The Rural transport strategy by the Department will be key in co- ordinating rural economy departments. The focus will be on improving rural transportation, freight movements and accessibility of roads in the rural areas. The department will also upgrade rural roads as the current conditions are unsatisfactory. In its anti-poverty alleviation strategy the department has launched the "Shovakalula" programme where which forms one part of the anti- poverty strategy that gives free bicycles to poor learners who walk more than 5 kilometres to school in the rural areas. However, the programme for bicycle tracks and infrastructure is not well funded and the bicycles are expensive because they are imported. The department had targeted to hand out 1 million bicycles but experienced financial challenges in achieving this goal.