Establishment
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Governance
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Management
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Oversight
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The Result
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Funding
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To be a credible and dynamic world class civil aviation
regulator
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To regulate and oversee the functioning and
development of the industry in an efficient, cost effective, and customer friendly
manner
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To promote an enabling environment for
transformation and development
SACAA mandate
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is an agency of the
Department of Transport (DoT) and as a result, its
activities are governed by a performance agreement signed between the Board of Directors
and the Minister of Transport. Its mandate, defined more fully in the South
African Civil Aviation Authority Act No. 40 of 1998, can be summarised
as follows:
“Regulating the civil aviation
industry to ensure security and safety by complying with International Civil
Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and taking into consideration
the local context.”
The Authority is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister of Transport and is representative of aviation industry, management and business expertise. Through a Performance Agreement with the Minister, the Board is accountable for the performance of the Authority in carrying out its statutory functions and achieving objectives. The NDOT will monitor the activities of the Authority.
The management of the CAA has been structured along three core responsibility levels; the Strategic Management level which constitutes the Executive Management, Project Management level which together with the Executive Management constitutes Senior Management and the Operational level which is organised according to technical departments.
The key role for the Executive is the strategic leadership of the organization and the co-ordination of policy formulation. The Executive’s function is to develop and maintain positive links with the industry and to co-ordinate the CAA’s international relations with s such as SADC, ICAO, AFCAC, and other CAAs.
The Project Management level co-ordinates the technical activities of the key areas of oversight – Aircraft, Airports, Airspace and Personnel. Oversight of Operations is co-ordinated by Personnel and Aircraft respectively.
Technical departments report to the areas of oversight relevant to their specific activities. This means that depending on the activity, a technical department may report to a different oversight area. Within each area of oversight, the key responsibilities are to set, monitor and enforce standards, as well as to promote safety.
The establishment of a stand-alone authority has resulted in the CAA widening its oversight functions and becoming more visible in the industry. Entering the corporate sphere accelerated the introduction of professionalism, accountability and integrity in the inspectorate and indeed the whole organization.
When it was still part of the Department of Transport, the CAA fell within the huge government bureaucracy. However, the setting up of a self-funding authority has resulted in the authority becoming more accessible and accountable to its stakeholders.
Since attaining our democracy, the CAA has rightfully claimed its position as a regional leader in the aviation regulatory sector in our region, the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The CAA has hosted dozens of regional meetings and conferences since 1994 and is in the driving seat of regional efforts to harmonize aviation regulations in the region, and improving the level of aviation surveillance in member states.
Also,
in 2003,
The CAA is funded
by a combination of direct and indirect fees and Government funding of the
investigation of aircraft accidents.
The industry is
charged for direct services as per regulated fees. Indirect
charges are imposed on all scheduled departing passengers from any
airport in the country at R6 per passenger. A fuel levy is
charged to general aviation at 0.015 cents per litre..