Department of Transport (South Africa)
| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Government of South Africa |
| Headquarters |
Forum Building, 159 Struben Street, Pretoria 25°44′33″S 28°11′10″E / 25.74250°S 28.18611°E |
| Employees | 529 (2010) |
| Annual budget | R35,084 million (2011/12) |
| Minister responsible | Dipuo Peters, Minister of Transport |
| Deputy Minister responsible | Sindisiwe Chikunga, Deputy Minister of Transport |
| Department executive | George Mahlalela, Director-General: Transport |
| Website |
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The Department of Transport is the department of the South African government concerned with transport. The political head of the department is the Minister of Transport, currently Dipuo Peters; her deputy is Sindisiwe Chikunga.
Responsibility for transport is constitutionally between the national transport department and the nine provincial transport departments. The national department has exclusive responsibility for national and international airports, national roads, railways and marine transport; the national and provincial departments share responsibility for other airports, public transport, road traffic regulation and vehicle licensing; and the provincial departments have exclusive responsibility for provincial and local roads, traffic and parking.
In the 2011 national budget, the department received an appropriation of 35,084 million rand. As of 30 September 2010 it had 529 employees.[1]
Structure
The Department of Transport is divided into six branches:[2]
- Public Entity Oversight and Border Operations Control
- Transport Logistics and Corridor Development
- Public Transport
- Integrated Planning and Intersphere Coordination
- Transport Regulation and Accident & Incident Investigation
- Transport Policy and Economic Regulation
The department is also responsible for several independent agencies and state-owned companies:
- Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
- South African National Roads Agency
- Road Traffic Management Corporation
- South African Maritime Safety Authority
- South African Civil Aviation Authority
- Cross Border Road Transport Agency
- Road Accident Fund
- Railway Safety Regulator
- Ports Regulator
- Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company
- Airports Company of South Africa
- Road Traffic Infringement Agency
See also
Provincial transport departments:
- Eastern Cape Department of Transport
- Free State Department of Police, Roads and Transport
- Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport
- Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport
- Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport
- Northern Cape Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison
- North West Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport
- Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works
References
- ↑ "Vote 37: Transport". Estimates of National Expenditure 2011. Pretoria: National Treasury. 23 February 2011. ISBN 978-0-621-39863-2. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2009/10". Department of Transport. Retrieved 21 December 2011.