Ms Nomusa Mufamadi Chairperson Bachelor of Accounting Science (BCompt), Diploma in Industrial Relations, Certificate in HR and Change Management Ms. Mufamadi is a seasoned finance & risk management professional, businessperson, and non-executive director of companies. She has a deep understanding of public and private sector governance. She also serves as Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the National Home Builders Registration Council.

 

Ms Lerato Magalo Board Member Post Graduate Diploma General Management; Post Graduate Diploma Business Admin; B-Tech Civil Engineering. Lerato is a female Civil Engineering Technologist with over 17 years’ experience in built environment consulting, construction, programme and project management, strategy development and execution. She is a Certified Director (IoDSA), and is well-versed in corporate governance. She has served in various roles in the built environment space, for organisations including NHBRC, City of Tshwane, SABS and Agrément SA. She is a founder and Managing Director of GreenPot Consulting, a sustainability consulting business, supporting businesses in understanding and communicating their economic performance with social responsibility and environmental care, as well as their impacts on issues such as climate change and human rights. She also serves on the Boards of AAMBAG and Eco-Girls SA.

 

Dr. Eddie Thebe Board Member Reappointed 1 November 2022 PhD (Communications management) - Pretoria University, Master’s Degree (Technology Public Relations Management) - Tshwane University of Technology, BA (Communication Honours) - North West University, BA (Communications) - North West University Dr Eddie Mogalefi Thebe has been in road safety from 1988 to date which included the Road Traffic Law enforcement application in the country and neighbouring countries. He has conducted road safety research projects which included the evaluation of the national road safety strategies and has introduced the Social Marketing program in Road Safety to better the situation in road safety behavior, amongst others. He has received accolades for his contributions to Road Safety in South Africa. He is currently a Road Safety Awareness Consultant in the whole SADC region.

 

Ms Thandi Thankge Board Member Reappointed 1 November 2022 Mcom Degree in Business Management - University of Johannesburg, BA Honours (Industrial Psychology) - University of South Africa, BA (Industrial Psychology) - University of South Africa, N Dip( Library and Information Service) -ML Sultan Technikon Ms Thandi Thankge is an HR Executive with over 17 years’ experience in the field; she is a seasoned HR practitioner having started as a generalist and subsequently becoming an Executive. She has headed HR for well-established international companies including, De Beers Consolidated Mines, Man Truck and Bus (SA) Ltd, Blue IQ Investment Holdings Pty (Ltd) and Times Media Ltd.

 

Prof Maredi Mphahlele Board Member Reappointed 1 November 2022 D.Tech Computer Science - Tshwane University of Pretoria, M.Sc Computer Science - University of the North, B.Sc (Hons) Computer Science - University of the North, B.Sc Computer Science and Mathematics - University of South Africa Prof Mphahlele began his career as a teacher and moved up the ranks to become a Vice Principal, lecturer then a Chief Education Specialist. He has occupied various positions within the education profession including HOD, deputised as Acting Executive Dean and Acting Associate Dean. He has supervised 10 MTech students and co-supervised a doctoral student. His interest in Science began at an early age. Prof received a Science Olympiad prize in 1976. He is involved in more than 13 IT related publications and he has been involved in various community based projects. Currently, he is an Executive Dean for the Faculty of ICT at Tshwane University of Technology.

 

Prof Chitja Twala Board Member Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); M. Admin.; M. Arts; BA Hons; BA; Secondary Teachers Diploma Prof Chitja is a Vice Dean of the Faculty Humanities at the University of Free State. A historian by profession, he is an accomplished academic, scholar and associate professor in areas of African, cultural, and political history with extensive experience and highly respected nationally and internationally. Amongst his duties on the current role, he is responsible as a chair of the Faculty’s Research Committee, ex-officio member of the Faculty’s Finance Committee, managing the Faculty’s Risk Register, member of the Faculty’s Employment Equity and Transformation Committee, and a Senate member. His experience and expertise extend to having been the chair of the Free State Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (FSPHRA); deputy chair of the Free state War Museum; Council Member of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). In all these entities, he exhibited his oversight role on governance and compliance matters.

 

Mr Nkhumeleni Kudzingana Board Member National Diploma in Information Technology, Advanced Business Analysis Certificate, Certificate in Project Management Certified Director with the Institute of Directors Southern Africa (“IoDSA”) Mr Nkhume Kudzingana is an ICT Executive with over 23 years’ experience in both Public and Private sector. He has a proven track record as a seasoned executive and business leader. He started as an IT Technician, Senior Manager, ICT Independent Consultant and subsequently becoming a business Executive. His expertise and competencies span the areas of ICT Innovation, Strategy, Governance, Business Process Analysis, finance amongst others. He founded and co-founded a number of SME’s in the sector of ICT, Business Advisory, Hospitality and Farming amongst others. He serves on the Board of Rhythm FM, a Provincial radio broadcaster located in the Eastern Cape.

