- Assets
- 854of 1,086 records
- Top-100 mean
- 22.91of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 4
- Leading group
- 17%Communications & Digital
Where the top 100 are100 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Energy
Transport
Communications & Digital
Resource
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Social
Financial
Space, Aerospace & Defence
Advanced Manufacturing
Agriculture & Food
16.6%
15.6%
15.0%
13.6%
11.4%
11.2%
10.3%
3.5%
2.8%
0.0%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 24 damaged or idle, 20 planned, 9 under construction, 7 decommissioned, 3 inactive.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg Stock ExchangeFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · Sandton, Johannesburg | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 2 | Secunda CTLResource · Processing & Refining · Secunda | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 3 | South African Reserve Bank head office, PretoriaFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Pretoria | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 4 | Eskom National Transmission GridEnergy · System Control & Dispatch · Johannesburg | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 5 | Vaal DamWater, Sanitation & Waste · Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence · Deneysville | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 6 | National TreasurySocial · Government & Public Administration · Pretoria | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 7 | Public Investment CorporationFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · Pretoria | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 8 | Transnet Freight RailTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Johannesburg | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 9 | South African Revenue ServiceSocial · Government & Public Administration · Pretoria | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 10 | StrateFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · Sandton, Johannesburg | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 11 | BankservAfricaFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · Johannesburg | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 12 | Rand Water Zuikerbosch purification worksWater, Sanitation & Waste · Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination · Vereeniging | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 13 | Rand Water bulk pipeline and pumping networkWater, Sanitation & Waste · Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination · Johannesburg | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 14 | Richards Bay coal lineTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Ermelo | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 15 | South African Multiple Option Settlement systemFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · Pretoria | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 16 | Integrated Vaal River SystemWater, Sanitation & Waste · Water Supply & Treatment · Vereeniging | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 17 | South African Revenue Service taxpayer and customs data estateCommunications & Digital · Data Resources · Pretoria | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 18 | National Treasury primary dealer system for government bondsFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · Pretoria | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |
| 19 | Lesotho Highlands Water Project delivery tunnel and Ash River outfallWater, Sanitation & Waste · Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination · Clarens | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | medium |
| 20 | Gold and foreign exchange reserves portfolioFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Pretoria | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | medium |
| 21 | Bushveld Complex platinum mining districtResource · Mining & Quarrying · Rustenburg | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | low |
| 22 | South African submarine cable landing stationsCommunications & Digital · Subsea Cables & International Gateways · Cape Town | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | low |
| 23 | O. R. Tambo International AirportTransport · Air Infrastructure · Johannesburg (Kempton Park) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 24 | Port of DurbanTransport · Seaports & Terminals · Durban | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 25 | JSE bond and interest rate marketFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · Sandton, Johannesburg | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | medium |