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T i !A.-- ,--, -T AND COMi NICATIONS SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVE-LOPMENT COORDINATION CONFERENCE Mbabane , Kingdom of Swaziland 31st January - 1st February 1985 PREFACE The Southern Africa Transport ano Co.amunications Coumission (SATCC) was established shortly after the historic Summit Meeting in Lusaka I April 1980, where the Member States of SADCC rommittan th}w'wvuc to purcue policies uwou at the economic liber ati n ld lnt grated uevelopment of the na tional ecuoml is. A1 id.i ,1" , 1 10 lllt hiianCsport anu 'omMuNications system in a pr r,] t i or J itensi1 i id ano concerted cievelopmlet. t o W i w. 1. hue(L to hi; hiL. teyioinal co operatiun Within iian;,t anu c(mmunications was attendei tofto, the!immolatpl n[',:Le [We Lusd SUlM~it Sin tLOU s Lt, t I, l( i IV kl s~ilOig~et I IA c (5'novelopment V iI~ eit~h ]O the ,CALL h .i 1LI , th h Ii sL. .i 0oi Il aLhe Member b.. he. 1 l ' 1t. '- t tl i ut ti SAbUjL hai al so Qv wu! t i~why KL I ltr I n 1 iu1 ' o (Ol uli Ly ano aileay at tLh n i AC ' bl P L"u CMIie IA n<We i oubr c 10 bi1 isusntial (1>yn ~i &.u i1' !1." . U1 tianipcrt. aF1 C)I~lnl t 1(cL ;: }In uj cc t'eJn,'Ad:Lm ; Conl Ii UCI at tit I l, 1U lu j m.c I Illn LovtillbeNovembe,rI,, 1981. ow ,in, w, wiunonea t0 KArD)C i otnerence InI 4a l'lO a nd , ti -'IU ISQ Kaka, Confe rence iln l"t~l Xl1, ii ,' This i5 trt ha nUi. ('i r ((1 rl LheNbahrlieII urlilercnce. It ohtiii hSWe PIU ,1iniL I P1<(o l; Wi trtslt anspor. anL i COmuiinICatLionI; "l(1 1ionlt iIc;; 1(5 lui ilcasULUSto; to overcome sUch ruc l ems. It lIves a up-to-date picture of all proj ec .s r Ic ud c . tile I.o Inal programme inc usive 0W Li naaciai status. LIST OF CONTENTS Payge Preface 1. Introauction 2. Summary ot Transport and Communication Aims and Policies 3 2.1. General 3 2.2. Roads and roaa transport 4 2.3. Railways and rail transport 5 2.4. Ports and water transport 6 2.5. Civil aviation 8 2.6. Telecommunications 9 3. Summary o Present Mdl n Problems i0 3.1. Roads and road transport 10 3.2. Railways ann rail transport 11 3.3. Ports an(1 water transport 12 3.4. Civil aviation 13 3.5. Teiecommunicat ions 13 4. Plan and Implementation Programme nor Surface Transport 15 4.1 Regional surrace transport pian 15 4.1.1 Regiona± ports 15 4.1.2 Regional railway network 19 4.i.3 Regional trunk roau natwork 21 4.2 Operational co-oruination 23 4.2.1 Ports ann water transport 23 4.2.2 Raiiways and rail transport 24 4.2.3 Roads ann roan transport 25 4.3 Training 28 4.3.1 Ports 28 4.3.2 Railways 29 4.3.3 Roads and road transport 29 4.4 Capital investment projects 30 4.4.1 Maputo port transport system 31 4.4.2 beila port transpout system 34 4.4.3 Nacoloii t tianspoft system 37 4.4.4 alt ,t. 5"Itm i t t anrsptVnt system 39 4.4.5 Loh i p t t t Ut pLu t SysLein 43 4.4.6 itW , " ,-nl 5i L tansport system 45 5. Plan ana IMP]WHIL:I nL royi annm Lor Civil Aviation 49 5.1 Mtain gL.10, pots si 49 5.2 Uperat-inol '--)Irdination 50 5.3 Tra inin(j 53 5.4 Lapit, I1 .. ILment projects 53 6. Plan an" liT Lt'L iaun Prugramme tar Tele CorIIhn 1c:0 Ll oH 56 6. I lWuilni io.n and objectives 56 6.2 QupraLtlual wo-ordifnaLion 56 6.3 '1;r n n-i 57 6.4 Capital inv twaint projects 56 6.4. I hhabi A j tLa t tl /u[)gyr lt n 58 6.4.2 Regi(onat mtci ,wave radio relay system 55 6.4.v Sabu Li<u L. sitations 60 6.4.4 Int( tn ti, Lluphone switching centres 'n" t ;s-: ,:>xchattgus 6i 7. Financing and ltIipi jt anti, 63 7.1 1ihp iuict 1 t I.,: : 'l0:: .t "Nt rinrcig 63 7.2 imp Lementtatt 11,n 65 7.2.1 (-pLLtonal co-oro inat ion anc training pg 3 YFame: 65 7.2.2 Cumplt-ntopiLal investment projects 66 7.2.3 tapit itvuLtmet projects under iPttti InLL t Loft 6b 7.2.4 Capitni investment pro]ects being initiated Or rot it-y taULt 67 7.2.5 Pro]ets out for taOer 68 7.2.6 Conmul LLudie lot capital investment programmtet ., 7.3 Status ol I tnt tcit 68 Annex 1 Summary ot project costs tinancing and implemen tation staLtUs Annex 2 Review at the Kulional Programme of Projects CHAPTER 1 JNTRODUCTION SATCC is now tor the filth tir presenting a comprehensive report to tIie inrtetnationai coiiflunity. In addition to capitai investment pI)ojectsLi, the r opor t emphasizes in particuivr two other cLot) LA no.1; -e, nly operational cO-O-r(difiit 1 ll' tI ..Ill[J 'libe L19f - L 1 I S[ ill l ( Ii.IilalICteC(0 W1 t it-. 