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907 MONDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2008
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Urban Transport Fund (UTF)
Question number Annual Report 2006-07 Annual Report 2007-08
Budgeted cost
(a)(i)
The budgeted cost for the printing of the
UTF’s 2006-07 Annual Report is
included in the budgeted amount for
administrative expenditure within the
UTF’s budget.
The budgeted cost for the printing of the
UTF’s 2007-08 Annual Report is
included in the budgeted amount for
administrative expenditure within the
UTF’s budget.
Actual cost
(ii)
R6 612,00 R6 161,14
Unit cost
(iii)
R10,17 R11,00
Copies produced
(b)(i)
650 560
Copies distributed
(ii)
600 540
Fifa Soccer World Cup
1746. Mr SBFARROW (DA) asked the
Minister of Transport:
(1) Whether the co-ordination of the
2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup between
government and the local
organising committee has been effective;
if so, (a) how did he arrive at
this conclusion, (b) how is this coordinating
body structured and (c)
who in his department is responsible
for ensuring that transport logistics
are properly planned and delivered
timeously;
(2) whether this incumbent has the
necessary management team to-
(3)
gether with appropriate specialist
skills available to him/her; if so,
what are the relevant details;
whether he has considered appointing
a specialist advisor to his office to
deal with and advise him of day-today
matters pertaining to the technical
and programmed management of
the event; if not, why not; if so, what
are the relevant details;
(4) whether, in terms of the Transport
Action Plan of April 2006, the recommendation
for the identification
and appointment of specialist skills
and the need for securing both local
and international resources have
been met; if not, why not; if so, what
are the relevant details? NW2533E
The MINISTER OF TRANSPORT:
(1) (a) and (b) The co-ordination between
the Department of Transport (DoT)
and the Local Organising Committee
(LOC) has functioned very well
to date. The co-ordinating body
was established in accordance with
the LOC/Fifa guidelines on the
2010 transport serving concept.
The DoT is fully represented in all
the transport structures of the LOC,
and the LOC is also represented in
the departmental structures, which
are the Transport Sector Co-
(c)
ordinating Forum, Land Transport
Task Team and the Aviation Sub-
Sector Task Team.
The Department of Transport has
seconded Mr S Macozoma, who is
a Chief Director for Integrated
Infrastructure Network Development,
Branch: Integrated Planning
and Intersphere Co-ordination, to
ensure that transport logistics are
properly planned and delivered
timeously. The incumbent has the
requisite technical expertise and
qualifications which formed the