The MR8 road is a major highway of
Eswatini
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...
. Along with the
MR3 and
MR7 roads it is considered to form the "backbone of Eswatini's internal transport system."
It connects the MR3 road east of
Manzini
Manzini (formerly Bremersdorp) is a large city in Eswatini, which is also the city of Eswatini's Manzini Region. The city is the country's second largest urban center behind the capital Mbabane, with a population of 110,000 (2008). It is known ...
at with
Lavumisa
Lavumisa is a town located in the Shiselweni district of southern Eswatini.
It is a border crossing point to the neighbouring town of Golela in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern ...
/
Golela
Golela is a border town straddling both Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa and Eswatini, east of Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, Pongola and south of Lavumisa. The Golela border post was recently rebuilt to meet the increasing movement of people and go ...
at . It passes through the
Mkhaya Game Reserve.
References
Roads in Eswatini
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