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SOUTH AFRICA AT A GLANCE: INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

Measure Fast facts Key highlights<br />

Infrastructure<br />

Electricity<br />

• Installed energy-generat<strong>in</strong>g capacity of<br />

51.7-million kW (2018 estimate)<br />

Transport and logistics<br />

• 144 airports with paved runways<br />

• Railways: 20 986km<br />

• Roads: 747 014km (paved: 158 952km)<br />

• Eight ocean-economy seaports:<br />

• Durban<br />

• Richards Bay<br />

• East London<br />

• Ngqura<br />

• Port Elizabeth<br />

• Mossel Bay<br />

• Cape Town<br />

• Saldanha Bay<br />

Electricity<br />

• Ma<strong>in</strong>ly coal-fired power stations<br />

• Deliberate move by government to utilise<br />

renewable energy sources (e.g. solar, w<strong>in</strong>d)<br />

• Ranked 10 th among the G20 countries <strong>for</strong><br />

renewable energy <strong>in</strong>vestment conditions<br />

(2017)<br />

Airports<br />

• Ranked 27 th out of 141 countries <strong>for</strong><br />

Efficiency of Air Transport Services and 39 th<br />

<strong>for</strong> Airport Connectivity (WEF 2019)<br />

Rail<br />

• Ranked 47 th globally <strong>for</strong> Railroad Density<br />

(WEF 2019)<br />

Roads<br />

• Ranked 47 th <strong>for</strong> Quality of Roads<br />

Infrastructure (WEF 2019)<br />

• Ranked 7 th <strong>for</strong> Road Connectivity (WEF 2019)<br />

Ports<br />

• Home to two of the world’s top conta<strong>in</strong>er<br />

ports and two of the world’s biggest dry bulk<br />

ports<br />

• Durban is the largest port, with 2 770 000<br />

TEU (2015)<br />

• Mossel Bay allows imports of LNG<br />

• Ranked 44 th <strong>for</strong> L<strong>in</strong>er Shipp<strong>in</strong>g Connectivity<br />

(WEF 2019)<br />

• Overall, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> is ranked 1 st <strong>in</strong> <strong>Africa</strong><br />

on the World Bank’s Logistics Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

Index<br />

Telecommunications • <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> has the highest number of<br />

secure <strong>in</strong>ternet servers <strong>in</strong> the region<br />

• Ranked 3 rd <strong>in</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> on the In<strong>for</strong>mation and<br />

Communications Technology Development<br />

Index. <strong>The</strong>re is huge potential <strong>in</strong> this sphere:<br />

- Percentage of <strong>in</strong>dividuals us<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternet: 56%<br />

- Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100<br />

<strong>in</strong>habitants: 2.4<br />

- Mobile broadband subscriptions per 100<br />

<strong>in</strong>habitants: 76<br />

Sources: International Renewable Energy Agency, World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2019, World Bank, Integrated Resource Plan 2019, National Treasury

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