- There is the rehabilitation of roads
- The cape town airport has also been modernized to reach world standards.
- World Bank, European Union, and other friendly countries have given SOUTH AFRICA grants, loans and aid to finance the construction and maintenance of transport routes
- There are efforts to develop local transport construction companies which will decrease on over dependency of foreign companies which repatriate profits.
- Many foreign construction companies have been attracted to SOUTH AFRICA to take over construction and maintenance work.
- SOUTH AFRICAN Universities are training technical personnel in the transport sector. Other workers are gaining skills from on-job training. This has availed skills to SOUTH AFRICAN to support the sector.
- Ferry services have been provided by the ministry of works and transport across parts of rivers and lakes
- THE SOUTH AFRICAN government have embarked on fighting corruption to check on shoddy works and save millions of shillings to develop the transport sector
- Signposts warning drivers and motorists of black spots along roads so as to reduce the rate of road accidents have been provided by the ministry of works and transport.
- The local governments have got road construction and maintenance pieces of equipment and this is aimed at constructing and upgrading of roads.
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