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The Fountains Valley is a recreational resort at the southern entrance to Pretoria in South Africa. It was proclaimed as a nature reserve by President Paul Kruger on 1 February 1895. Consequently, this 60 ha reserve, along with the contiguous Groenkloof Nature Reserve , constitute the oldest nature reserves on the African continent.
The M5 then meets the M6 route (Kotze Street) before entering the suburb of Arcadia (just east of Pretoria CBD), where it meets the M2 route (Francis Baard Street; Pretorius Street). Here, Troye Street (the southwards one-way street) changes its name to Hamilton Street (the northwards road remains as Steve Biko Road).
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.
The M3 continues northwards, still parallel to the M5 and following the Apies River, separating the Pretoria CBD in the west from the Arcadia suburb in the east, meeting the R104 route (Stanza Bopape Street; Helen Joseph Street), to reach its end at a junction with the M4 route (Johannes Ramokhoase Street; Edmond Street). [5]
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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. [ 5 ] 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 M5 route ...
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The M22 route begins at a junction with the R55 route (Quagga Road; Transoranje Road) just south of Proclamation Hill and north of Pretoria Industrial. It starts by heading north-east as a dual carriageway named Quagga Road, forming the eastern boundary of the Proclamation Hill suburb and meeting the western termini of the M7 route (which connects to Fountains Valley) and the M2 route (which ...