The M21 road is a long metropolitan route in the

City of Tshwane 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 Pr ...

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. It connects

Ga-Rankuwa Ga-Rankuwa is a large settlement located about 37 km north-west of Pretoria. Provincially it is in Gauteng province, but it used to fall in Bophuthatswana during the apartheid years, and under the North West province until the early 2000s. ...

with

Hammanskraal Hammanskraal is a functional, trans-provincial region anchored in northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The region consists of multiple, residential, industrial and commercial areas in a decentralized settlement pattern. History The historica ...

via

Mabopane Mabopane is a residential suburb in South Africa. It is situated in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, to the north of Pretoria in Gauteng. History Proclamation Mabopane was proclaimed in 1959 as a black-only residential settlement by the the ...

and

Soshanguve Soshanguve is a Township (South Africa), township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along Mabopane, and Ga-Rankuwa. The name Soshanguve is an acronym for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda, thus showing the multi- ...

Route

The M21 route begins at a junction with the R513 Route (Brits Road) near

De Wildt De Wildt is town with a railway station, police station and post office in North West province of South Africa, 40 km west-north-west of Pretoria. History It was named after the Dutch engineer Mauritz Edgar de Wildt (1855–1907), who in 190 ...

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. It heads northwards to cross the N4 Highway (

Platinum Highway The Platinum Highway is part of the N4, and a major South African highway built under concessions with a private contractor. In 2001, the project was voted Infrastructure Deal of the Year by Project Finance International Magazine. It took eight ye ...

; westbound only) just east of the N4's Brits Toll Plaza. It continues north to meet the R566 Route and enter the township of

as Kware Street. It heads north-north-east through the centre of

to pass through

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before passing through

. In the suburb of

Winterveld Winterveld is a large town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The town is located at the north-western corner of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, adjacent to Mabopane. Notable residents * Stevens Mokgalapa, former Mayor of Ts ...

, the M21 bends to the east-north-east and meets the M39 route before passing through the northern part of

, where it meets the M35 route. After Soshanguve, the M21 turns northwards, then eastwards at the Mogogelo Road junction, to reach the township of

, where it makes a right turn and becomes Herry Gwala Avenue before crossing the

Apies River __NOTOC__ The Apies River is a river that flows through the city of Pretoria, South Africa. Its source is located just south of the city (south of Erasmus Park) and it flows northward until it drains into the Pienaars River. The word "Apies" is Af ...

and reaching its end at a junction with the R101 Route (Old Warmbaths Road).

References

Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria {{SouthAfrica-road-stub