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jobs in fixing roads.

“We expect workers of CTA to be paid out fairly before those who would want to be retained in the civil service may reapply,” Hlatshwayo said.

He said this was what was agreed to through the CTO Act. Meanwhile, this publication has gathered that the Robert Magongo-led Ministry of Public Works and Transport Portfolio Committee visited the CTA departments to assess the assets in its possession and further establish what government needed to do.

Efficiency

Meanwhile, for the efficiency of the government machinery through the provision of transport, the CTA has been responsible for a fleet of about 3 000 vehicles ranging from motorcycles, sedans, LDVs, trucks, tractors to heavy specialised construction motorised equipment.

Currently, the CTA has been said to be a drain to government in terms of resources. The department, which had its trading account suspended in 2020, has been marred with corruption-related dents of Vuvulane Town. The court, in its ruling, ordered and directed the first to fourth respondents to take all reasonable steps to ensure that registration of eligible voters for the election of Vuvulane Town Board councillors for the year 2023, forthwith.

“The first respondent (minister) is ordered and directed to take all reasonable steps to ensure that eligible voters for Vuvulane Town Board do elect their own councillors as provided or contemplated in terms scandals, which include the theft of fuel valued at over E10 million, stealing of automobile parts and failure to fix the government fleet.

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport recently called upon fleet management consulting firms to submit their requests for proposals to, among others, offer an independent view on the current state of the fleet, including but not limited to the age and condition of all vehicles in the government register.

Tender

The fleet management consultant, who shall win the tender, shall also establish the functionality of the workshops and a risk assessment of workflows and adequacy of the current fuel system utilised from supply to end user.

They shall also have to establish the staff levels and adequacy of skills, as well as establish technical competency of vendors providing fleet maintenance support services.

Lastly, the consultancy firm will establish the models to provide an efficient, modern and cost-effective fleet system to government operations.

(File pics) Minister of Housing and Urban Development Prince Simelane, who is the first respondent in the matter. (R) PS in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Clifford Mamba, who is the second respndent in the matter. He is also the interim chairman of Vuvulune Town Board.

Signage informing motorists that there was no fuel were placed near the fuel pumps at CTA in Matsapha during the day on April 28, 2022.