Current National Routes
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.
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