433369666-The-Case-for-Investing-in-South-Africa
South Africa's investment proposal
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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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