Honourable speaker
Honourable Premier
Honourable members
Transport stakeholders
Beneficiaries of our programmes and projects
Distinguished guests
Officials of the Department of Transport
Officials from transport agencies
Ladies and gentlemen.
Today is exactly a year after I presented my first policy speech as the MEC responsible for the Eastern Cape Department of Transport and I am proud of the progress that this department has made through working together with our stakeholders to deliver “quality transport systems for a better life for all”.
This year’s statement gives an account of the progress made since the commencement of the electoral term in implementing the undertakings enshrined in the:
- ANC Manifesto of 2009
- New Growth Path
- Government’s 12 Outcomes
- Provincial Strategic Framework
It further gives an outline of the planned activities for the new financial year and over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) taking into consideration the National Development Plan focus areas, which include amongst others:
- An economy that will create jobs
- Improving infrastructure
- An inclusive and integrated rural economy
- Reversing the spatial effects of apartheid
- Improving education, training and innovation
Honourable speaker, we are presenting this statement, when our country, our continent and the world celebrate 100 years of selfless struggle led by the African National Congress in pursuit of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. As the current generation of leaders, we have an obligation to honour and realise the commitments made by those who came before us by working together to write a new South African story the story of how we drove back unemployment and reduced economic inequality and poverty.
History expects us to distinguish ourselves from other generations through embarking on our own heroic feats of struggle in order to earn the admiration of the nation and future generations. Our efforts shall be informed by the instructions from the 6th President of the ANC Dr AB Xuma in his presidential address on 14 December 1941, where he said: “Congress (ANC) demands our best service for our people!”
He further said: “South Africa, white and black, needs us. We must pull our full weight; we must make our real contribution to the building and the progress of South Africa to the full benefit, mutual helpfulness and happiness of all sections, white and black.”
In my view, the herculean task that is facing us today requires men and women of caliber, who are prepared to put their shoulders to the wheel and their hands on deck in order to ensure that we change the socio-economic landscape of our country, particularly of this province.
As the Minister of Finance, Mr. Pravin Gordhan said in his budget speech last month:
“We will not turn away from our challenges. We must confront them boldly and with hope. In harnessing all the resources at our disposal, we have to do more, with less; we have to work smarter and harder. South Africans must focus on our strengths and opportunities, to identify and activate the levers of economic and social change at our disposal”.
Programme 1: Administration
Honourable speaker, I can say without fear of contradiction that this department is turning the corner!
My first immediate task was to assemble a leadership team of the department that is equal to the task of delivering on our mandate and I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the support that we have received from the Office of the Premier to ensure that after two years we finally had a Head of Department, Ms Tshepo Kgare.
To date we have 45% representation of women in the top management of the department, which clearly illustrates our commitment to the African Union’s declaration of the period between 2010 to 2020 as the Decade of African Women in an effort to preserve and build on the African women’s strength.Malibongwe igama lamakhosikazi.
In an effort to improve this situation, we will host a provincial equity workshop to address gender equity issues in the department in August 2012. However, Honourable Speaker, the department is operating in a challenging environment yet demonstrated resilience during these times of budget cuts to save the greater part of the provincial priorities. The department had to introduce austerity measures by cutting on the non–core spending items to fund some of the critical activities.
We shall confront our challenges and harness all the resources at our disposal by doing more with less in order to:
- Sustain our good service delivery record and be a shining example to other government departments
- Promote excellent performance
- Fulfill our obligation of restoring the confidence of our people in their government and continue to work together with our people to build a Province and a country that we can all look at with hope, pride and encouragement.
We are striving to sustain our unqualified audit opinion for the 2011/12 financial year. Workshops were conducted in all districts and head office on how to combat irregular expenditure from January to March 2012. We have issued a circular that came into effect on 1 January 2012 that clearly shows that there will be zero tolerance to further incurring of irregular expenditure, in terms of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 1999.
We are equally aggressive on fraud and corruption front with increased awareness and necessary controls to combat and reduce this scourge that is confronting our administration. There are 39 cases that have been recorded by the department between 2007 and 2012, of which 12 were referred to the Special Investigating Unit, 19 are being investigated internally and disciplinary proceedings are underway involving eight (8) cases.
