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Administration
SANRAL radio trunking contract
Agenda #2August 20, 2026
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The Council will consider a request for approval to enter into a 3-year contract between the City of Cape Town and the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited for radio trunking services.
Radio trunking is a two-way radio technology. It pools a limited number of radio channels across many users and assigns them automatically for each call. Public safety and operational agencies use it because it gives fast, reliable, secure group communication, often with priority access during emergencies. The City of Cape Town runs its own radio network for services such as Metro Police, Fire and Rescue, Traffic Services, Disaster Risk Management and other operational departments. The network is also used for coordination between agencies.
SANRAL is the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited. It is a state-owned company that manages the national road network, including major routes in and around Cape Town such as the N1, N2 and N7. A contract between the City and SANRAL for radio trunking would probably let the two bodies share communications infrastructure or airtime. This would help coordinate incident response, traffic management and road-safety operations on roads that cross both jurisdictions. I could not verify the contract's specific terms, value or scope, so these points are general background.
A three-year agreement between two organs of state raises procurement and governance questions. Under the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), contracts that run beyond three financial years need special council approval. Council approval is also needed for transactions that commit the City to long-term financial obligations, including those with other public entities. The decision matters because reliable radio communication is basic to emergency response, to managing congestion and crashes, and to protecting public funds.
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