Transport in South Africa
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Roads
Approximately 10 000 people die on roads yearly.
The national speed limit is 50 or 60 km/h in residential areas, 100 km/h on motorways, and 120 km/h on national roads/freeways.
In 1996 the country had a total of 358 596km of highways, 59 753km (including 1 927km of expressways) of which (17%) was paved.
Railways
In 2000 South Africa had a total of 20 384km of rail transport, all of it narrow gauge. 20 070km was 1.067-m gauge (9 090km of that electrified), with the remaining 314km 0.610-m gauge.
A feasibility study is to be conducted into the construction of a 720km standard gauge line from Johannesburg to Durban for double-stack container trainsInternational Railway Journal, 2005-01-03.
Links exist to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Railways linking Mozambique are under repair.
Airports
There were an estimated 727 airports in 2002.
| Runway | <914m | 914/1 523m | 1 524/2 437m | 2 438/3 047m | >3 047m | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved | 11 | 67 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 143 |
| Unpaved | 252 | 298 | 34 | 584 |
Water
South Africa's major ports and harbours are Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, and Saldanha.
In 2002 the merchant marine consistd of a total of 8 ships of 1 000 GRT or over, totaling 271 650 GRT/268 604 DWT. 6 were container ships and 2 petroleum tankers (including foreign-owned ships registered as a flag of convenience: Denmark 3, Netherlands 1).
Pipelines
There are 931km of crude oil pipeline transport, 1 748km for other petroleum products, and 322km for natural gas.References
External links
- [Department of Transport]
- [Aviation, Airlines, Airports in South Africa]
- [Road statistics 2001/2003: distance travelled and fatal crashes by vehicle type and province] (PDF)
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