Editing Polokwane (section)

==Transport==
===Roads===
[[File:NelsonMandelaCircle.jpg|right|370x370px|thumb|Nelson Mandela road traffic island on the approach to the city]]
The city lies roughly halfway between Gauteng ({{convert|300|km
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The [[R37 (South Africa)|R37]] provincial route connects the city with [[Mbombela]]. Running east, the [[R71 (South Africa)|R71]] connects the city with [[Tzaneen]], [[Phalaborwa]], [[Bushbuckridge]], and the [[Kruger National Park]]. To north-east, is the [[R81 (South Africa)|R81]] connecting the city with [[Giyani]] and [[Malamulele]]. The [[R521 (South Africa)|R521]] connects the city with [[Alldays, Limpopo|Alldays]] and the [[R567 (South Africa)|R567]] via [[Seshego]] connects Polokwane with the [[N11 (South Africa)|N11]]. The [[R71 (South Africa)|R71]] is also well known to bikers who ride through the city annually, making it the biggest bike meeting in Africa.

The Nelson Mandela road traffic island is situated on the outskirts of Polokwane when approaching from the direction of Johannesburg. It was built prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of beautifying the city for the event.

A number of private bus services run in the city and also services connect Polokwane to other major centres in the country.

===Air===
The city is served by two airports. A public airport, the [[Polokwane International Airport]], {{airport codes|PTG|FAPP}}<ref>{{cite web |title=FAPP - Polokwane Intl, ZA - Airport - Great Circle Mapper |url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/FAPP |access-date=10 February 2010}}</ref> which is to the north of the city, while the smaller Pietersburg Civil Aerodrome {{airport codes||FAPI}} is at the south-east of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pietersburg Civil airport, Limpopo, South Africa |url=http://za.geoview.info/pietersburg_civil,6301543 |access-date=2018-06-16 |website=za.geoview.info }}</ref>  
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        [[File:Africa raid 1935 Pietersburg.jpg|thumb|center|360x360px|YR-ACK at the Polokwane (Pietersburg) airport (1935)]]
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        [[File:Sabres on flightline, AFB Pietersburg.jpg|thumb|center|320x320px|Squadron Sabre 352-Bs at the Pietersburg AFB]]
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===Railways ===
The city is connected to [[Johannesburg]] and other major centres by rail. Agricultural produce in the area, including tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar cane, peanuts, tea, bananas, and avocados, is also transported by freight rail.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.observer.co.za/stories/freight-rail-given-boost-limpopo|title=Freight rail given boost in Limpopo|newspaper=Polokwane Observer|date=24 February 2010|access-date=8 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225155424/http://www.observer.co.za/stories/freight-rail-given-boost-limpopo|archive-date=25 December 2011}}</ref>