1!etlodo lOg lcai apvroac .11 .1 AlL).C 'Ilj 1sIlj-,Ic i y a pragI at t p o lC1,i IiI_ 1 iv, v "0.1 lillI 1L1( L1I 1g3d0 the work li ; -,uuri 1 I, il ' II, wLeit iI tlt iun, -vh re sho tcoiigrI ij ,t 4 '' t Ie CLk; C)caL tII, 1)!t OWue by C)rl cre te It't1_t -lllltll.(l .it IOl.l.. h I 11(jtn l tt ovt~rcollle CACof SolvI t I,- p(l)i.-h; .; LIIlliOVIlgtj Elf 005 t s( riOU.; bUt tienecir tirst. Un til 0( in; 1t_ dLion 11 1c(.nstant Ly, belrng Levieweu cI Cl '(1V(:A c 1 oil the J naroase 01.' r0 ew ge within the ('1 y a(n. l t I()iIn. ill ac ol'-' Inc £c '1;Lt thui appi oacI Ctiptei 1, ]ltrootlct on(, is II i ,(wc(i by ,i cliaptet on tr ansport una communication atiis I p.c1(11s. Ill Chapt(eI 3 sumnmary 0) tie present main pr ob jeii s prtesented. Ciaptel i I, '_ anrs 6 out l ine tlie reg onal plan anu the iplelInl .ntit ion pro'i alil. Claptel i COVOrs sur 1 'ce tran- SpOut , l y, pots acln; w ter 1 aidllpor 1, ra ilways anti raii tranSpOl L alloi oaddsi r d 1 0(,(l t I nII pot L, ano provides a genera, overviev W I t f I (.:0,AI,I , nation. T11e oLucasts Iflu iCate I] i iueu : ()nI L1tltt!III raot Iiows in regIOn. the pttOli , 1 Jt CcIVi iv at. itI ana Chap)ter 6 te eC O ;lC iII C . 1 () I1' . TlI CII-,: ! C.III1oIIC ,(1 L A! I.o L LI Ilirt e ci.1pte' ns, initi ally L o'(J.,ollai pialI 1'-s ,;>i i1e l. Then Lollows a de scr iptiol I- ti' I g I(AlLaI Iiip.Le!entatilon programme which has b ee1 611 viGel iitLo tiree categior 1s of measures: opera t I ai (on, I r, llt' Ioil, tI a llij111 111 capital l vestfllent 1) r'0ue c t.' . i1 Chup , (AI L,UIace tI anuspot t , tht Clp 1ta nVe s tlen t brojects have been gr,: ipeu into live port tanspe, t systems anln a 51 X th group o iIntra-r giona projcfcts. A port trans- port sys tem incIucies I regi onal port irno the raiIways anu roaus onverg; ing on Lt, wh i tht11 ilitra-regi onal projects are sucl, 'project:s -wiiuc are not Ic I iuee in the part trans port systems. Chapter / , Fi rIIc151,19 I !1I t11,L nlt'lil-t ion, aescr ibes the costs 'Anri tina'Ic aj StLtis Ci. projects relateG to the reg Iona prograMe. The progress as to implementation is SUlin1liaL iZ('n. Annex 1 to the report gives a summary of costs, tinan cing and implementation of all projects included in the various programme categories. A review ut the Reqional Programme of Projects is attached as Annex 2. This Annex incluaes project bliets (one page uescLitions) toi all projects with status as per August 1984. CHAPTER 2. SUMMARY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION AIMS AND POLICIES. 2.1. General In "Southern Atrica : Towaru Lconouic Liberation, A becia ration by the Governments ot Indepenuent States of Southern Africa made at Lusaka on the lst Ap.r ii 1980" it is stated that th houttoi !!ica i ansport alnd Communicat.ionLs LOIliS(iol WUc he n,: t touu ctool ainat taw Use of exist ing systems and tae ]autno a101 Linancg ot additional uCiluna ia( i I n :. In tit- Conv( lit 1('a .,iI t cauthoern Afr.ica Transport ano tUMJlII alt/(11l COMiISEW (SATiCC) thne objecti yes are set out als IIWAS: - to reouce economiAc uependency, parttLcularly, out not only, on the Republic of South Africa; - to lo:9e Iinks to create genuine ano equitable regional integration; - to mo ixze resources to promoce the implementation ot national, interstate and regional policies; - to itiake- concerteu aCtLluns to secure international co operatLion within.