Go Durban
The eThekwini Transport Authority (ETA) is responsible for the rolling out of the new Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) – the biggest project in eThekwini’s history so far. Called GO!Durban, this IPTN will transform the lives of eThekwini citizens through the development of nine corridors across different types of transportation which include bus, rail, the mini-bus and taxi industry and NMT (Non-Motorised Transport). One of the provisos of GO!Durban has been to craft and create a new Empowerment Charter specific to the multi-layered project, which has special clauses and strict criteria for contractors awarded work on the GO!Durban project.
GO!Durban is the first government project that will have these tighter regulations inserted into the contracts regulating specific targets under four pillars of the empowerment laws. These criteria and clauses set clearly defined targets for enterprise development, skills development, equity and corporate social initiatives. In certain instances GO!Durban removes the onus of exercising the designated spending from the contractor by placing it directly in the hands of the project. These clauses also clearly set out penalties for reasonable non-compliance.
The charter creation took into account past problems surrounding empowerment laws and regulations over a number of years. Targeted at closing loopholes and removing all ambiguity in the empowerment laws. It is government legislation that empowerment laws should allow companies of previously disadvantaged communities not only to survive, but also to flourish and be able to take up other opportunities in the open market in this country and internationally, and to mobilise and nurture the growth of the economy of the country.
The charter creation took into account past problems surrounding empowerment laws and regulations over a number of years. Targeted at closing loopholes and removing all ambiguity in the empowerment laws. It is government legislation that empowerment laws should allow companies of previously disadvantaged communities not only to survive, but also to flourish and be able to take up other opportunities in the open market in this country and internationally, and to mobilise and nurture the growth of the economy of the country.
The charter creation took into account past problems surrounding empowerment laws and regulations over a number of years. Targeted at closing loopholes and removing all ambiguity in the empowerment laws. It is government legislation that empowerment laws should allow companies of previously disadvantaged communities not only to survive, but also to flourish and be able to take up other opportunities in the open market in this country and internationally, and to mobilise and nurture the growth of the economy of the country.
The charter creation took into account past problems surrounding empowerment laws and regulations over a number of years. Targeted at closing loopholes and removing all ambiguity in the empowerment laws. It is government legislation that empowerment laws should allow companies of previously disadvantaged communities not only to survive, but also to flourish and be able to take up other opportunities in the open market in this country and internationally, and to mobilise and nurture the growth of the economy of the country.
To increase the safety of all, road users need to take note of the new traffic signals and how they should react to the different signals.
GO!Durban is the future of Durban. It is the realisation of a safer, sustainable and more liveable city for locals as well as visitors.