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• Verif cation of Scales at Weigh Sta- lation by aligning their draf Vehicle Mass Bill
tions, including both static and with the harmonised Tripartite-adopted
weigh-in motion scales. Model Law and Regulations. Furthermore,
❖ System Specif cations, validated in Kigali, Namibia has ensured that the driving licence
Rwanda in August 2019: card being prepared for production of the new
• National Transport Information Sys- driver’s licence is fully compliant with the Tri-
tems (NTIS), inclusive of the Vehicle, partite validated specif cations.
Driver, Operator, Transgressions, Ac-
cident and Infrastructure Modules; Lesotho
• VLM Information System, as required Lesotho has been planning to embark on the
in the VLMA; development of a new NTIS for some time
• Transport Registers and Information and although funding was secured from the
Platform System; and World Bank, Lesotho delayed the publication
• Driving Licence compliant with UN of the Request for Proposals to await the val-
idation of the Tripartite NTIS and driving li-
Convention on Road Traf c 1968 and cence card specif cations. T ese specif cations
ISO specif cations. have now been incorporated in the RFP for
❖ Standard Design Specif cations, validated the new Lesotho Integrated Transport Infor-
in Kampala, Uganda in February 2020: mation System, the publication of which is ex-
• Weigh Stations; pected soon.
• Vehicle Testing Stations;
• Driving Schools; and
• Driving Licence Testing Centres. ICT SECTOR
Success Stories Digital SADC 2027
Several Member/Partner States appreciate The Information Communication Tech-
the value of the harmonised provisions of nology (ICT) section of the Regional In-
the MCBRTA and VLMA, not only for frastructure Development Master Plan
62 purposes of cross-border road transport (RIDMP) is referred to as “Digital SADC
but also as sound domestic policy. Conse- 2027”, which is the blueprint for ICT in-
quently, the incorporation of those provi- frastructure development and contains 18
sions in the harmonised model laws and projects. In August 2012 the baseline value
regulations, standards, system specifica- for average mobile penetration was 60 per-
tions and standard design specifications cent (ranging from 20 percent for some
have been welcomed and the content of Member States to 100 percent for others),
these documents have been validated by while that for fixed-line subscribers and
the Member/Partner States. the average Internet User Penetration was
Notwithstanding the fact that the sig- at four percent (ranging from one percent
nature of the agreements has been de- in some Member States to 40 percent in
layed, a number of Member/Partner States others).
have commenced implementation. The Digital SADC 2027 target was set
at 20 percent Internet User Penetration
Namibia and 80-90 percent of households and busi-
Namibia has already incorporated the provi- nesses with Internet access. The SADC av-
sions of the Vehicle Load Management Model erage Internet User Penetration was
Law and Regulations into its own draf legis- 22.3percent (ranging from 9.8 to 58.8 per-
cent across the region), corresponding to
an additional 29 million subscribers
bringing it to a total of 76.9 million Inter-
net users. Similarly, the SADC mobile
penetration was at 71.1 percent (ranging
from 43.4 to 184.3 percent across the re-
gion), corresponding to 70.8 million addi-
tional subscriptions, resulting in a total of
254 million active mobile subscribers. The
SADC average households with Internet
access is at 27.8 percent.