Transport in South Africa

Most people in South Africa use informal minibus taxis as their primary mode of transport.

According to the department's vision statement, "Transport [is] the heartbeat of South Africa's economic growth and social development!

"[1] Apartheid led to a massive expansion of South Africa's road and bus systems to transport black workers from bantustans they had been forcibly removed to from to urban areas.

For bantustans such as KwaNdebele, the apartheid regime provided a higher bus subsidy than their gross domestic product.

Drivers in the rightmost lane of multi-carriageway freeways must move to the left if a faster vehicle approaches from behind to overtake.

Minibus Taxis are the predominant form of transport for people in urban areas of South Africa.

[9] The City of Cape Town has clarified that developing public transportation is a priority to achieve its long-term developmental goals.

This first phase has been designed to enable easy integration of other forms of public transport – ranging from cycling to South Africa's famous minibuses in later stages of the IRT development[10] – including rail transit, seen currently as "the backbone of public transportation in Cape Town.

"[11] South Africa's road traffic system might be less effective than most industrial countries, but it is not worse than other African nations.

South African laws follow global best practices, including speed limits, drink-driving, motorcycle helmets, seat-belts, child restraints, and mobile phone use.

South Africa has international airports in four cities: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Nelspruit.

Nelspruit's international airport mainly serves travellers en route to the Kruger National Park.

Petronet, a subsidiary of Transnet, which in turn is majority-owned by the government, is principally responsible for the operation of South Africa's pipelines.