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The Maputo Corridor is a major trade corridor which connects the Gauteng, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa with Maputo, which is a port and the capital of Mozambique.
The corridor comprises roads - including the N4 toll road (from Pretoria to Komatipoort) - and railways, ports, and border facilities at Komatipoort,[1] which connect the industrial areas around Gauteng, and mines and agricultural districts to the east, with ports on the Mozambique coast. Maputo and Matola are both deepwater ports.
Transport organisations and border control agencies are cooperating to improve transport and lower barriers to trade.[2]
History
[edit]The corridor was first planned in 1994, as a rehabilitation project for disused transport links.[3] Since then, the project has broadened, new parties have become involved, and over $5 billion invested.
Rail Participants
[edit]- Caminhos de ferro do Moçambique[4]
- The government of Eswatini has also joined the project.[5]
- Transnet Freight Rail is a stakeholder, but has been criticised by other stakeholders[4] and is reluctant to invest in the project.[6]
Road
[edit]Trans African Concessions manages the toll road from Pretoria to Maputo, inclusive of the N4 route (South African section from Pretoria via Witbank and Mbombela to Komatipoort; 405 km)[7][8][9][10] and the EN4 route (Mozambican section from Ressano Garcia to Maputo; 90 km).[11][12][13] They entered into a 30-year concession for the road with both governments in 1997.[14][15][16][17]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Maputo Corridor". Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ↑ "Maputo Corridor Summary Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ↑ "MAPUTO DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR". Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- 1 2 "MAPUTO CORRIDOR". Railways Africa. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ↑ "Swaziland Signs Maputo Corridor Accord - Xinhua News Agency". Retrieved 2011-02-27.[dead link]
- ↑ "Limited border post operating hours hamper Maputo Corridor progress". Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ↑ "Trans African Concessions". tracn4.co.za. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ "Tips for driving to Mozambique these holidays". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ Cokayne, Roy (2023-03-23). "Outa's drive to expose 'excessive profits' on Sanral toll concessions delayed". Moneyweb. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ trevorhlungwani (2016-12-13). "No construction on the N4 Toll Route this holiday season". Lowvelder. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ "Trans African Concessions". tracn4.co.za. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ "Tips for driving to Mozambique these holidays". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ trevorhlungwani (2016-12-13). "No construction on the N4 Toll Route this holiday season". Lowvelder. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ van Staden, Richard (2025-09-03). "TRAC – making a difference a kilometre at a time". Rove SA. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
- ↑ N4 Toll Road from South Africa to Mozambique - World Bank
- ↑ "N4 Toll Route". www.gihub.org. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
- ↑ "Mozambique: Government has 180 days to decide on concession of N4 to TRAC". Mozambique. Retrieved 2025-10-16.