Existing network
Solid fill · colour by voltage
SAPP interconnectors
Lines leaving South Africa
Dashed amber routes are from the SAPP Master Plan
Update (draft, July 2026). Commissioning years come from the plan's own transmission utilisation
tables. Routes are indicative – the plan gives interfaces, not alignments.
10 circuits to Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana and Eswatini,
plus 2 onward legs. Lines end at the border. Hover for detail.
Lesotho is not shown: it connects at 132 kV (Muela and Eskom
into Maputsoe and Mabote), below this map’s 220 kV floor.
Planned build (TDP)
Always red · never filled
New substation — does not exist yet
Brighter = more committed · click any dot to name it