Gov’t to overhaul DRTS

Under the government’s draft National Development Plan (NDP12), the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Noah Salakae, told Parliament recently that international practice has shown that regulation and delivery of services are better delivered when kept apart, with the government retaining the former. He said the private sector participation in devolved services and operations will result in efficiency and improved service delivery.

The establishment of the Road Safety Council is mainly to oversee the implementation of the National Road Safety in alignment with the United Nations Decade for Road Safety Strategy. This will improve the current road safety situation in Botswana. Furthermore, sector-wide reforms to be looked into include the promulgation of a Transport Act and the launching of a National Multimodal Transport Master Plan,” he told legislators.