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M7 (Pretoria)
The M7 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Proclamation Hill with Queenswood via Pretoria Industrial, Groenkloof, Brooklyn and Hatfield. It is an alternative route to the M22 route for travel between Proclamation Hill and Queenswood. Route The M7 route begins at a junction with the M22 route (Quagga Road) in the southern part of the Proclamation Hill suburb. It begins by going south-east, through the eastern part of Pretoria Industrial, to meet the R101 Route (Jan Smuts Street) adjacent to the Voortrekker Monument. It continues eastwards to meet the N14 Highway (Ben Schoeman Freeway) at an interchange. Immediately after, the M7 reaches a junction with the M18 route (Christina De Wit Avenue) at the western entrance of Fountains Valley in the Groenkloof Nature Reserve. The M7 joins the M18 and they are one road northwards up to the next junction (known as Fountains Circle), where they meet the southern terminus of the ... [...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] |
Groenkloof Nature Reserve
The Groenkloof Nature Reserve, located adjacent to the Fountains Valley at the southern entrance to Pretoria, was the first game sanctuary in Africa. The reserve of 600 ha is managed by the Department of Nature Conservation. The National Heritage Monument is located within the reserve. It is flanked by Christina de Wit Avenue and Nelson Mandela Drive, that separate it from the Voortrekker Monument and Klapperkop Nature Reserves. In aggregate these reserves conserve some 1,400 ha of bankenveld vegetation which is threatened in Gauteng. The reserve is open to day visitors from 5:30 to 19:00 in summer, and 7:00 to 18:00 in winter. History This valley on the southern outskirts of Pretoria was proclaimed a game sanctuary by President Paul Kruger on 25 February 1895. Its main purpose was to protect the shy and timid oribi, which occurred there, and other game that were being depleted by hunters. For many years however, the reserve was leased for exotic timber plantation, to supply woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colbyn
Colbyn is a suburb in central eastern Pretoria, South Africa. History Colbyn is named after Colby, Isle of Man, where the suburb's developer, J.B. Kneen, was born. It was surveyed by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) is a large Wesleyan Methodist denomination, with local churches across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, and a more limited presence in Mozambique. It is a member church of the Wo ..., which also laid out Hatfield, Queenswood, and Kilner Park. The original deeds forbade the sale of liquor in all four neighborhoods. References {{Reflist Suburbs of Pretoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R104 (South Africa)
The R104 is a regional route in South Africa that is the designation for some of the old sections of roads that were previously the N4, prior to upgrading. It connects Pretoria with Middelburg in Mpumalanga via Bronkhorstspruit and Witbank. It also connects Pretoria with Rustenburg in the North West province via Hartbeespoort and Mooinooi. The R104 is also made up of a road in Nelspruit (Mbombela) which was previously part of the N4 national route. As the N4 bypasses the central part of the city to the north on a newer highway (opened on 13 June 2010), the old short road through Nelspruit central (Samora Machel Drive) is now designated as the R104. Route Mpumalanga The R104 route begins just west of Wonderfontein in Mpumalanga (east of Middelburg), at an intersection with the N4 national route (Maputo Corridor) (Pretoria-Maputo Highway). It heads west for about 50 km to reach Middelburg, where it meets the N11 national route from the south just before the Eastdene subu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M2 Road (Pretoria)
The M2 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects the N1 and N4 highways at the Proefplaas Interchange with Proclamation Hill via Hatfield, Pretoria CBD and Pretoria West. Route The M2 starts at the Proefplaas interchange with the N1 Highway (Pretoria Bypass) and the N4 Highway (Maputo Corridor) in Pretoria East, just north of the Scientia suburb. It heads west to pass through the Hatfield suburb, becoming two one-way streets (Pretorius Street westwards from the N1 and Francis Baard Street, formerly Schoeman Street, eastwards to the N1) and meeting the M7 route (Gordon Road; Jan Shoba Street). At Arcadia, the M2 meets the M5 route (Hamilton Street; Steve Biko Road) and immediately afterwards, it meets the M3 route (Nelson Mandela Drive). The M2 leaves Pretorius Street and Francis Baard Street to join the M3 on Nelson Mandela Drive southwards up to the next junction, where the M2 becomes Nana Sita Street (formerly Skinner S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Johannesburg-based Transvaal University College and is the fourth South African institution in continuous operation to be awarded university status. The university has grown from the original 32 students in a single late Victorian house to approximately 53,000 in 2019. The university was built on seven suburban campuses on . The university is organised into nine faculties and a business school. Established in 1920, the University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science is the second oldest veterinary school in Africa and the only veterinary school in South Africa. In 1949, the university launched the first MBA programme outside North America, and the university's Gordon Institute of Busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M30 Road (Pretoria)
