The political head of the department is the Minister of Transport, currently Barbara Creecy; her deputy is Mkhuleko Hlengwa.
The national department has exclusive responsibility for national and international airports, national roads, railways, and marine transport; the national and provincial departments share responsibility for other airports, public transport, road traffic regulation, and vehicle licensing; and the provincial departments have exclusive responsibility for provincial and local roads, traffic and parking.
In the 2011 national budget, the department received an appropriation of 35,084 million rand.
Prasa, the struggling state rail agency, will receive more than a quarter (R20.5-billion) of the budget.
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