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| Jurisdiction | Government of South Africa |
| Headquarters | Forum Building, 159 Struben Street,Pretoria 25°44′33″S28°11′10″E / 25.74250°S 28.18611°E /-25.74250; 28.18611 |
| Employees | 529(2010) |
| Annual budget | R79.5 billion(2023/24) |
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| Website | www |
TheDepartment of Transport is thedepartment of theSouth African government concerned withtransport. The political head of the department is theMinister of Transport, currentlyBarbara Creecy; her deputy isMkhuleko Hlengwa.
Responsibility for transport is constitutionally between the national transport department and the nineprovincial transport departments.
The national department has exclusive responsibility for national and international airports, national roads, railways, and marine transport; the national and provincial departments share responsibility for other airports, public transport, road traffic regulation, and vehicle licensing; and the provincial departments have exclusive responsibility for provincial and local roads, traffic and parking.
In the 2011 national budget, the department received anappropriation of 35,084 millionrand. As of 30 September 2010 it had 529 employees.[1]
The department had a budget of 79.5 billion rand for the 2023/2024 financial year, with transfers and subsidies to entities within the department accounting for about 98%.Prasa, the struggling state rail agency, will receive more than a quarter (R20.5-billion) of the budget.[2]
The Department of Transport is divided into six branches:[3]
The department is also responsible for several semi-independent agencies and state-owned companies:
Provincial transport departments:
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