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Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia, 29 km north-west of Pretoria and part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. [ 2 ] This industrialized area is best known for its automotive industry , in particular the BMW South Africa factory, which opened in 1968.
The M20 route begins in Chantelle, Akasia, at a junction with the R513 route (Rachel De Beer Street). It begins by heading northwards for 5 kilometres as Doreen Avenue, separating the suburb of Chantelle in the west from the suburb of Wonderpark in the east, to fly over the N4 highway (Platinum Highway; Pretoria Northern Bypass) and pass through The Orchards before reaching a junction with the ...
The City of Tshwane (Pretoria metropolitan area) like most South African metropolitan areas uses Metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below National (N) roads and Regional (R) roads. Each city's M roads are independently numbered.
The City of Tshwane is the second largest municipality in Gauteng and is among the six biggest metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. The following towns and townships form part of the Municipality's area: Pretoria, Centurion, Akasia, Soshanguve, Mabopane, Atteridgeville, Ga-Rankuwa, Winterveld, Hammanskraal, Temba, Crocodile River and ...
Since the advent of democracy in South Africa, the area has transformed to represent the demographics of the greater area Pretoria North. A development that has arisen in the social construct of the area is the influx of people from other parts of the African continent bringing with them a new cultural flavor to the area.
In 2004, South Africa was responsible for the manufacture of 84% of all vehicles produced in Africa, 7 million of which are on the South African roads. Also in 2004, the industry made a 6.7% contribution to the GDP of South Africa and 29% of all South African manufacturers made up the country's automotive industry. 2004 also saw 110,000 ...
South-west end: R513 near De Wildt: N4 near De Wildt R566 near Ga-Rankuwa M20 near Mabopane M39 in Winterveld M43 in Soshanguve M35 in Soshanguve: North-east end: R101 in Hammanskraal: Location; Country: South Africa: Major cities: Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve, Hammanskraal: Highway system; Numbered routes of South Africa
The entire stretch of road from Pretoria to Hartbeespoort was previously part of the N4 national route, which connects the Mozambique Border in the east with the Botswana Border in the west. Then, the N4 was realigned on a new highway known as the Pretoria Bypass , which forms part of the Platinum Highway maintained by Bakwena, [ 7 ] in order ...