Transportation South Africa 

Railways:

Total: 20,872 km
Narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (10,436 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge
Note: includes a 1,210 km commuter rail system (2004)

Highways:

Total: 275,971 km
Paved: 57,568 km (including 2,032 km of expressways)
Unpaved: 218,403 km (2002)

Pipelines:

Condensate 100 km; gas 1,052 km; oil 847 km;
Refined products 1,354 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:

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

Merchant marine:

Total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 31,505 GRT/37,091 DWT
By type: container 1, petroleum tanker 1
Foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
Registered in other countries: 7 (2005)

Airports:

728 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

Total: 144
Over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 67
Under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

Total: 584
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 300
Under 914 m: 250 (2004 est.)