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M4 Road (Pretoria)
The M4 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria with Hartbeespoort. The route is a toll road, with two tollgates on the Freeway section between Pretoria West and Hartbeespoort (one at either end). For its entire length, it is parallel to the R104 Road, which also connects Pretoria with Hartbeespoort. Route The M4 begins in Arcadia, Pretoria (just west of the Union Buildings), at a junction with the two one-way-streets that form the M5 route (Hamilton Street; Steve Biko Street). It starts as two one-way streets (Johannes Ramokhoase Street, formerly Proes Street, westwards from the M5 and Struben Street eastwards to the M5), heading westwards. It enters the Pretoria CBD and meets the two one-way streets of the M18 route (Thabo Sehume Street; Bosman Street) before meeting the two one-way streets of the R101 Route (Sophie de Bruyn Street; Kgosi Mampuru Street). At the junction with the M1 route (E'skia Mphahlele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pretoria with surrounding towns and localities included in the local government area. History The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000, comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system. The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the municipality with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections). Geography The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from in 2010 to after the incorporation of Metsweding, making it the largest Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa. The Tswaing crater is in the northwest of Soshanguve. Constituent areas The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M1 Road (Pretoria)
The M1 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West and the Pretoria CBD with Pretoria North via Mayville. It is an alternative route to the R101 Route for travel between Pretoria CBD and Pretoria North. Route The M1 route begins at a junction with the M2 route (Nana Sita Street; Charlotte Maxeke Street) and the western terminus of the M6 route (Visagie Street). It heads northwards as Es'kia Mphahlele Drive (formerly DF Malan Drive), separating Pretoria West in the west from Pretoria CBD in the east and meeting the R104 Route (WF Nkomo Street) and the M22 route at the next junction. Here, the M22 route stops co-signing with the R104 eastwards on WF Nkomo Street and begins co-signing with the M1 northwards on Es'kia Mphahlele Drive. Continuing north, the M1/M22 meets the M4 route (Johannes Ramokhoase Street; Struben Street; Vom Hagen Street) at the next junction in Marabastad. At the next junction with Blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretoria Bypass
The Pretoria Ring Road, also known as the Pretoria Bypass, is a collection of two bypasses that together form a partial ring road around the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It consists of a section of the N1 Highway (known as the Eastern Bypass) as well as a section of the N4 Highway (known as the Northern Bypass). It is entirely in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Route Eastern Bypass The Pretoria Eastern Bypass is formed by the N1 Highway, from the Brakfontein Interchange with the Ben Schoeman Freeway (N1; N14) in Centurion to the Doornpoort Interchange with the Platinum Highway (N4) in northern Pretoria, a length of approximately 30 km. It heads north-east from Brakfontein (bypassing Centurion CBD) and then turns north after the Flying Saucer Interchange with the R21 Highway, eventually reaching the Proefplaas Interchange east of Pretoria CBD, where it meets the N4 Highway ( Maputo Corridor) coming from eMalahleni and Mbombela the east. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
