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 Strategic Vision
Mission
Statement
Values
Core
Functions
Legislative
Mandate
The Department’s vision is: “Prosperity through a smart transportation system”
This means that as a Department we connect the Province, the country, Africa and the World, through a globally competitive and sustainable transportation system that drives socioeconomic growth and improves the quality of life of our people.
The Department’s mission is: To facilitate the mobility of people and goods by optimising the usage of all modes of transport through an efficient, reliable, integrated, safe, universally accessible and environmentally friendly transportation system.
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The values of the department emanate from the Batho Pele principles. The department’s values are:
• Good Governance - We will implement measures that ensure compliance with all applicable prescripts in the Public Service and the Republic and strive to obtain positive audit outcomes to strengthen accountability, build and sustain confidence in the manner in which we use public resources;
• Professionalism - We will continuously strive to build a culture of high professional standards underpinned by work ethic and diligence and to encourage and actively support our staff to affiliate to professional bodies;
• Innovation - We will strive to nurture a culture of creative thinking, continuous learning and encourage our staff to research and develop new ways of doing our business in ambitious ways that disrupts the status quo;
• Leadership - We will continue to provide sound direction, guidance and leadership to motivate our staff to work hard and efficiently through recognition while providing service excellence at all times.
• Team Work - We will promote consultation, an open-door policy and communication in our activities to ensure teamwork and unity among all our staff.
• Recognition of our staff
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Turning the vision of the Department into reality can only be achieved by focusing the attention and energy of all employees and relevant stakeholders on the performance of its core functions, namely:
Construct, maintain and repair the provincial road network
The Department’s mandate is to construct and maintain a balanced road network that meets the mobility needs of the citizens of KZN and supports the national and provincial growth and development plans and strategies.
Plan, regulate and provide an integrated transportation system
The department’s mandate is to regulate public transport and ensure access to safe, efficient and affordable public transport. The department is further mandated to facilitate development in the freight transport industry and the minimisation of negative externalities resultant from the transport of freight.
Manage road traffic
The Department’s mandate is to create a safe road environment, through the reduction of road accidents. The main services rendered include road traffic enforcement, road safety education, and the registration and licencing of vehicles..
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The key legislative mandates of the department are derived mainly from the following legislation:
• Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)
• African Union (AU) Agenda, 2063
• Annual Division of Revenue Act (DORA)
• Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)
• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act No. 108 of 1996)
• Construction Industry Development Board Act (Act No. 38 of 2000)
• Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)
• Cross-border Road Transport Act, 1998 (Act No. 4 of 1998)
• Department of Public Service and Administration’s (DPSA) Determination on Reasonable Accommodation and Assistive Devices for Employees with Disabilities in Public Service, July 2015
• DPSA’s Directive on Consultation of Departments’ Organisational Structure (2015)
• National Freight Logistics Strategy (October 2005
• National Infrastructure Plan, 2014
• National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)
• National Land Transport Strategic Framework (2017-2022)
• National Road Safety Strategy 2016-2030 (Road Safety)
• National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)
• National Treasury Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management SIPDM – First Edition (October 2015)
• New Growth Path Framework, 2011
• Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Act No. 181 of 1993)
• Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (Act No. 5 of 2000)
• Promotion of Access to Information Act (Act No. 2 of 2000)
• Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (Act No. 3 of 2000)
• Provincial Growth and Development Plan/Strategy (PGDP/S) (2018)
• Provincial Spatial Economic Development Strategy, October 2006
• Public Finance Management Act (Act No. 1 of 1999, as amended) and Treasury Regulations
• Public Service Act (Act No. 103 of 1994) and Regulations
• Public Transport Strategy and Action Plan, 2007
• Road Infrastructure Strategic Framework for South Africa (October 2006)
• Road Traffic Act, 1989 (Act No. 29 of 1989)
• Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999 (Act No. 20 of 1999)
• Rural Transport Strategy for South Africa 2007
• Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013) (SPLUMA)
• The Construction Regulations, 2014, Gazette 37305 to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No 85 of 1993)
• The National Land Transport Strategic Framework, (2017-2022)
• The National Spatial Development Perspective, (2006)
• The National Water Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 27 of 2014) and the accompanying Draft Regulations Regarding the Procedural Requirements for Licence Applications in terms of Section 26(1) (k) of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)br>
• Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2015
• White Paper on National Transport Policy, 1996)
• White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, March 2016
OTHER MANDATES
• Draft National Scholar Transport Policy, 2014
• Draft Non-Motorised Transport Policy, December 2008
• Growth, Employment and Redistribution: A Macro-economic Strategy (GEAR), (June 1996)
• Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Strategy, November 2005
• KZN White Paper on Freight Transport Policy (October 2004)
• Local Roads for Rural Development In Kwazulu-Natal, March 1997
• National Development Plan, 2030
• National Freight Logistics Strategy (October 2005)
• National Infrastructure Plan, 2014
• National Road Safety Strategy, 2006 Onwards
• New Growth Path Framework, 2011
• Provincial Growth and Development Plan, 2019
• Provincial Spatial Economic Development Strategy, October 2006
• Public Transport Strategy and Action Plan, 2007
• Road Infrastructure Strategic Framework for South Africa (October 2006)
• Rural Transport Strategy for South Africa 2007
• The National Spatial Development Perspective (2006)
• White Paper on National Transport Policy, 1996
• African Union (AU) Agenda, 2063
• Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 2015
• National Youth Policy 2015 – 2020 and National Youth Plan; 2020
• KZN Poverty Eradication Master Plan, 2014 (PEMP)
• The National Land Transport Strategic Framework; (2017-2022)
• National Road Safety Strategy (2016-2030); 1 April 2017
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