National Routes are denoted with the letter N followed by a
number indicating the specific route. On maps and some signage,
national routes are shown by a pentagon with the number of the road
inside.
•N1: Cape Town - Beit Bridge (the border post to Zimbabwe,
becomes the A4/A6)
via Laingsburg, Beaufort West, Colesberg, Bloemfontein, Winburg,
Kroonstad, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Polokwane and Musina.
•N2: Cape Town - Ermelo via the Garden Route, Port Elizabeth,
Grahamstown, Bisho, East London, Mthatha, Kokstad, Port Shepstone,
Durban, Empangeni, Pongola and Piet Retief
•N3: Durban - Johannesburg via Pietermaritzburg, Estcourt and
Harrismith.
•N4: Lobatse - Ressano Garcia (the border posts to Botswana and
Mozambique, becomes the A2 and the EN4, respectively) via
Rustenburg, Pretoria, Witbank and Nelspruit.
•N5: Winburg - Harrismith via Bethlehem.
•N6: East London - Bloemfontein via Queenstown and Aliwal
North.
•N7: Cape Town - Vioolsdrif (border post to Namibia, becomes the
B1) via Malmesbury and Springbok.
•N8: Groblershoop - Maseru Bridge (border post to Lesotho) via
Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Ladybrand.
•N9: George - Colesberg
via Graaf-Reinet and Middelburg.
N10: Port Elizabeth - Nakop (border post to Namibia, becomes the
B3) via Cradock, Eastern Cape, Middelburg, De Aar, Prieska and
Upington.
•N11: Ladysmith - Grobler's Bridge (border post to Botswana) via
Newcastle, Volksrust, Ermelo, Middelburg and Polokwane.
•N12: George - Witbank via Oudtshoorn, Beaufort West, Kimberley,
Warrenton, Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom and Johannesburg (Between
Beaufort West and Three Sisters it is merged with the N1.)
•N14: Springbok, - Pretoria via Upington, Kuruman, Vryburg,
Krugersdorp and Centurion, Gauteng.
•N17: Johannesburg - Ngwenya (border post to Swaziland, becomes
the MR3) via Springs, Bethal and Ermelo.
•N18: Warrenton - Ramatlabama (border post to Botswana, becomes
the A1 highway) via Vryburg and Mafikeng.
