ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 - Railway Safety Regulator

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Chairperson’s ReportThe past year has marked significant progress in the institutionaldevelopment of the Railway Safety Regulator. The Board of Directors movedwith speed in its drive to ensure that the RSR fulfilled its mandate as outlinedin the National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002).Through the development of the necessary capacity to undertake the day today responsibilities of the organisation, the Board has successfully laid downa solid foundation for the RSR to execute its mandate as a fully functionalinstitution.Annual Report - Safe railway operations are not only vitalto the national economy, but also to theeconomic viability of the operators suchas Spoornet. Train accidents cause humansuffering, huge financial losses and disruptionto crucial services. Moreover, the usersof the rail system, both passengers andfreight consignors, need the assurancethat the transportation of persons andgoods, including dangerous and heavy haulcommodities will be conveyed in the mostefficient, effective and safe manner.The RSR’s annual State of Railway SafetyReport, although not exhaustive in itsanalysis due to shortcomings in the reportingsystem, reflects no improvement in themeasured categories of safety for the yearunder review. This is significant in that itposes major challenges for the RailwaySafety Regulator in ensuring railway safety.Despite this poor performance, railwaysafety should remain a primary focal point byoperators, and greater effort must be madeto ensure that a safety culture is entrenchedin the way operators conduct their business.In our quest to entrench a safety culturein the railways, the RSR has laid downthe critical foundation for a regulatedenvironment through the promulgation of theSafety Management System Regulations andthe publishing of the South African NationalStandards 3000-1 (SANS 3000-1: GeneralStandards).During the year under review, the RSR wasable to convert Temporary Safety Permitsissued in 2004 to Safety Permits. Reasonable
capacity has now been created to audit operators’ compliance withthe law, and this marks a significant development in the scope of theRSR’s work, as the Regulator will now be able to pay more attentionto compliance monitoring. The significance of this is that it positionsthe RSR to play a much more proactive role in its drive to ensure thatrailway operators comply with safety standards.The work of the Board in the year under review focused primarilyon developing the RSR as a fully fledged institution with requisitecapacity to deliver on its mandate, as well as strengthening theregulatory framework. However, we have also been able to respondto a number of railway occurrences, with the most prominent beingthe collision between the Blue Train and the Trans-Karoo Train.The RSR’s responses were primarily through instituting Boards ofInquiry to investigate these railway accidents. These interventionsrepresented critical milestones in the RSR’s institutional growth anddevelopment as the RSR was now able to recommend correctivemeasures to be taken by operators based on the findings of therailway occurrence investigations.RSR and staff for the excellent work done in the past year. I mustfurther express a profound word of appreciation to the sterling workof the former acting CEO, Mr Stanley Khosa, and the current actingCEO, Mr Mosenngwa Mofi, who have been instrumental in creating therobust organisation the RSR has become.A lot of work still lies ahead, and I am certain that the organisationwill rise to the occasion and live up to expectations.SE MadonselaCHAIRPERSONNotably, the most significant development in this area is theestablishment of the Railway Safety Inspectorate that will play acentral role in ensuring safety compliance and monitoring adherenceto standards, through safety audits, inspections and occurrenceinvestigations. Significant progress was also made in appointing theexecutive management team and the subsequent appointment ofstaff in key positions across the organisation.Finally, I would like to express my appreciation and special thanks toMinister Jeff Radebe for his support and leadership during the tenureof this Board, whose term comes to an end early in the new financialyear. I also wish to extend my appreciation to the entire Board of theAnnual Report -
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTSPART I:Legislative
Page 5: Structure of the RSRMosenngwa MofiA
Page 9 and 10: SARCC will fall directly under the
Page 11 and 12: Performance Report7.1. SAFETY REGUL
Page 13 and 14: Performance ReportObjectivesOutputs
Page 15 and 16: Performance Report7.2 Safety Assura
Page 17 and 18: Performance Report7.4 FinanceObject
Page 19 and 20: Human Resource Tables8.1 PERSONNEL
Page 21 and 22: 8.2 Employment and Vacancies - Apri
Page 23 and 24: Table 8.4.2 - Reasons Why Staff Are
Page 25 and 26: Table 8.5.3 Recruitment April 2005
Page 27 and 28: State of RailwaySafetyAnnual Report
Page 29 and 30: • Number of train movements per d
Page 31 and 32: Annual Financial StatementsCorporat
Page 33 and 34: Corporate GovernanceStatementThe Bo
Page 35 and 36: The management of the RSR indicated
Page 37 and 38: Directors’ Reportfor the year end
Page 39 and 40: Statement Of Financial PerformanceF
Page 41 and 42: Cash Flow Statementfor the year end
Page 43 and 44: 1.2.2 Grants received from Governme
Page 45 and 46: 2006 20057. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES2
Page 47 and 48: 2006 2005General Manager: Corporate
Page 49 and 50: 18. FRUITLESS AND WASTEFUL EXPENDIT
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