 

Adv Xola Stemela Board Member B Juris; LLB, Admitted Attorney; Conveyancer; Advocate Adv. Stemela, has a wide experience of the public sector regulatory framework. Before and currently, he is undertaking in his professional capacity as an advocate several review applications either for or against the public sector. He as a former attorney at Stemela Lubbe Attorneys. He was employed by the Shareholder unit: City of Johannesburg as the legal advisor in which capacity he was responsible for the governance of various municipal entities. He is currently a member of the Johannesburg Bar [Thulamela Chambers]. He is a trustee of the Living Hands Trust.

 

Adv. Makhosini Msibi Chief Executive Officer

 

Ms Sigidikazi Petse Company Secretary

 

The organisational structure was approved on 3 July 2014 and the diagram depicts the structure as at 31 March 2017.

Introduction

The RTMC was established in terms of the  RTMCA. It is further governed, inter alia, by the provisions of the National Land Transport Act 5 of 2009 (NLTA), the National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996 (NRTA), the PFMA, the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (CA) and the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1997 (CPA).

 The strategic imperatives are aligned to government’s 2030 National Development Plan (NDP) following focus areas:

• Health Care for All (Priority 8)
• Building Safer Communities (Priority 10)
• Fighting Corruption (Priority 14) and

  Futhermore, the strategy imperatives are aligned to the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF).

 

 Constitution  of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

The Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. The following table  reflects the constitutional mandate of the RTMC in relation to other spheres of government.

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

 Table 1: Our Mandate in Relation to Other Spheres of Government

 

Section	Implication
Schedule 4	Sets out the areas of provincial legislative competence. The functional areas of concurrent national and provincial  competence as per Schedule 4 Part A are listed as: Public Transport Road Traffic Regulation Vehicle Licensing
Schedule 5	Provides for traffic as a Schedule 5 functional area, however the Constitution also provides for the national legislative authority over Schedule 5 matters under Section 44(2) and the provision of Section 76(1) legislation. All the legislative mandates of the RTMC are enacted in terms of Section 76(5) of the Constitution.

Road Traffic Management Corporation Act

The RTMCA was passed by Parliament in 1999 in line with the provisions of Section 44(2) of the Constitution of South Africa. The RTMCA aimed to establish the RTMC to pool powers and resources and to eliminate the fragmentation of responsibilities in road traffic management across the various spheres of government.

The RTMCA provides, in the public interest, for cooperative and coordinated strategic planning, regulation, facilitation and law enforcement in respect of road traffic matters by the national, provincial and local spheres of government. Table 2 shows the objectives of the RTMCA.

RTMC Act 20 of 1999

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Table 2: RTMCA Objectives

 

Objectives

To establish the RTMC as a partnership between national, provincial and local sphere of government To enhance the overall quality of road traffic services provision, and in particular ensure safety, security, order, discipline and  mobility on the roads To protect road infrastructure and the environment through the adoption and implementation of innovative technology To phase out, where appropriate, public funding and phase in private sector investment in road traffic matter on a competitive basis To introduce commercial management principles to inform and guide road traffic governance and decision making in the interest of enhanced service provision To optimise the utilisation of public funds To regulate, strenghten and monitor inter-governmental contact and co-operation in road traffic matters To improve the exchange and dissemination of information and road traffic matters To stimulate research in road traffic matters and effectively utilise the resources of existing institutes and research bodies To develop human resources in the public and private sectors that are involved in road traffic matters

In accordance with the founding legislation, the Shareholders Committee must as part of the organisational structuring establish as many functional units as are required in line with the business and financial plan. The ten functions are listed in Section 18(1) of the RTMCA. Figure 2 shows the position of the functions as per the Shareholders Committee resolution.

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Figure 2: RTMC Functions

The Shareholders Committee has not transferred the management of the vehicle and roadworthiness testing, testing and licensing of drivers and vehicle registration and licencing functions to the RTMC. Law enforcement is a concurrent mandate executed jointly with other authorities or agencies with the specific objective of maximising impact and improving integration and coordination.

 

National Road Traffic Act

The NRTA encompasses all road traffic matters that apply uniformly throughout South Africa. It prescribes national principles, requirements, guidelines, frameworks and national norms and standards that must be applied uniformly in the provinces and other matters dealt with in Section 146 (2) of the Constitution. It consolidates land transport functions and allocates them to the appropriate sphere of government.

