Africa-Press – Angola. Angola and South Africa reinforced cooperation in institutional and technical capacity in the field of cross-border road transport services, as a result of the signing of a memorandum between the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT-Angola) and the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (ANTT-Angola) and the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (ANTT-Angola) CBRT-A/South Africa).
On the part of Angola, the president of the ANTT Board of Directors, Énio Costa, signed the memorandum, and from South Africa, the Executive Director of the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRT-A/South Africa), Lwazi Knowledge Mboyi.
Speaking to the press, the president of the Board of Directors of ANTT, Énio Costa, clarified that with the signing of the memorandum, the pilot implementation, over a period of 4 months, of the “Cross Easy” computer system begins.
The Cross Easy System is a digital platform that aims to facilitate the licensing of operators operating in cross-border road transport, allowing the collection, processing, storage and transmission of information about operators, drivers and vehicles, reducing obstacles to mobility.
The person responsible also made it known that they will, with the same platform, start issuing licenses for cross-border carriers, with tests.
To this end, he explained, a work schedule is now being drawn up, which has already begun, to increase the experience of national staff, with technicians from one of the agencies, with greater emphasis on the level of the SADC region.
“The memorandum will support all other agreements, with the main objective of strengthening technical institutional capacity in the field of cross-border road transport services, that is, they will be able to exchange experience on the cross-border movement of trucks, buses, which leave from Angola and pass through Namibia, Botswana, reaching South Africa”, he said.
On the other hand, he said, it will also help to have better control of drivers, goods and people leaving South Africa, passing through neighboring countries, and control of the cross-border movement of road transporters,” which already exists, in in a generic way, through shared data from the General Tax Administration (AGT).
“In essence, it is the materialization of two regulations, the passenger road, through Presidential Decree no. 355/19 and the Road Transport of Goods, Presidential Decree no. 160/10, which provides for licenses to be issued for international operators leaving Angola and going to other countries”, he clarified.
For his part, the Executive Director of the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRT-A) of South Africa, Lwazi Knowledge Mboyi, said he expected a well-structured relationship with the memorandum, with regard to the transport of goods, services and people, at a cross-border level and between people, from Angola/South Africa and neighboring countries.
He reiterated the continuous improvement of systems, with innovation when it comes to transporting goods, services and people.
With the transition from a manual to a technological system, he pointed out that it will allow the issuance of licenses and monitoring of transport.
“We are moving towards a new phase which is inter-African trade, where we aim for exchange, which awaits an increase in the services highlighted here.”, he highlighted.
The National Land Transport Agency (ANTT-Angola) has existed for two years, as part of the reform of the Ministry of Transport. Its objective is to formulate policies and supervise all activities covering the road, rail and cross-border sector.
ANTT data indicates that on average, around 60 to 40 trucks circulate daily on the borders of Northern Angola.
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