Acts Online
GT Shield

Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999 (Act No. 20 of 1999)

Chapter 1 : Definitions and Objectives

2. Objectives of Act

 

The objectives of this Act are, in the public interest—

(a) to establish the Road Traffic Management Corporation as a partnership between national, provincial and local spheres of government by—
(i) effecting the pooling of road traffic powers of the Minister and every MEC and the resources of national and provincial spheres of government responsible for road traffic management, in support of enhanced co-operative and co-ordinated road traffic strategic planning, regulation, facilitation and law enforcement;
(ii) strengthening national and provincial governments’ collective capacity to govern road traffic through partnerships with local government bodies and the private sector and
(iii) focusing government on effective strategic planning, regulation, facilitation and monitoring;
(b) to enhance the overall quality of road traffic service provision and, in particular, to ensure safety, security, order, discipline and mobility on the roads;
(c) to protect road infrastructure and the environment through the adoption of innovative practices and implementation of innovative technology;
(d) to phase out, where appropriate, public funding and phase in private sector investment in road traffic on a competitive basis;
(e) to introduce commercial management principles to inform and guide road traffic governance and decision-making in the interest of enhanced service provision;
(f) to optimise the utilisation of public funds by—
(i) limiting investment of public funds to road traffic services which meet a social or non-commercial strategic objective and which have poor potential to generate a reasonable rate of return; and
(ii) securing, where appropriate, full cost recovery on the basis of the user-pays principle;
(g) to regulate, strengthen and monitor intergovernmental contact and cooperation in road traffic matters;
(h) to improve the exchange and dissemination of information on road traffic matters;
(i) to stimulate research in road traffic matters and effectively utilise the resources of existing institutes and research bodies; and
(j) to develop human resources in the public and private sectors that are involved in road traffic.