The Minister of Energy Dikobe Ben Martins has officially launched the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI). The institute is charged with the responsibility of managing radioactive waste disposal on a national basis. It will be...
Economic regulators should cut back cost overruns of large infrastructure projects by limiting user tariffs used to repay them. National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa) Patrick Mabuza told this to a recent conference hosted by Nersa and...
Experts say the South African economy is being held back by the country’s energy crisis. A range of problems linked to management weaknesses at national and company level have been blamed, with little prospect of improvement in the near future....
The Department of Energy says it will have completed South Africa’s master plan for energy by the end of next year. Government has just released a draft of the Integrated Energy Plan, which is a 20 year strategy to meet the country’s...
In a concerted effort to make South Africa’s roads safe, 910 248 vehicles were stopped and checked by law enforcement officers across the country during the month May 2013. This forms part of the National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP) and during...
The minister of transport Ben Martins delivered this budget vote policy statement at the National Council Of Provinces in Parliament on 13 June 2013. The department has made significant progress to transform the transport sector across the...
Below is this year’s budget as presented by The Minister of Transport, Ben Martins, in parliament outlining how the Department of Transport is going to spend its R42.3 billion. Approximately 96% of the budget will be spent on: maintaining road...
Roads in the North West province are a lot safer after 120 000 potholes and 800 km of tarred road were repaired on the public roads network in the past six months. Briefing provincial stakeholders on the Strategic Infrastructure Programme (SIP) 4...
Pictured: Minister of Transport, Ben Martins The minister of transport Ben Martins speaking on 22 May at the National Council of Provinces urged the council to accept the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill 2012. This is what the...
