# **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

|**Introduction........................................................................................................................**1|
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|The Benchmarking Database**...................................................................................................**2|
|Infrastructure Performance in the SACU: A Synthetic Overview**...........................................**4|
|Energy––electricity: An Overall assessment for SACU Countries**........................................**5|
|Water & Sanitation: An Overall Assessment for SACU Countries**.........................................**7|
|Information and Communications Technology (ICT): An Overall Assessment for SACU**....**8|
|Transport: An Overall Assessment for SACU Countries**......................................................**12|
|Reflections on Regional Integration and Regional Infrastructure Policy**..............................**14|
|**South Africa......................................................................................................................**16|
|Energy––electricity............................................................................................................ 16|
|Water & sanitation............................................................................................................. 19|
|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)....................................................... 21|
|Transport............................................................................................................................ 24|
|Large differences from the benchmark.............................................................................. 27|
|The rural-urban divide ....................................................................................................... 30|
|Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 31|
|**Botswana...........................................................................................................32**|
|Energy – electricity............................................................................................................ 32|
|Water and sanitation .......................................................................................................... 33|
|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)....................................................... 36|
|Transport............................................................................................................................ 37|
|Large differences from the benchmark.............................................................................. 38|
|Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 39|
|**Lesoto ................................................................................................................40**|
|Energy – electricity............................................................................................................ 40|
|Water and sanitation .......................................................................................................... 40|
|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)....................................................... 41|
|Transport............................................................................................................................ 44|
|Large differences from the benchmark.............................................................................. 44|
|Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 46|
|**Namibia.............................................................................................................47**|
|Energy – electricity............................................................................................................ 47|
|Water and sanitation .......................................................................................................... 48|
|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)....................................................... 50|
|Transport............................................................................................................................ 51|
|Large differences from the benchmark.............................................................................. 52|
|<br>Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 53|
|**Swaziland..........................................................................................................54**|
|Energy – electricity............................................................................................................ 54|
|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)....................................................... 57|
|Transport............................................................................................................................ 57|
|Large differences from the benchmark.............................................................................. 58|
|Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 58|
|**References.........................................................................................................59**|

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