SA Transport Issues Continue

Farrel — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:14:00 -0500

Transport in South Africa has never really been very efficient. In Parliament Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe admitted that because of the inefficiencies of SA’s rail network more and more freight trucks are plying SA’s highways an extra stress they can not handle. When asked why Government was not spending money on upgrading infrastructure Radebe replied:

The Department of Transport does not have any budget to fix any part of the railway line, because these lines belong to Spoornet and Transnet.

Not to ruin Radebe’s artful dodge there but last time I checked Spoornet/Transnet was 100% owned by government, so instead of “engaging” Spoornet over what lines need to be fixed I suggest you “order” them to do it.

That coupled with the fact that driving in Delhi is safer than driving in SA means that Radebe should be stalking the Department of Transport non-sto chasing down wayward projects.

Politics.za: SA Transport Issues Continue

SA Transport Issues Continue