Transportation in South Africa

Railways:
total: 21,431 km
narrow gauge: 20,995 km 1.067-m gauge (9,087 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 534,131 km
paved: 63,027 km (including 2,032 km of expressways)
unpaved: 471,104 km (1998 est.)
national speed limit: 120 km/h (National Roads/Freeway)
100 km/h (Motorways)
60 km/h | 50km/h (Residential areas)

Pipelines: crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas 322 km

Ports and harbours: Cape Town, Durban[?], East London[?], Mossel Bay[?], Port Elizabeth[?], Richards Bay[?], Saldanha[?]

Merchant marine:
total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 274,797 GRT/270,837 DWT
ships by type: container 6, petroleum tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)

Airports: 744 (1999 est.)

Airports[?] - with paved runways:
total: 143
over 3,047 m: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 46
914 to 1,523 m: 73
under 914 m: 11 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 601
1,524 to 2,437 m: 33
914 to 1,523 m: 303
under 914 m: 265 (1999 est.)

See also : South Africa