The State Security Agency is currently processing the vetting of SMS members and all personnel attached to Supply Chain Management Units in the department. Emerging fraud risk register is in place and mitigating strategies had been developed in collaboration with risk owners.
On 12 March 2012, the department conducted its first Senior Management Performance Assessment Session following the provincial launch of the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT), which is in line with the national framework that was adopted by Cabinet in June 2011 to be utilised by all national and provincial departments with a particular focus on:
- Strategic Management
- Governance and Accountability
- HR Systems Management
- Financial Management
We are making indelible progress in the promotion of our Performance Management and Development System and this has been proven by an increase in the submission of 96% of staff agreements for the passing financial year. Going forward the Department will be focusing on a consultative approach where feedback, empowerment and support will be given to line functions on a monthly basis.
Honourable speaker, As from 1 February 2012, the department took over the management of the provincial fleet function. We have so far paid R241 million for the buy-back of 1953 vehicles against a target of 1995. We believe that with the use of a reduced rate card, we will realise savings for provincial government that can be reprioritised to fund critical policy priority areas.
A new Trading Entity has been established within the department with its own bank account. This entity is expected to be fully operational in the new financial year. It will be visible in all six districts. The government Garage in East London will be utilised as the “HUB” of the Entity where all the purchasing ,preparing and dispatching of the vehicles will be done, while Port Elizabeth and Mthatha will act as secondary bases for the entity servicing these two districts. Queenstown, Alliwal North and Mt Ayliff have satellite offices based at the Department of Transport offices to service other departments.
Currently, the Trading Entity is in the process of recapitalising the government fleet as follows:
- 24 sedan vehicles have been ordered for Traffic Law Enforcement and 21 of them have already been delivered;
- Nine (9) 16-seater buses have been ordered and delivery is expected this month;
- 64 Nissan Bakkies have been ordered and the first delivery of 38 is expected this month. The rest will be delivered in April 2012. 60 of these bakkies will be converted into Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles.
The Trading Entity organogram has been approved with 110 posts. A total of 49 critical posts are being filled and the remainder of the posts will be filled over the next two financial years. The usage of First Auto Maintenance Contract through the National contract RT 46 will monitor the Government Work Distribution to ensure the work is distributed equally to all registered service providers.
This will further ensure that local qualifying SMME’s are preferred with a base target of 40% to be achieved. For the long term investment, the department through our Human Resource Development Directorate is investigating the feasibility of partnering with institutions of higher learning, particularly the Further Education and Training colleges and the local repairs/maintenance shops across the province in an effort to re-introduce the “Apprenticeship – Artisan” concept as this is one area that has been neglected since the introduction of computerised vehicles.
Consultation with the Department of Public Service and Administration is at a final stage and we hope that very soon we are going to have a new organogram that will help us to deliver services to our people effectively and efficiently.
Through our human resource development strategy, this financial year we have recorded indelible achievements in an effort to promote our “Transport Sector Skills Revolution Campaign”.
Our maths and science projects have had a resounding success with an average pass rate of 91%, with a total of 11 distinctions in Mathematics, 18 distinctions in Science and seven (7) distinctions in English. The project has contributed in boosting the pass rate of the province even though the province had the lowest pass rate. In the OR Tambo District, our partnership with the Department of Education’s incubation programme resulted in the project growing to 300 learners, taking the number of learners in our five projects to 850. Due to their outstanding results, 14 learners have managed to gain entry to institutions of higher learning for transport related studies and others in the health and economic sector.
Our current bursary holders are doing well. As a result, out of 38, 35 are proceeding to the next academic level. Four (4) of these bursary holders are undergoing an Internship programme with South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) to gain practical experience required to qualify.
The nine (9) learners recruited by Mtha Aviation to be trained by South African Airways and DENEL as aircraft engineers are currently doing well and working diligently to qualify. Additional seven (7) learners have been recruited to undergo the same training.
This partnership is assisting the province in developing a cadre of qualified personnel in the scarce and critical field of Aircraft Engineering which has been previously dominated by the “advantaged” groups of our society.
Through our bursary scheme, we produce our first female, the 20 year old Oyama Matomela, who obtained a pilot license in August 2011. She was immediately recruited by the South African Police Services. Siphokazi Zauka, another trainee pilot is currently doing well in her studies at 43 Air School in Port Alfred.
