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News and Speeches for Department of Transport and Public Works

Minister Carlisle Addresses Taxi Industry in Delft Civic Centre

26 October 2011

"After agriculture you are the second biggest industry and employer in the Western Cape," Minister Carlisle tells the taxi industry. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Carlisle to Meet Mfuleni Community Members Who Witnessed Accident

26 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape will tomorrow evening meet with the guardians and community of an 11-year-old boy that was struck down and killed by an allegedly drunk driver, a little more than a week... Read More

Minister Carlisle Reacts to Minister Ndebele's Halting of Toll Road Projects

24 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, said he supported National Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele's announcement that he had halted toll road projects in the Western Cape. Read More

Minister Carlisle: Killing of Five Joggers an "Appalling Crime"

23 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Western Cape Minister for Transport, has called the killing of five joggers in Johannesburg on Saturday morning an "appalling crime". Read More

Ministers Ndebele and Carlisle Express Continued Support for Breath Alcohol Testing

13 October 2011

I would like to place on record my continued support for the use of evidentiary breath alcohol testing, not just in the Western Cape, but throughout South Africa. Read More

Hout Bay Taxi Violence Must Stop

12 October 2011

The situation in Imizamo Yethu remains tense as illegal and legal taxi operators on routes to Cape Town and Wynberg continue to stand off. Reports of stone throwing and intimidation were again received today. Read More

Minister Carlisle to Appeal Cape High Court's TJ Vehicle Testing Station Judgment

11 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has instructed his legal team to apply for leave to appeal the Cape High Court Judge Anton Veldhuizen's overturning of the suspension of TJ Motor Vehicle Testing... Read More

Minister Carlisle: Safely Home Campaign has Saved 773 Lives So Far

5 October 2011

Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Media Alert: Minister Carlisle Announces Results of Department's Safely Home Campaign

4 October 2011

Minister Robin Carlisle will announce his department's Safely Home Campaign achievements over the past two years. Read More

Minister Carlisle Reacts to Taxi Stabbing

4 October 2011

Transport and Public Works Minister in the Western Cape, Robin Carlisle, has said that his department "will never tolerate violence as a means to gaining access to taxi routes anywhere in Cape Town, or the province". Read More

Minister Carlisle: School Holidays Require Even More Vigilance on the Roads

2 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, said that school holidays, which started today and end next Monday, required "even more vigilance than usual on our roads". Read More

Minister Carlisle: Regularity and Intensity of Floods Increasing

27 September 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has released a series of photographs of the newly repaired Brandwag River Bridge on the Geelbeksvlei Road, between Mossel Bay and Oudtshoorn. Read More

Minister Carlisle: The Legacy of Nelson Mandela, Post-1994

21 September 2011

The Honourable Witbooi said we must go back to before 1994 and I agree with her.I first saw Nelson Mandela in either 1957, or 1958 - I can't remember exactly - at a rally in Victory Square in Western Native Township. Read More

Minister Carlisle Welcomes National Transport Minister Ndebele's Call for Review of Speed Limit Legislation

20 September 2011

Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public WorksWhilst we would welcome a modest reduction in speed limits, that on its own will make very little difference to the carnage on our roads. Read More

Minister Carlisle Announces First Anniversary of Safely Home's "Name and Shame" Campaign

20 September 2011

Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public WorksToday marks the first anniversary of our "Name and Shame" Campaign, which forms part of our Safely Home initiative. Read More

Minister Robin Carlisle Announces Public Transport Transformation for George

14 September 2011

Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Minister Carlisle Shuts Down Testing Station that Roadworthied Rheenendal Bus

12 September 2011

Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Minister Carlisle: Drager Judgement a "Great Day for Road Safety"

8 September 2011

Media Statement by Minister of Transport and Public Works, Robin CarlisleThe judgement handed down today by Judge Nathan Erasmus will save thousands of lives throughout South Africa. Read More

Worst Flood Damage to Western Cape Roads Since 2007

8 September 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, today announced that traffic in the Eden District Municipality is almost completely back to normal after the worst flood damage to Western Cape roads since 2007. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Carlisle Awaits Judgement on Drager in Cape High Court

7 September 2011

The Cape High Court will hand down judgement in the case of Clifford Joseph Hendricks tomorrow. Hendricks is accused of driving while over the legal limit for breath alcohol. Read More

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