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: 182,329 km
paved : 55,428 km (including 2,040 km of expressways)
unpaved: 126,901 km (1991 est.)

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

Ports and harbors Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mosselbaai, Port Elizabeth, RichardsBay, Saldanha

Merchant marine
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 270,848 GRT/266,029 DWT
ships by type: container 6, oil tanker 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 662 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 351
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m : 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 43
914 to 1,523 m: 74
under 914 m: 220 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 311
1,524 to 2,437 m : 33
914 to 1,523 m: 278 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.