The R24 is a major East-West

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in the

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and North West provinces that links

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with

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via

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

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and

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. The section of the route from OR Tambo International westwards up to a point in

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has been named ''Albertina Sisulu Road'' since 2013, named after anti-apartheid stalwart

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. Ahead of the

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did works on the Albertina Sisulu Freeway section before handing responsibility for the freeway back to the

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Route

Gauteng

The R24 begins at

Johannesburg International Airport O. R. Tambo International Airport is an international airport serving the twin cities of Johannesburg and the main capital of South Africa, Pretoria. It is situated in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Kempton Park, Gauteng. It serves as the primary air ...

(OR Tambo International Airport) in the

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(

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. It heads west as a freeway, beginning with an interchange with the

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(

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Boksburg Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, Willem Eduard Bok, W. Eduard Bok. The R29 (South A ...

highway), then heads west-south-west through the southern edge of Kempton Park (where it has a junction at Lazarus Mawela Road, formerly Barbara Road – M59) and Edenvale (where it has a junction at Lungile Mtshali Road, formerly Van Riebeeck Road/Edenvale Road – M37). In

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(just after the Edenvale off-ramp), the R24 joins the N12 freeway from

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westwards towards

for almost 2 km to reach the George Bizos Interchange (previously Gillooly's Interchange) with the N3 highway, where the N12 leaves the westerly highway and joins the N3 Eastern Bypass southwards on the

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, leaving the R24 as the westwards freeway into Johannesburg. Just after the interchange with the N3 & N12, it passes north of the Eastgate Shopping Centre and leaves the

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to enter the

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. Here, the R24 stops being a freeway. It passes through some of

's eastern suburbs in a south-westerly direction, including Bruma,

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and

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, before entering the

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and becoming two one-way streets (one going east as Albertina Sisulu Road, formerly Market Street, and the other west as Commissioner Street). The

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, the fifth tallest building in Africa as of 2024, is located on Commissioner Street. Just before crossing under Johannesburg's M1 freeway at the suburb of

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(south of Newtown), it intersects with the eastern terminus of the

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(Main Reef Road) and becomes one street westwards (no longer one-way streets). The R41 route is an alternative route to the R24 route as they both go west to

. Next, the R24 runs west to Roodepoort. It passes through the

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, Mayfair West,

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, Industria (where it continues by a left & right turn) and

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suburbs before it crosses the N1 highway ( Johannesburg Western Bypass) at the Maraisburg junction and enters Roodepoort. After passing through the

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and

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suburbs, the R24 runs in a northwesterly direction through the CBD of

. After bypassing Westgate Shopping Centre, the R24 leaves the

and enters

in the

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. Through Krugersdorp, it first passes by Factoria before passing through the southern end of Krugersdorp CBD, where it intersects with the R28 route. After Krugersdorp West, the R24 makes up the southern border of the

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. It then heads north-west, crossing the N14 national route at Tarlton and continuing towards

, which is a holiday and weekend destination for people of Johannesburg and Pretoria. On this section, just after the N14 junction, it passes by the Tarlton International Raceway. It forms the main road through Magaliesburg, meeting the eastern terminus of the R509 route in the town before meeting the south-western terminus of the R560 route north of the town. South Africa-Magaliesburg-R24-001

North West

After Magaliesburg in the

, the R24 leaves

and enters the

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in a northwesterly direction. It heads for Olifantsnek, where it meets the northern end of the R30 route and bypasses the Kgaswane Mountain Reserve and the

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. After the Kgaswane Reserve, it crosses the N4 highway (

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) and enters the city of

adjacent to the Waterfall Mall. It meets the R104 (Fatima Bhayat Street) just after crossing the Platinum Highway and proceeds for another 1 kilometre north-north-east to end at a t-junction just west of the Hex River. The entire section of the R24 in North-West Province was regarded as a

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in September 2012 and is now maintained by

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Geography

Street name

By October 2013, every street and freeway that makes up the R24 from

, through

and

, was officially named after

, with the only exceptions being in some one-way-street sections of the route. In

, the street for vehicles going westwards is still named Commissioner Street (name did not change) (while the parallel street going the other direction was renamed to Albertina Sisulu Road). In the

suburb of Roodepoort, the street for vehicles going eastwards is still named 9th Street (name did not change) (while the parallel street going the other direction was renamed to Albertina Sisulu Road). The use of the street name ''Albertina Sisulu Road'' ends in the northern part of Roodepoort, at the junction with Corlett Avenue, stretching a distance of 45 kilometres from the airport. Plans to rename Commissioner Street to Albertina Sisulu Road were included initially and the family of Sisulu welcomed this proposal but only the one-way-street for the other direction (east), Market Street, was renamed to Albertina Sisulu Road while Commissioner Street wasn't renamed. The freeway section of the R24 was already named the ''Albertina Sisulu Freeway'' by the time of the

while the non-freeway section of the R24 through Johannesburg and Roodepoort was only renamed in 2013. As the R24 is known as the ''Albertina Sisulu Freeway'' in Ekurhuleni between Eastgate Shopping Centre and

, the use of the name doesn't end there. The R21 freeway was named as the ''Albertina Sisulu Freeway'' in 2007, particularly the section from its

interchange with the R24 north to the Flying Saucer Interchange with the N1 south of

(east of

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) in

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. So, the R21 from Pretoria to OR Tambo International and the R24 from OR Tambo International to the Eastgate Shopping Centre in

are together known as the ''Albertina Sisulu Freeway.''

History

e-tolls

Part of the N12 freeway in the

province was declared an e-toll highway (with

open road tolling Open road tolling (ORT), also called all-electronic tolling, cashless tolling, or free-flow tolling, is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of tollbooths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The major ...

) from 3 December 2013 onwards, including the 2 km section in Bedfordview where it is co-signed with the R24. As a result, the westward side of the co-signed section had an e-toll gantry installed just before the George Bizos Interchange with the N3 and motorists would be billed for driving on that section on the route. Many motorists complained of the Loerie e-toll being positioned on the R24, as they believed that the R24 was meant to be a toll-free route for its entire length in which nobody would be charged for transporting from

(OR Tambo International Airport) in Kempton Park to

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. As the R24 in Gauteng is not a route maintained by

and was not indicated as a toll road, motorists and companies wondered why motorists were being charged for being on a ''

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'' for only 2 km on the route from Johannesburg's Airport to Johannesburg's city centre.

then changed the signs on both highways connected (N12 and R24) so as for them to indicate that there is an e-toll ahead when travelling westwards to the N3 interchange (every lane on the N12 and R24 west cosigned section passed through the gantry). The South African government announced on 28 March 2024 that e-tolls in Gauteng would officially be shut down on 11 April 2024 at midnight.South African Government ends e-tolls in Gauteng
press release published 28th of March 2024, retrieved and archived 5th of April 202

/ref> As a result of the e-toll discontinuation, all the e-toll gantries, including the Loerie e-toll on the N12 and R24 co-signed section, would no-longer operate.

References

External links

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