There is still a government discouragement (through additional tax) in South Africa so it is pretty well much up to private owners and private industry players to address the charging infrastructure shortfalls.
Shaun Maidment has clocked up over 250,000 km in his EV and has started such an initiative, because when the EV wave finally hits South Africa we are going to be far from ready especially outside of the major cities.
See 5-Day Trips From Pretoria To Cape Town Inspire BMW i3 Owner To Start evCrowdRoute Charging Network
South Africa’s EV public charging network is growing all the time, and thanks to Shaun and his partners, evCrowdRoute is one of the firms making this happen. CleanTechnica caught up with Shaun Maidment to discuss this: