TRANSPORT SOUTH AFRICA YEARBOOK 2010/11 2010/11 TRANSPORT 23 The South African Government identified In 2010, the department released details public transport as the key legacy project of a proposed high-speed rapid rail link for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Over the between Durban and Johannesburg. past few years, a major capital injection into transport-related infrastructure and opera- Policy and initiatives tions has begun to produce positive results. National Transport Master Plan As part of preparations for the World In May 2010, the Department of Transport Cup, government upgraded its road and rail presented Parliament with a R750-million infrastructure, and airports, and introduced transport master plan (Natmap), which new systems such as the Bus Rapid Transit includes linking Johannesburg to Durban (BRT) System, also known as Rea Vaya. and Polokwane via rapid train networks. In June 2010, the Gautrain moved out The plan includes expanding the Port of of testing and into fully fledged operation. Saldanha, doubling the Huguenot tun- Although the Gautrain was not earmarked nel outside Paarl and expanding the Port as a World Cup project, the date of com- of Cape Town. Part of Natmap is to form pletion for the route between OR Tambo partnerships with the private sector to help International Airport and Sandton was fast- fund the projects and lower the burden on tracked to be operational just in time to carry taxpayers. Cabinet initiated the Natmap in World Cup passengers. The Gautrain car- 2007 to develop and establish a multimodal ried more than 400 000 passengers during transport system to meet South Africa’s its first month of operation. needs up to 2050. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Natmap aims to: Africa (Prasa) used the 2010 World Cup as • facilitate long-term and sustainable socio- a springboard to upgrade rail infrastructure economic growth to increase mobility and accessibility for • promote comprehensive integrated devel- commuters. opment planning It built new-generation stations at Bridge • act as the infrastructure implementation/ City (eThekwini), Moses Mabhida (eThek- action plan of macro-scale projects for the wini) and Orlando Station in Soweto. whole country. All Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) Natmap’s goals include: upgrades at OR Tambo, Cape Town, • maximising the use of existing infrastruc- Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and King ture facilities Shaka airports were completed by June • developing future infrastructure facilities 2010. • developing an up-to-date and accurate Building on the successful delivery of the central land-use/transportation data World Cup transport infrastructure, govern- bank. ment aims to take forward the delivery of major projects such as the: Public Transport Strategy • completion of the new petroleum pipeline (PTS) and Action Plan • completion of the Gautrain in 2011/12 (2007 – 2020) • expansion of the BRT System. Cabinet approved the PTS and Action Plan The key deliverables of the transport sector 2007 – 2020 in March 2007. include: The strategy articulates a vision to shift • reducing transport costs public transport service delivery away from • improving safety operator-controlled, commuter-based, • reducing the backlog of road and rail intermodal routes to user-oriented, publicly infrastructure controlled, fully integrated, mass rapid pub- • enhancing accessibility to and affordabil- lic transport networks. The aim is to provide ity of quality public transport in both urban quality services along priority corridors, and rural areas remove duplicate services and provide in- • optimising freight logistics to improve tegrated mass rapid public transport net- energy efficiency. works. This includes transforming the bus and The Moloto Corridor is another project that rail services into a public transport system in- the Department of Transport identified as tegrated with recapitalised taxi services. a priority. The project was registered as a private-public partnership. 2010/11 Transport – SOUTH AFRICA YEARBOOK 2010/11 516 The key areas of the strategy consist of: In July 2010, more than 8 000 poor families • safe and secure operation monitoring in the North West benefited from Itirele (do it by intelligent transport system-control i yourself), a new road-maintenance programme centres that employs people from poor households in • a car-use competitive public transport an effort to alleviate poverty and create sustainable option, which enables strict peak-period livelihoods, specifically targeting households headed by women in the rural areas. Approximately R60 million car-use management had been budgeted for the programme and beneficiar- • electronic fare integration and single tick- ies earned at least R520 a month. eting