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Road Traffic Infringement Agency. Annual Report Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Transport Thursday 10 October 2013 By Japh Chuwe Registrar. Contents. PART I: Strategic Objectives Strategic Objectives Performance Summary on Strategic Objectives
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Road Traffic Infringement Agency Annual Report Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Transport Thursday 10 October 2013 By Japh Chuwe Registrar
Contents PART I: Strategic Objectives • Strategic Objectives • Performance Summary on Strategic Objectives PART II: Performance review: 2012/13 Period • Background • Corporate governance: internal system of control • Human resource overview • Infringements Report: Issuing Authority Performance • Adjudications Performance • Financial Performance • Challenges • Highlights & Achievements PART III: Annual financial statements PART IV: Audit outcomes PART V: Conclusion
PART I: Strategic Objectives PART I: Strategic Objectives
Strategic Objectives • SO 1: Increase the Agency’s revenue share from outstanding road traffic infringement penalties • SO 2: Implementation of effective governance processes to achieve an unqualified opinion • SO 3: Implementation of AARTO communication campaigns • SO 4: Implementation of effective adjudication processes • SO 5: Comprehensive legislative review • SO 6: Full transfer of AARTO functions to the RTIA
PART II: PART II: Performance review 2012/13 Period
Background • The Agency started the year with a staff of 22 and increased its complement by 16 (72%) to a total of 38 • A government grant of R5m was allocated, with an additional virement of R14m towards the end of the financial year • The board continued operating, albeit stretched due to limited number of members, exacerbated by 1 resignation • Management continued to be overly stretched due to insufficient staff compliment
Corporate governance: Internal system of control • The Agency committed to implementing processes and systems for ensuring compliance to governance prescripts in the AARTO Act and PFMA • Implemented pro-active measures to address deficiencies and review progress on quarterly basis • Imbedded audit and verification measures in the business process, in the absence of an internal audit unit
Human resource overview • Increased staff compliment from 22 to 38 by end of the financial period (16, being 72% but less by 37 being 49% compared to approved target of 75) • 2 managers transferred from RTMC • 8 staff appointed for data clean-up of the NCR • ROs increased to 8
Infringements report : Issuing Authority performance Number of infringement notices captured in comparison with previous year
Infringements report : Issuing Authority performance Number of notices captured per category
Infringements report : Issuing Authority performance Number of infringement notices per category captured in comparison with previous year
Analysis of infringement performance • Johannesburg accounts for 73.7% of captured infringements • Tshwane accounts for 22.6% of captured infringements • Gauteng Community Safety accounts for 2.1% of captured infringements • RTMC accounts for 1.6% of captured infringements • AARTO 01 (handwritten) infringements account for 24% of all notices • AARTO 03 (speed) infringements account for 58% of all notices • AARTO 31 (parking) infringements account for 18% of all notices
Adjudications performance Number of Representations adjudicated in comparison with previous year
Financial performance : Payments made Payment Time Frames • Payments made within 1st phase (<32 days) whilst the infringement was still in the discounted stage. Infringer pays 50% which all goes to issuing authorities. • Payments made in 2ndphase (between 33 and 64 days). IA’s receive 50% and RTIA 50% (discount now forfeited) • Payments made in 3rdphase (after 64 days). IA’s receive 50% and RTIA 50%
Financial performance : Payments made Number of total infringement notices paid in comparison with previous year
Financial performance : Monthly % payments made The higher payments during June & July was due to the serving of Enforcement Orders
Challenges • Legislative inefficiencies • Inadequate funding - IT infrastructure - Staffing - Limited communication & education • Mandate conflicts on institutional arrangements • Governance (insufficient board membership)
Highlights & achievements • Audit Performance • - 2nd consecutive unqualified opinion • Legislative amendments • - Amendment Bill published for comment in • Gazette 36173 dated 20 February 2013 • Institutional capacitation • - cautious & strategic recruitment • - establishment of internal audit, IT & debt • collection units • Marketing & education • - leveraged on the DoT and other entities for • communications
PART III: Annual financial statements PART III: Annual Financial Statements