In the current academic year, the department has awarded 29 bursaries to deserving youth of the Eastern Cape on the following fields of study: Aeronautical Engineering (2), Civil Engineering (15), Mechanical Engineering (10) and Maritime Engineering (2).
In an endeavor to raise awareness about careers in maritime, 33 schools were visited around the province. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has awarded six (6) bursaries to deserving Eastern Cape youth to pursue Maritime Studies at Lawhill Maritime School in the Western Cape. These young people are from Uitenhage, East London, Mthatha, Ngcobo and Tsomo. In the new financial year, 30 more schools will be visited to raise awareness about this important industry.
Through working together with the Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS), we have recruited Eastern Cape youth to get involved in the Air Traffic Controllers Training Programme.
Candidates were screened last month and:
- Mthatha had a 23% pass rate and a total of 9 applicants qualify for the next phase of assessments,
- King Williams Town had a 20% pass rate and a total of 7 applicants qualify for the next phase of assessments and
- Port Elizabeth had a 27% pass rate and 10 applicants qualify for the next phase of assessments.
Out of the previous group of 154 interns, 89 have been permanently appointed by the Department at entry level posts, placed at head office and in the districts.
Through our Special Programmes Unit, we have been able to do the following:
- Sign language training, which was conducted for 60 taxi operators in the Joe Gqabi, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo districts to promote and advocate sign language awareness in taxi ranks.
- Wheelchair repair skills project training for 10 people with disabilities, which was done in OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo Districts to empower them.
- 10 people with disabilities acquired learners and drivers licences in the Amathole District.
- Defensive driving skills training was conducted in Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo districts for 40 women to promote road safety education awareness.
- A Consultative Session to revive the South African Network for Women in Transport (SANWIT) was held in Mthatha in October 2011 in order to ensure maximum participation of women in the transport sector. Revival of SANWIT will be enhanced through district summits, which will culminate in a provincial conference to be held in August 2012 to elect new leadership.
In the new financial year we will further ensure that we equally mobilise and organize youth and people with disabilities to be involved in transportation matters.
In the new financial year, we will improve communication with our stakeholders through hosting quarterly stakeholder engagement sessions in order to ensure that we build transportation activism and strategic partnerships to “reposition” and “revolutionarise” this sector in our province.
This will help us to:
- Promote transport initiatives, which have a positive impact in all modes of transport,
- Promote investment made to create jobs and expand services, especially in rural areas,
- Highlight the important role that transport can play in the economy of the country, particularly in this province,
- Promote measures taken to improve the safety of transport users, particularly road users.
Programme 2: Transport Operations
Honourable speaker, we remain committed to ensure that in the remaining years of our government term we promote integrated public transport system to improve access for our people to safe reliable and affordable public transport.
a. Africa’s Best 350
Between 1 April 2011 and 31 January 2012, AB350, operating in the Transkei, transported 4 922 310 passengers which is an increase of approximately 20% when compared to the same period during 2010. This clearly illustrates the difference that the 38 buses rolled out made during the second half of the last financial year.
b. Mayibuye Transport Corporation
From 1 April 2011 to 31 January 2012, MTC, operating in the Ciskei/Border area, transported 1 752 271 passengers which is an increase of approximately 15,2% when compared with the same period during 2010. In the 2012/13 financial year R5 million grant in aid is made available to MTC.
c. Algoa Bus Company
From 1 April 2011 to 31 January 2012, Algoa Bus Company transported 12 054 575 passengers which is only 6.5% more than during the same period in 2010, despite introducing new services during the year.
As the department we agree with the view that the current bus passenger services arrangement continues to support apartheid rule settlement. In order to decisively deal with this apartheid public transport provision arrangement, a Provincial Integrated Public Transport Master Plan (PIPTMP) is currently being developed. Two stakeholder engagement sessions have already been held in East London and Mthatha. Transport Forums are being engaged in order to help in popularising this process.
We call upon our stakeholders and the people of the Eastern Cape to participate actively in this process, which will culminate into a Provincial Public Transport Summit to be held in October 2012.
TransMEC was re-launched in October 2011 and is expected to provide political oversight in the process of development of the PIPTMP.
We have successfully re-introduced the Kei Rail Daily Passenger Services between Mondays and Fridays. To date 79 414 passengers have been transported since the re-introduction of the service on 10 June 2011. The market demand is there! The passenger volumes clearly show that we took a right decision to get this service back on track.
Between January and March 2012, the Transnet Phelophepa Health Care Train visited communities living along the Kei Rail Line between King Sabata Dalindyebo and Great Kei areas to assist some of the most deprived communities in the Eastern Cape by providing free healthcare services. This includes a Dental clinic, Eye clinic, Health Education, diabetic screening, pap smear, prostate screening, breast screening and Counseling/Psychology.
Earlier this month, the Phelophepha Train visited the Mt Ruth Station in Mdantsane. It is expected to visit Nkonkobe and Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality railway lines until May 2012. This year, we will further improve infrastructure on the Kei Rail line, including sleepers and platforms.
Furthermore, we have successfully got the Mthatha Airport Upgrade project back on track and it is expected to be completed in October 2012. The Bhisho Airport temporary student accommodation has been completed.
Honourable speaker, despite all the doubts and concerns, the Scholar Transport Programme was successfully migrated from the Department of Education to the Department of Transport. To date, 53 625 scholars are being transported safely and on time. A budget of R210 million has been allocated for scholar transport in the new financial year.
Our traffic officers together with the Public Transport Inspectors will intensify Operation Asihleki focusing on scholar transport to ensure that learners are transported safely to school. In an effort to improve the administration and regulation of public transport, the department has established a Provincial Regulatory Entity (PRE) in terms of the National Land Transport Act No 5 of 2009, Section 23 (1), where it is stated that:
“Every MEC (responsible for transportation) must establish a Provincial Regulatory Entity within the relevant provincial department, to perform the functions of that entity in the province.”
This group of departmental officials replaces the Operating Licensing Boards. Their role is to:
- Monitor and oversee public transport in the province
- Receive and decide on applications relating to operating licences
The Eastern Cape Province has a backlog of more than 600 applications and PRE is expected to expedite the adjudication of these applications in various districts. Road signs are vital for warning and regulating traffic, as well as for assisting motorists in navigating safely to their destinations.
Two road signs upgrade contracts have been completed in the current financial year on the R61 between Port St Johns and Magusheni and on the R410 between Queenstown and Qiba near Elliot. Together with the Department of Roads and Public Works we are currently upgrading road signs on the R56 and the R58.
Designs for the upgrade of road signs on the following routes have been completed: R102, R330, R331, R335, R336, R342, R344, R345, R346, R351, R352, and R400. These upgrades are ready for implementation by the Department of Roads and Public Works.
A total of 26 permanent traffic count stations were operational during the 2010/11 financial year as planned. Together with these, approximately 3 600 short-term counts were carried out as part of our programme to know the volumes of traffic using our roads. This will be extended by a further 250 counts in the new financial year.
We have made data counted to date, easily available for the use of the public by releasing in Google Earth format and that information is available on our website: http://www.ectransport.gov.za/
We shall conduct road safety audits on 190 km of roads on the R56 between Maclear and KwaZulu-Natal border, on DR08019 between N2 and Ntabankulu andon DR08023 between Flagstaff and Holy Cross.
The department will continue to assess applications for changes in land use and evaluate traffic impact assessments that are referred to the department through its links with local government and representation on the various township boards in the province.
In an effort to increase maritime safety awareness, four (4) municipalities were engaged on issues of maritime safety. In the new financial year, 15 more municipalities have been identified with the intention to raise awareness about business opportunities in maritime and to conscientise them about their constitutional role in this industry.
An Integrated Maritime Plan is in the process of alignment with recent government plans and strategies/projects. The department has approved the terms of reference on the process of convening a stakeholders meeting to establish an Eastern Cape Maritime Cluster in the first quarter of the new financial year. The National Department of Transport is expected to meet us soon to discuss the finalisation of the establishment of the Eastern Cape Maritime Chamber.
Honourable speaker, because of the financial constraints, which continue to haunt this department, we are looking for other funding for transport infrastructure development and operations. In July 2012, we will host a transport Infrastructure investment conference and our packages for this conference will include projects that were pronounced by both President Jacob Zuma in the State of the Nation Address and Premier Noxolo Kiviet in the State of the Province Address. These include:
- Logistics infrastructure – three ports (Port Elizabeth, Ngqurha and East London), two Industrial Development Zones (East London and Coega), two main rail links (Port Elizabeth Sishen Gauteng and East London Gauteng), Coastal Rail Belt (Maputo – Durban – Mthatha – East London – Port Elizabeth – Cape Town) and branch lines in key corridors (Kei Rail – Phase 1)
- National Road Corridors – N2/N6/N10 corridors, which link the Eastern Cape to the national economy, especially the coastal economic hubs
- Optimisation of investments in provincial corridors R72/R61/R58/R56/R62/R67 to link internal trade within the province
- Wild Coast Meander
- Mthatha Airport Development
- Kei Rail Rolling Stock Acquisition
Programme 3: Transport Regulation
Despite our successful establishment of Alcohol Evidence Centres in Port Elizabeth and East London, these projects were halted by the Drager Alcohol Breath Analyser judgment made in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. A task team has been set up, including the Road Traffic Management Corporation, National Ports Authority and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to look into the matter with a view to make the rectifications on the dragger as per the judge’s instruction.
The implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) is expected to commence in the new financial year. As the province, we have established a task team under the leadership of the Department to facilitate the preparation of municipalities for this project. The National Department of Transport and the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) will host an AARTO Implementation Provincial Workshop in the first quarter of the new financial year.
Between April 2011 and February 2012, our traffic officers have stopped and screened 965 104 vehicles on Eastern Cape roads as part of the National Rolling Enforcement Plan, which is locally known as Operation Asihleki. Since the launch of NREP IN October 2010, a total of 1 470 238 vehicles were stopped and screened on our roads. I would like to salute of our traffic officers for this achievement.
We have procured brand new uniform for our traffic officers at a cost of R3.6 million and the delivery is expected before the end of this month.
Following the successful hosting of the e-NATIS Anti-Fraud and Corruption Summit, the department has developed an Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, which will be unveiled in the first quarter of the new financial year. A follow-up summit will be held in 2013 to check the progress in the implementation of the new policy.
We have officially opened the Sterkspruit Registering Authority in October 2011. The Tsolo registering authority is also fully operational and we will officially open it soon. Two more Registering Authorities (Post Office sites) will be opened for the full registration and licensing service within the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality with the aim to assist the Motor Manufactures, Motor Dealers, Importers and Builders. The identified sites are Newton Park and Gelvandale Post Offices.
Additional 18 Post Offices will be rolled out in the Midlands area of the province during the second half of the financial year and the following towns are earmarked:
- Jansenville, Willowmore, Tarkastad, Blikana, Dukathole, Herschel, Jamestown, Venterstad, Hofmeyer, Michuasdal, Lingelihle, Sterkstroom, Steynsburg, Bedford, Balfour, Keiskammahoek, Aberdeen, Siphiwo Mazwayi (Grahamstown).
The electronic booking system was successfully rolled out in all Driving Licence Testing Centres in the province. The Eastern Cape has opened the country’s first pilot site for the rollout of the Computerised Learners Licence Testing centres at Ngqushwa Municipality in Peddie. The newly opened Provincial Driving Licence Testing Centre at Wilsonia will be used for the rollout of the second Pilot Project for Computerised Learner’s Licence Testing System in the province in the new financial year.
The building of a new Mthatha Weighbridge was delayed by a land claim and we have decided to calibrate the existing weighbridge in the new financial year and restart operations.
With regard to Traffic Safety, commitment was made to this house that in the 2011/12 financial year the Directorate would:
- Train 510 000 learners on Road Safety Education
- Train 24 300 adults on Road Safety Education
- Conduct 40 trainings to Community Road Safety Council members.
However, Honourable Speaker, we were able to train 411 447 learners through Scholar programme and projects that were extended to 1104 schools in the province. On Learner Driver Education project 662 learners from 58 schools in the province have undergone training on Phase 1 (Driver Development manual) and Phase 2 (Learners Licence). It is pleasing to announce in this house the cooperation we are getting from municipalities to enhance this project that seeks to curb fraudulent obtaining of Drivers Licences. In Molteno 10 learners were involved in the project and are now in possession of the learners licences.
