Pipelines: crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas
322 km
Ports: Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mosselbaai, Port Elizabeth,
Richards Bay, Saldanha
Merchant marine:
total: 4 container ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 211,276
GRT/198,602 DWT
Airports:
total: 853
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 47
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 72
with paved runways under 914 m: 327
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 39
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 354
@South Africa:Communications
Telephone system: over 4,500,000 telephones; the system is the best
developed, most modern, and has the highest capacity in Africa
local: NA
intercity: consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial
cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber optic cable, and
radiocommunication stations; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town,
Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria
international: 1 submarine cable; 3 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 2
Atlantic Ocean) earth stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 14, FM 286, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 67
televisions: NA
@South Africa:Defense Forces
Branches: South African National Defence Force (SANDF; includes Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South African Police Service
(SAPS)