TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER

SOUTHERN AFRICAN
RAILWAYS ASSOCIATION

Delivering a cost effective, regionally integrated seamless and predictable railway transport service advocating for a sustainable fair surface transport policy in the SADC region.

SARA Leadership

Mr. Babe Botana

Executive Director

Ms. Sizakele Mzimela

SARA President
Transnet Freight Rail CE

Eng. Miguel José Matabel

President and Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Botswana & Zambia

Development of a railway link between Botswana and Zambia via the Kazungula Bridge. From Botswana side: Mosetse – Kazungula (367km) and Zambian side…

Angola & Zambia

A project to enable interoperability between CFB and ZRL. The proposed project links ZRL line from Chingola to Jimbe 600km and from Jimbe to link CFB line at Luacano 350km

Angola, Zambia & DRC

Northern railway line from Tsumeb to Oshikango – The purpose of the railway line is to connect with Angola, Zambia and DRC…

Namibia

Walvis Bay –Kranzberg railway upgrade is an integral part of comprehensive national strategy to improve trade and logistics links through Namibia…

Zambia

Nseluka-Mpulungu via Mbala (191km). Project aims to create a rail link to the Port of Mpulungu thereby enhancing trade volumes…

Namibia, South Africa

The Project works to rehabilitate and upgrade the Sandverhaar- Bucholzbrunn railway line section is about to start…

SARA RAIL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

At its formation, SARA was to originally provide the SADC railways with a strong lobbying association to pursue advocacy for fair surface transport competition to be achieved through– “levelling of the playing field” between road and rail in terms of policy and regulations. Modal equity was to be achieved by enforcing the User Pays Principle where the road pays the full cost of road infrastructure or infrastructure support to railways by Governments.

SARA is a ‘Non-profit Organisation’ domiciled in Zimbabwe formed in April 1996 in terms of its Constitution in response to increasing road competition

SARA is the Mandate Holder for the Rail Transport industry in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)