Chakwizira, JamesMashiri, MacSouthern African Transport Conference (31st : 2012 : Pretoria, South Africa)Minister of Transport, South Africa2012-10-052012-10-052012-07-09July 2012978-1-920017-53-8http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20021This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 10.1.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaPaper presented at the 31st Annual Southern African Transport Conference 9-12 July 2012 "Getting Southern Africa to Work", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.The paper discusses rural transport and freight governance crossroad issues in South Africa’s district municipalities. Making use of case studies, focus groups and reflective learning techniques, critical gaps in the rural transport and freight set-up are discussed. The findings confirm the existence of rural transport and freight challenges in district municipalities. The findings suggest the need to align and coordinate more strongly freight transport and integrated transport plans (ITPs); spatial development frameworks (SDFs); integrated development plans (IDPs); provincial growth and development strategy (PGDS) and provincial land transport framework (PLTF). Recommendations revolve around developing and updating freight databanks, strengthening skills in this sector, building a portfolio of demonstration projects from which lessons can be drawn for up-scaling and ensuring sustainable funding streams.13 pagesPDFenUniversity of PretoriaRural transportFreight governanceTransportationTransportation -- AfricaTransportation -- Southern AfricaPresentation