Springbok trophy tour: Where to show your Bok support in Tshwane
The Tshwane metro police have urged motorists to avoid the streets where the Springboks will be showing off the Webb Ellis trophy in Tshwane on Thursday.
The Springboks will celebrate their Rugby World Cup victory with an open bus parade in the capital city.
The parade will start at the Southern Sun Hotel on the corner of Steve Biko Road and Pretorius Street and proceed to the Union Buildings where President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the trophy from 08h30 until 09h30.
They will then parade through Hatfield, Sunnyside, and Church Square, and end at Tshwane House in the Pretoria CBD at around 11:30.
They will meet with the Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink, who will congratulate the Boks on behalf of Tshwane residents.
Metro police spokesperson Isaac Mahamba said the open bus parade will proceed from the Southern Sun Hotel, the team will transfer into the open bus and move along Steve Biko Road, and then turn right into Stanza Bopape Street.
"They will proceed straight east using Stanza Bopape Street until they reach the Union Buildings. From the Union Buildings, they will get into stanza Bopape Street and proceed until they turn right into End Street in Hatfield.
"From End Street, they will turn right to get to Pretorius Street and proceed west, then turn left into Gordon Road, right into Burnett Street and left to Park Street. From Park Street, they will turn left into Kirkness Street, pass Loftus Versfeld Stadium and turn right into Jorissen Street in Sunnyside.
"From Jorissen Street, they will proceed along the A Re Yeng bus route at Kotze Street.
"They will then turn into Nana Sita Street and turn right into Paul Kruger Street. They will pass by Church Square, turn right into Madiba Street and continue until they reach Tshwane House on the corner of Madiba and Lilian Ngoyi Street," says Mahamba.
He warned most streets in the CBD, Arcadia, Hatfield, and Sunnyside will be affected.
"The main affected streets include the following: Pretorius Street, Hamilton Street, Leyds Street, Francis Baard Street, Stanza Bopape Street, Nana Sita Street, Madiba Street, Lilian Ngoyi Street, Burnett Street, End Street, Jan Shoba Street, Beckett Street, Gordon Road, Hilda Street, Park Street, Kotze Street, Jorissen Street, Paul Kruger Street and Thabo Sehume Street," he said.
Mahamba said Tshwane metro police officers, SAPS, and other law enforcement agencies will be deployed to escort and monitor the parade.
"Motorists are urged to avoid the affected areas and are encouraged to be patient and proceed with caution as the whole nation celebrates," he said.
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