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Department: of Transport
stage of their relatively high asset value that can still be preserved. In order to address flood damages in

the affected districts of the province, the department has received funding of R122 million in 2023/24.

Due to the economic challenges that are facing government in general, focus has been directed towards
creating more labour intensive projects in the infrastructure development and the maintenance of the

existing infrastructure utilising the available limited resources.

The budget has been informed by the above principles coupled with major programmes of the department,
the implementation of the roads maintenance strategy to improve the state of the provincial roads network.

Initiatives towards Local Economic Development will be advanced to ensure that youth, women, people
with disabilities and Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) benefit from government programmes.
The department has reprioritised funds for the refurbishment of camping sites for roads maintenance and

construction.

Furthermore, the department will continue to strengthen the Traffic Infringement Management Centre to
ensure it is effective and is further contributing to provincial revenue enhancement and also will improve
visibility of the traffic officers by appointing additional 30 traffic officers.

The department will further enhance road safety awareness and contribute towards poverty alleviation
through community-based programmes and expanded public works programmes. However, the
sustainable job opportunities remains a priority.

2. 2. Review of the current financial year (2022/23)

2.1 Key achievements

The department has continued to put in place measures to ensure the achievement of an efficient and

effective public administration. Key to achieving such an administration for the department is the
implementation of the approved organisational organogram and Service Delivery Model.

As part of the change management initiatives in the implementation of the structure and model, the
department is in the process of rolling out the developed organisational structure implementation plan.

This process had initially prescribed the halting of recruitment processes in the department to ensure that
all advertised posts were aligned to the approved organisational structure. The department, has however
embarked on a post prioritisation process and some positions were advertised in October 2022, which will

not be affected by the alignment process.

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