More than 13,000 jobs have been created through the government's road maintenance programme, the national transport department said on Monday.
The most jobs created -- of an overall target of 68,000 -- were in KwaZulu-Natal with 4562, followed by 3845 in Mpumalanga.
Free State came in last with 79 jobs created.
The programme, launched in April this year, focuses on the maintenance of the secondary road network, using a dedicated fund of R22.3bn spread out until 2014.
The department said square metres of road surface had been resealed and 321km were re-gravelled under the programme.
Blacktop patching and blading of potholes had also been done on some roads.
The department said a recent study had shown that potholes were costing motorists R50 billion in vehicle repairs and injuries every year.
Therefore, a sizeable amount of the budget had been allocated to repairs on a district-by-district basis.
Maintaining and upgrading often-used rural roads formed part of the programme, the department said.
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