when making transfers • an integrated feeder service, including walking, cycling, bus and taxi networks. The integrated transport sector codes will come up for review every five years. Electronic National Traffic Among other areas of development, the Information System (eNaTIS) transport sector codes commit to: eNaTIS is the official register for all vehicle, • training and skills development, to driver’s licence, contravention and accident increase the number of black pilots in data. The purpose of eNatis is to streamline the aviation industry, as per the Aviation the Department of Transport’s motor-vehicle Subsector Code registration services. The system delineates • achieving a black-ownership target of the life cycle of a vehicle from the factory 35% in the Bus Commuter Service Sub- floor to the scrap yard. sector Code within five years In 2009, more than 177 000 000 transac- • empowering workers and pursuing worker tions were performed on eNaTIS. This rep- rights in the taxi industry, and imparting resents an increase of 12,67% compared to these individuals with the requisite skills 2008’s 157 340 912 transactions. By the end to take up management positions of December 2009, a total of 433 399 043 • ensuring that the taxi industry provides transactions had been performed on the commuters with reliable, safe, affordable, system since its introduction in May 2007. efficient and quality public transport ser- Compared with 2008, new vehicle regis- vices. trations fell by 29,57% in 2009, while used vehicle registrations increased by 0,35%. Non-motorised transport (NMT) At the end of December 2009, South The promotion of NMT primarily aims to Africa’s live vehicle population stood at increase transport mobility and accessibility, 9 587 781. mainly in rural areas. Through eNaTIS, the department is able The Department of Transport has broad- to eliminate duplicate vehicle registration ened its Shova Kalula “Pedal Easy” Project and cloning. into a more comprehensive NMT project that The Department of Transport also agreed incorporates, among other things, cycling with Mozambique, Swaziland and Namibia and animal-drawn carts. to make eNaTIS available to them to har- The department aims to distribute a mil- monise vehicle registration in the region. lion bicycles countrywide by 2015, in line From September 2010, vehicles travelling with the resolution and action plan of the between these countries are registered on African Ministers’ Transport Summit held in the eNaTIS system. This ensures that none Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2005. of these countries is used to reregister sto- The Department of Transport issued len vehicles, which are taken across South an “expression of interest” to establish a Africa’s borders. bicycle manufacturing plant in South Africa to produce bicycles for the Shova Kalula Black Economic Empowerment Project. (BEE) The project forms part of government’s The Draft Transport Charter was gazetted action programme and is expected to in August 2009, as integrated sector codes, contribute to its anti-poverty strategy and in terms of Section 9(1) of the Broad-Based second-economy interventions. BEE (BBBEE) Act, 2003 (Act 53 of 2003). In 2010, the Shova Kalula Project of The gazetting of the transport sector codes implementation was in its fourth phase and means that codes for eight subsectors, aimed to roll out one million bicycles coun- excluding the foreign airline component of trywide by the end of 2010. the aviation subsector, are now final and It is believed that these initiatives improve binding across the spectrum of the national the mobility of and access to economic transport industry. opportunities by rural communities. 517 SOUTH AFRICA YEARBOOK 2010/11 – Transport The Shova Kalula Project also incorp- and non-toll roads. Sanral manages the fol- orates the establishment of micro-busi- lowing: 1 573 km of dual carriageway, 550 km nesses, which sell, repair and maintain of four-lane undivided roads; 14 047 km bicycles to ensure the sustainability of the of two-lane, single roads; 1 288 km of toll project. roads; and 1 832 km of state toll roads. In 2009, Sanral awarded construction con- New Partnership for Africa’s tracts worth R18 billion. Development (Nepad) Sanral’s responsibilities are to: From a transport point of view, key issues • strategically plan, design, construct, in creating an effectively coordinated Af- operate, rehabilitate and maintain South rican response to global market challenges Africa’s national roads are market access, mobility and systems • deliver and maintain a world-class primary integration. road network The Department of Transport is contrib- • generate revenue from the development uting actively to the practical realisation of and management of its assets Nepad and the Southern African Develop-