issues instead of attending to the problem.
The route that goes to Mpakeni which goes past Mthethomusha is heartbreaking, since it is a no-go area when it rains. With regard to the bus rapid transit system, the BRT, the taxi people neither accept nor reject it but they request that the parties concerned should be encouraged to work together. What they also request from the BRT is that since there are many branches in between, envoys require a lot of money if you talk about those people. With that, they request that we should consider what to do with those issues. Let me continue and say that ...]
... the planning of transport in metropolitan and major urban areas must be in accordance with the urban and metropolitan growth management plan. This should guide the financing of infrastructure improvement and the payment of operating subsidies for public transport. Travel nodes should not compete against each other in urban areas, but rather transport provided must be integrated. In rural areas provincial government and district councils need to ensure that transport plans take into consideration the need for extensive road building and improvement.
The issues of road safety education, enforcement and road engineering are critical, and road safety must be given the priority it deserves. The transport authority must be charged with the task of reducing accidents and must be given funds to achieve that goal.
For all public transport services to be fully integrated, their functioning must be co-ordinated and/or regulated. These operations must be accountable to the public and responsible for the provision, co-ordination and funding of all public transport and infrastructure necessary for public transport. Policy development should be especially addressing the current problems such as unco-ordinated tariff structures, duplication of services and conflicts as a result of different forms of ownership.
With respect to other forms of transport, international conventions and treaties determine part of the legal framework for sea and air transport. Infrastructural development must, however, be extended through democratic consultation with various stakeholders.
The ongoing harmonisation of infrastructural, legal and operational aspects of the Southern African regional transport system must continue to be a priority and the work with cross-border transport has to be strengthened.
Ngingachithi isikhathi, siyikomidi loMkhandlu weziFundazwe siyaseseka isabelomali sakho futhi siyacela ukuthi sengathi abantu bamatekisi bangasebenzisana nathi futhi imihlangano le ehanjwa nabo yaziswe emphakathini ngoba abanye babantu bayabushintsha ubuso ngenkathi kuyibo bodwa. Nakubo abantu bamatekisi sithi abahloniphe, angeke sikuvumele ukuthi bakhiphe izimvume baphinde basebenzise izindlela okungezona ezabo ngoba zidala ingxabano.
Kodwa noma kunjalo, sicela ukuthi kuxoxiswane mhlawumbe uma kulokhu kuphenywa kuboniswane ukuthi kungenziwa liphi isu kungaze kulimaze iNdebe yomhlaba ka-2010 ezoba khona lapha eNingizimu Afrika. Ngalokho siyaseseka kakhulu isabelomali sakho. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[Let me not waste time. As the committee of the National Council of Provinces, the NCOP, we support your Budget Vote. We also request that the taxi people work with us and that these meetings that are held with them should be announced to the community, because some of the people change their tune when they are alone. The taxi people must also show respect; we shall not allow them to issue permits and use routes that are not theirs, because that causes some wrangling.
In spite of that, we request that there should be some talks whilst there are investigations on what plans can be made so that it does not affect the 2010 World Cup which will be hosted in South Africa. With that we fully support the Budget Vote. [Applause.]]