South African National Roads Agency

South African National Roads Agency
The South African National Roads Agency Limited
Type Government-owned public company
Industry Road transport
Predecessor South African Roads Board
Founded Pretoria, South Africa (19 May 1998 (1998-05-19))
Headquarters Hatfield, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Area served South Africa
Key people Lot Ndlovu (Chairman)
Nazir Alli (CEO)
Services Road management, maintenance and development
Revenue R3,634,570,000 (2009)[1]:105
Operating income R1,928,563,000 (2009)[1]:105
Profit R1,012,853,000 (2009)[1]:105
Total assets R30,603,724,000 (2009)[1]:104
Total equity R-798,943,000 (2009)[1]:104
Owner(s) Government of South Africa
Employees 178
Parent Department of Transport
Website www.sanral.co.za

The South African National Roads Agency Limited or SANRAL is a South African parastatal responsible for the management, maintenance and development of South Africa's national road network.

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History

SANRAL was created by The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 as a corporatized successor to the South African Roads Board, which was part of the Department of Transport.[2] It was registered as a public limited company on 19 May 1998.[3]

In 2011, SANRAL became the target of popular resentment [1] as tolling was about to commence on many of SANRAL's freeways in Gauteng, in order to finance their soon to be completed expansions, as part of the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project[2]. The GFIP was instituted to deal with the severe traffic congestion in Gauteng's freeways [3].

Governance

SANRAL's only shareholder is the state, represented by the Minister of Transport.[4] The agency is governed by an eight-member Board of Directors. Five voting members — the chairperson and four others — are appointed by the Minister of Transport for a term of three years. Two government officials are non-voting members, one from the Department of Transport and nominated by the Minister of Transport, and the other from the National Treasury and nominated by the Minister of Finance. The Chief Executive Officer, who is appointed by the Minister of Transport on the recommendation of the Board, is ex officio a non-voting member of the Board.[5]

Operations

As of 2009 SANRAL has 178 employees.[1]:65 They are divided between the head office and four regional offices: Northern Region (Gauteng, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga); Western Region (Western Cape and Northern Cape); Eastern Region (Free State and KwaZulu-Natal); and Southern Region (Eastern Cape).[6] The agency manages a total of 16 170 kilometres of roads.[1]:14

SANRAL's operations are divided into two broad categories: toll roads, which are self-funding; and non-toll roads, which are funded by transfers from the Department of Transport. Some toll roads are concessions, privately funded and managed with supervision from SANRAL; these include the Platinum Highway (N1/N4), the Maputo Corridor (N4) and the N3 Toll Concession. Other toll roads are owned and operated directly by SANRAL; these include the Huguenot Tunnel, the Tsitsikamma Toll Road, the N2 tolls on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, and the N1 tolls in the Free State and Limpopo.

See also

  • National Roads of South Africa

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