Railways
total: 20,384 km
narrow gauge: 20,070 km 1.067-m gauge (9,090 km electrified); 314 km 0.610-m gauge
note: in addition, South Africa has an electrified 1.065-m gauge commuter rail system, with a total length of 1,254 km, which serves Johannesburg-Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, East London, and Port Elizabeth (2001)

Highways
total: 358,596 km
paved: 59,753 km (including 1,927 km of expressways)
unpaved: 298,843 km (1996)

Waterways NA

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

Ports and harbors Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha

Merchant marine
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 271,650 GRT/268,604 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 3, Netherlands 1 (2002 est.)
ships by type: container 6, petroleum tanker 2

Airports 740 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 144
over 3,047 m: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 47
914 to 1,523 m: 72
under 914 m: 11 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 596
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 304
under 914 m: 258 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.