M21 (Pretoria)

The M21 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Ga-Rankuwa with Hammanskraal via Mabopane and Soshanguve.^[1][2][3][4]

Metropolitan route M21
Route information
Maintained by City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Length	53.4 km (33.2 mi)
Major junctions
South-west end	R513 near De Wildt
Major intersections	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
← M20 → M22

Route

The M21 route begins at a junction with the R513 route (Brits Road) just south of De Wildt in the North West Province. It heads northwards to cross the N4 highway (Platinum Highway; westbound only) just east of the N4's Brits Toll Plaza. It continues north to meet the R566 route at De Wildt before entering the township of Ga-Rankuwa in Gauteng as Kware Street.^[5]

It heads north-north-east through the centre of Ga-Rankuwa to pass through Hebron (where it meets the north-western terminus of the M20 route) as the Molefe Makinta Highway (formerly Lucas Mangope Highway^[6]) before passing through Mabopane. In the town of Winterveld, the M21 bends to the east-north-east and meets the M39 route before passing through the northern part of Soshanguve, where it meets the M35 route.^[5]

After Soshanguve, the M21 turns northwards into Nuwe Eersterus, then eastwards at the Mogogelo Road junction, to reach the township of Hammanskraal, where it makes a right turn and becomes Herry Gwala Avenue before crossing the Apies River and reaching its end at a junction with the R101 route (Old Warmbaths Road).^[5]