News and Speeches for Department of Transport and Public Works
Minister Carlisle Laments a "Brutal, Bloody Night" on Western Cape Roads
20 December 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has described last night as a "brutal, bloody night on Western Cape roads"."As the night proceeded, so the list of mostly innocent victims steadily rose," Minister... Read More
Minister Carlisle Releases Latest Western Cape Road Fatality Statistics
18 December 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has released the latest fatality stats for the festive season, which began on 1 December 2011. Read More
Minister Carlisle Joins SANTACO's Mandla Mata for Free Vehicle Safety Test
18 December 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, and Mandla Mata, the first Deputy Chairman of the South African National Taxi Council in the Western Cape, today took their private car and taxi respectively for a free... Read More
Minister Carlisle Releases Public Comments on Crash Witness Campaign
18 December 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has released the comments from the safelyhome.westerncape.gov.za website received up until 15:00 on the launch day of the campaign on Wednesday, 7 December 2011. Read More
Minister Carlisle: Southern Cape's George Airport Revamped Intersection Signage Completed
14 December 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has announced the completion of improvements to the R102/R404 intersection near George Airport in the Southern Cape. Read More
Minister Carlisle Releases Second Round of Crash Witness Campaign Videos
13 December 2011Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle, has released the second round of Crash Witness campaign videos, which can be viewed at safelyhome.westerncape.gov.za. Read More
Minister Carlisle Lauds Murder Convictions for Jacob Humphreys
11 December 2011Jacob Humphreys, the driver of the taxi in which ten children died on 25 August 2010, has been convicted of ten counts of murder and four of attempted murder in the Cape Town High Court this morning. Read More
Minister Carlisle Launches Crash Witness Campaign
5 December 2011Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More
Remedial Action to Stem High Rate of Death and Injury of Children on the Roads
4 December 2011Media Statement by Theuns Botha, Minister of Health Read More
Media Alert: Minister Robin Carlisle Launches "Crash Witness" on New Safely Home Website
4 December 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, will tomorrow host a press conference where he will launch Safely Home's Crash Witness Campaign, which, for the first time in South African history, will provide the... Read More
Minister Carlisle Announces Three-Hour Closure of Tradouw Pass for Cycle Challenge
24 November 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has announced the three-hour closure of Tradouw Pass tomorrow, Saturday, 26 November 2011. Read More
Minister Carlisle to Meet Taxi Industry after Horrific N1 and N7 Crashes
21 November 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has said that he will request a meeting with the leadership of the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Western Cape after the horrific N1 and N7 taxi... Read More
Minister Carlisle Releases N1 Crash Statistics
14 November 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has released crash statistics for the Laingsburg to Prince Albert section of the N1 for the past ten years, saying that he planned to introduce Average Speed Over... Read More
Minister Carlisle and Minister Plato: Reaction to N1 Crash
14 November 2011Transport and Public Works and Community Safety ministers, Robin Carlisle and Dan Plato, will closely monitor the investigation into this morning's horror crash on the N1, which claimed the lives of 20 commuters. Read More
Minister Carlisle: Chapman's Peak Drive Open to Traffic
9 November 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has announced the re-opening of Chapman's Peak Drive."I would like to thank all members of the team that worked from daybreak yesterday through to 21:00, when the road... Read More
Minister Robin Carlisle Provides Update on Chapman's Peak Road Closure
8 November 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has provided an update on the latest developments on Chapman's Peak Drive, which was closed yesterday after a Level 4 rock fall. Read More
Minister Carlisle Announces Chapman's Peak Road Closure
7 November 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has announced the closure of Chapman's Peak Drive this afternoon. Read More
Safely Home to Commemorate Western Cape Road Deaths
1 November 2011The Western Cape Government's Safely Home initiative, which is led by Robin Carlisle, Minister for Transport and Public Works, and has brought about a 23% reduction in road fatalities in the past two-and-a-half years, will be fielding participants... Read More
Minister Carlisle Releases "Average Speed Over Distance" Beaufort West Roadblock Results
31 October 2011Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has described Sunday's roadblock in Beaufort West, which used information provided by the Department's new Average Speed Over Distance (ASOD) camera technology on the... Read More
Address to Taxi Industry
26 October 2011I want to say a very special thank you to the Executive of Santaco in the Western Cape. I would like to thank you in your personal capacities because of the courage you have shown over the past few years. Read More
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