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Johannesburg - Shareholder committee members of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) want the agency shut down for failing to fulfil its purpose, the Sunday Independent reported.
"The RTMC has not been functionally very well," Free State Transport MEC Butana Komphela told the newspaper.
Khompela who is a member of the committee said that a unanimous decision was taken last month to ask for the closure of the RTMC.
The committee -- made up of nine transport MECs and Transport Minister Ben Martins -- now awaits the final say of Cabinet on the matter.
Khompela said that the decision to call for the agency's closure was "purely based on the effectiveness of the corporation".
He said the committee wanted the duties of the RTMC to be taken over by the national transport department and provincial government structures.
Western Cape transport MEC Robin Carlisle said that since the meeting the committee had received two letters from Martins.
"The first said that the corporation would be closed by the end of 2013 and the second said only the Cabinet could make the decision to close the RTMC".
Transport department spokesman Tiyani Rikhotso told the newspaper that Martins would have to present the decision to Cabinet, but could not confirm a time for when this might happen.