The M30 road is a Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria, metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Brooklyn, Pretoria, Brooklyn with Welbekend (near Bapsfontein) via Menlyn Park, Menlyn and Garsfontein. Route The M30 route begins in Hillcrest (south of Hatfield, Pretoria, Hatfield), at a junction with the M7 road (Pretoria), M7 route (Jan Shoba Street). It begins by heading south-south-east as Duxbury Road to meet the M6 road (Pretoria), M6 road (Lynnwood Road) at the next junction. It continues south-south-east as Brooklyn Road, separating Brooklyn, Pretoria, Brooklyn to the west from Menlo Park, Pretoria, Menlo Park to the east, meeting the M11 road (Pretoria), M11 route (Justice Mahomed Street) and becoming Dely Road, forming the eastern boundary of Waterkloof, to reach a junction with Garsfontein Road at the northern edge of Waterkloof Park (east of the Pretoria Country Club), where it leaves Dely Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M6 Road (Pretoria)
The M6 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West with a rural area east of Pretoria via Pretoria CBD, Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Wapadrand. Route The M6 route begins in-between Pretoria West and Pretoria CBD, at a junction with the M2 route (Nana Sita Street) and the M1 route (Es'kia Mphahlele Drive). It starts by being a westwards one-way-street named Visagie Street through the Pretoria CBD (eastwards driving is via Nana Sita Street), meeting the R101 Route (Kgosi Mampuru Street; Schubart Street) and the M18 route (Bosman Street; Thabo Sehume Street), up to the junction with the M3 route (Nelson Mandela Drive), where it becomes Kotze Street (no-longer a one-way street). From the M3 junction, the M6 heads eastwards through the Sunnyside suburb, meeting the M5 route (Steve Biko Road; Troye Street), becoming Jorissen Street, to bypass the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, the University of Pretoria and the Pretoria Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M11 Road (Pretoria)
The M11 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects the Pretoria CBD with Faerie Glen and Garsfontein via Sunnyside, Brooklyn and Menlyn. Route The M11 route begins in the southern part of the Pretoria CBD, at a junction with the R101 Route (Kgosi Mampuru Street; Sophie De Bruyn Street). It begins by heading eastwards, meeting the M18 route (Bosman Street; Thabo Sehume Street) and becoming two one-way streets (Jeff Masemola Street eastwards from the M18 and Scheiding Street westwards to the M18). It then reaches a junction with the M3 route (Nelson Mandela Drive) and crosses into the Sunnyside suburb. The M11 continues eastwards, meeting the M5 route (Steve Biko Street; Troye Street) before becoming one street eastwards named Justice Mahommed Street (formerly Walker Street and Charles Street) (no-longer one way streets) and meeting the northern terminus of the M9 route (Florence Ribeiro Street). It then enters the Brook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M9 Road (Pretoria)
The M9 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Erasmusrand with Sunnyside via Waterkloof Ridge. It consists of only two streets (Rigel Avenue and Florence Ribeiro Avenue). Route The M9 route begins in Erasmusrand (just west of Erasmuskloof), at a junction with the N1 Highway (Danie Joubert Freeway; Pretoria Eastern Bypass) and the northern terminus of the R50 Route (Delmas Road). It begins by heading north-north-west as Rigel Avenue, forming the main road through Waterkloof Ridge. After 4.7 kilometres, the M9 changes its street name to Florence Ribeiro Avenue (formerly Queen Wilhelmina Avenue) and forms the boundary between the suburbs of Groenkloof to the west and Waterkloof Waterkloof (Afrikaans for "Water Ravine") is a upmarket suburb of the city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is named after the original farm that stood there when Pretoria was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretoria CBD
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and center of research, being home to the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of South Africa (UNISA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Human Sciences Research Council. It also hosts the National Research Foundation and the South African Bureau of Standards. Pretoria was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Pretoria is the central part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities, including Bronkhorstspruit, Centurion, Cullinan, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. Some have proposed changing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R21 (South Africa)
The R21 / P157 is a major north–south provincial route (South Africa), provincial route (with a freeway portion designated as a National road (South Africa), National Road) in eastern Gauteng Province, South Africa. Built in the early 1970s, it remains one of two freeways (the other being the N1) linking Pretoria with Johannesburg, via the R24. As the eastern of the two freeways, it links the Pretoria city centre with OR Tambo International Airport, the N12 freeway, and Boksburg. Between the Solomon Mahlangu Drive on-ramp in Monument Park, Gauteng, Monument Park, Pretoria, and the N12 (South Africa), N12 in Boksburg, the R21 / P157 is an 8 lane highway and motorway (freeway), with 4 lanes in each direction. It has off-ramps leading to Irene, Gauteng, Irene, Olifantsfontein, Benoni, Gauteng, Benoni, and Kempton Park, Gauteng, Kempton Park, including a partial offramp to Atlas Road. The route intersects the N1 (South Africa), N1 Highway (Pretoria Bypass, Eastern Pretoria Bypass; Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