It is important also to report the collaboration between the National DOT and the Department of Basic Education in piloting a standardised Learner Driver Training Programme using simulator in four provinces. The programme will be piloted in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape province, targeting 150 learners from the following schools:
- St. Johns College, Ikhwezi Skill Centre, Holomisa S.S.S, Efata School for the blind and deaf, Walter Sisulu University
In Community Outreach programmes and projects the department changed the approach of encouraging driver training through competition by focussing more on less skilled drivers. As a result 2 176 heavy vehicles and taxi drivers were trained.
It is worth mentioning in this house that the 2012 Union Des Chauffeuris Routies (UICR) World Championships will be hosted by South Africa in August in the North West province.
The Eastern Cape will be represented in the South African team by Mr J Schreiber from Cacadu District in the Articulated Category and Mr Qongqo from Amathole District in the bus category.
In response to the “Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020”, a total of 31 623 adults were trained through community workshops in collaboration with other government departments and various stakeholders such as Liquor Board, Council of Churches, SanlamSky etc.
In an effort to improve road users’ behaviour the National Department of Transport (NDOT) responded to the pillars of the decade of action by allowing private partnership in achieving the set target. A company by the name of Eqstra Fleet Management will be piloting road user safety initiatives in three provinces focusing on “Driver for Walker” and “Walker for Driver” in identified hazardous locations in the province. A total of 3192 adults were trained on Stray Animal Management through community meetings and Imbizos and emphasis was made on the use of animal crossings.
On Community Road Safety Councils (CRSC), it is pleasing to report that as a province we have got 20 members per District who are serving in the councils. The CRSC structure was democratically elected and two members represent the province during National RSC seating.
The Transport Safety Directorate has developed training material for CRSCs and 25 trainings were conducted in 13 areas such as orientation, CRSC constitution, Drinking Responsibly, Seat belt wearing, Fatigue, Pedestrian Management, School Debate, P.E.T, Cyclists’ Education, Junior TrafficTrainingCentres , Stray Animal Management, Report Writing skills, Presentation Skills and Interpretation of National Road Traffic Act (Act 93 of 1996) on do’s and don’ts .
In the new financial year, through working together with the CRSCs, we will embark upon the following activities:
- 350,000 learners will be reached through Road Safety Education.
- 35,610 adults will be trained on Road Safety Education.
- 25 training sessions on Road Safety Education will be conducted to the Community Road Safety Councils and 72 Road Safety Operations will be conducted by the Community Road Safety Councils.
Programme 4: Community-Based Transportation
Through our Community-Based Transportation Programme, we created 804 job opportunities through road rangers (605), Mthatha Taxi Rank building (87), Bhisho Airport maintenance (40), Mthatha Airport maintenance (40), Venterstad Pedestrian Walkway (30) and Burgersdorp JTTC maintenance (2).
In the new financial year, we have allocated R27,650,600.00 to ensure that we contribute to the development and improvement of lives of the people, especially the rural poor, in line with the three priorities drawn from the African National Congress’ Manifesto; namely:
- Rural development
- Speeding up growth and transforming the economy to create decent work and sustainable livelihoods and
- Building cohesive, caring and sustainable communities.
To this end, we will:
- Construct bicycle pathways in the Chris Hani, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo districts at a cost of R4 million.
- Fence the Kei Rail line between Butterworth and Dutywa at a cost of R700 000, which is expected to create 25 job opportunities.
- Fence the road between Ndevana Village and Ilitha Township (5km) at a cost of R300 000, which will create 15 job opportunities.
- Continue with the employment of 80 people to maintain the Bhisho and Mthatha Airports at a cost of R870 600. The airport maintenance teams will be developed towards SMMEs status.
- Renew the 605 road rangers contracts at a cost of R21 780 000
- Revive Transport Forums, where they are inactive and support those that are functional
In conclusion, Honourable Speaker and Honourable Members, I present the policy speech and the Annual Performance Plan of the Eastern Cape Department of Transport for the 2012/13 financial year together with the Annual Performance Plan of Mayibuye Transport Corporation.
I thank you.