The act provides specific powers to the Corporation to enable it to execute its functions. Chapter VII of the National Road Traffic Act (NRTA) addresses the management of road safety. Powers of the CEO as per Section 52 of the act are as follows:

The CEO may:
i. Prepare a comprehensive research programme to effect road safety in the Republic, carry it out systematically and assign research projects to
persons who, in his or her opinion, are best equipped to carry them out;
ii. Give guidance regarding road safety in the Republic by organising national congresses, symposiums, summer schools and study weeks by means of
mass-communication media and in any other manner deemed by the CEO;
iii. To perform his or her functions properly the CEO may;
iv. Finance research in connection with road safety in the Republic;
v. Publish a periodical to promote road safety and pay fees for matters inserted therein;
vi. Give guidance to associations or bodies working towards the promotion of road safety in the Republic;
vii. Organise national congresses, symposiums, summer schools and study weeks and, if necessary, pay the
costs thereof, and remunerate persons performing thereat;
viii. With a view to promoting road safety in the national sphere, publish advertisements in the mass communication
media.

The CEO exercises his or her powers and performs his or her duties subject to the control and direction of the RTMC Board. It should be noted that the role of CEO is assigned to the Director-General of the Department of Transport, as stipulated in the transitional provisions.

National Road Traffic Act 

Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act

The Administrative Adjudication of Road Offences Act 46 of 1998 promotes road traffic quality by discouraging road traffic contraventions and facilitating the adjudication of road traffic infringements. The RTMC is an issuing authority and applies the AARTO infringement process in the execution of the duties of the national traffic police duties.

AARTO Act 46 of 1998 

Criminal Procedures Act

The purpose of the CPA is to regulate procedures and related matters in criminal proceedings. It governs how criminal cases are handled in courts of law by establishing due processes in criminal prosecutions. A traffic officer is appointed as a peace officer as per Section 334(2)(A) of the act, which contains schedules of offences. It empowers peace officers to arrest individuals for violating road regulations.

 

Other legislation

Apart from the mentioned legislation that anchors the RTMC’s mandate and allows for the imposition of levies, the following legislation is also applicable to the Corporation’s conduct of its business:

• The Public Finance Management Act (Act 1 of 1999) (PFMA), which specifies the listing of the RTMC as a Section 3A public entity;
• The Promotion of Access to Information Act (Act 2 of 2000) (PAIA), which determines the way the RTMC may access information;
• The Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (Act 3 of 2000) (PAJA), aims to make the administration effective and accountable to people for its actions; which then determines just administrative action for the RTMC;
• Government policies developed by the Minister of Transport that fall under the mandate of the RTMC.

 

Policy mandate

The policy direction on road traffic and safety is provided by the DoT. However, policy formulation is also carried out at a regional level and according to global norms.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Figure 3: Road Safety Policies/Instruments

Global policy instruments
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were crafted in 2000 in response to the development challenges facing the global community. In 2009 during the inaugural global ministerial congress on road safety, parties adopted the Moscow Declaration, which called for a decade of action for road safety. The UN passed Resolution 64/255 in 2010, recognising that road traffic injuries are a public health challenge that threatens the successful achievement of the MDGs.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Figure 4 outlines the 5 pillars of action to address road safety

Following the UN resolution, the decade of action for road safety 2011-2020 was launched on the 11 May 2011. This laid out a programmatic action plan aimed at reducing road traffic fatalities by 50% from the 2010 baseline. The global plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 was developed, which provided guidelines on approaches that can be applied to reduce road fatalities. Figure 4 shows the five pillars to address road safety. In 2015, the road safety targets were added to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
South Africa, represented by the Minister of Transport, is a participant to the UN decade of action for road safety. The RTMC as a lead agency for road safety is a member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) and is responsible for monitoring local road safety programmes and reporting on progress in the reduction of road crashes, injuries and fatalities. 

Downloads

KING II Report Summary of Code

Public Finance Management Act

National Road Traffic Law Enforcement Code

RTMC Composition

In terms with Section 5 of the Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, No. 20 of 1999, the RTMC consists of:

• The Shareholders Committee
• The Minister and every Provincial MEC responsible for traffic and/or transport, and two representatives of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA)
• The CEO
• The Board
• The Functional Managers
• Staff (professionals, technical, administration and support staff)

Downloads

National Road Traffic Act

RTMC Act

Strategic Overview

Vision

 The vision of the Road Traffic Management Corporation is:

 “SAFE ROADS IN SOUTH AFRICA”

 Mission

 The Corporation endeavours to ensure safe, secure and responsible use of roads in South Africa through:

• Education
• Enforcement
• Engineering
• Evaluation
• Planning and Coordination
• Partnerships

 Values

The values of the Corporation emanate from the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and place emphasis on the commitment to upholding the law and advancing service delivery.