The Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande will table the Department’s Budget for 2018 in the Old National Assembly Chamber, Cape Town on Friday, 18 May under the theme “Transport, together moving South Africa into a new dawn”.
The Minister will be joined during the tabling, by the Deputy Minister of Transport Ms. Sindisiwe Chikunga, MECs for Roads and Transport and Community Safety and Liaison, Board Chairpersons and CEOs of transport entities as well as key stakeholders in the transport sector.
As part of the Budget Speech, Minister Nzimande will highlight the achievements and progress made by the Department in carrying out its mandate, will give an analysis and a review of transport policies and programmes to date and going forward across all modes and also the challenges experienced in the transport sector.
Prior to the Budget Vote tabling, Minister Nzimande will brief members of the media highlighting, among others, plans the Department is putting in place to turn around the operations of its state-owned entities and the Department.
The Minister’s itinerary for the 2018 Transport Budget Vote tabling is as follows:
1. Media Briefing
Date: Friday, 18 May 2018
Time: 08h30
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, Parliament, Cape Town
NB: There will be a video link to GCIS Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Frances Baard Street (corner Festival Street), Hatfield, Pretoria.
2. Budget vote tabling in parliament:
Date: Friday, 18 May 2018
Time: 10h00
Venue: Old National Assembly Chamber, Cape Town
All media houses are invited to attend. For registration and accreditation purposes, journalists are requested to confirm their attendance with:
Tshegofatso Maake
Cell: 063 281 9453
E-mail: MaakeT@dot.gov.za
Sam Monareng
Cell: 073 491 3382
E-mail: Monarens@dot.gov.za
Enquiries:
Ishmael Mnisi
Cell: 072 566 0827
