[3]: 54  The route winds its way south as Republic Road, passing Cresta Shopping Centre on its right and then rounds the northern end of the Darrenwood Dam.

[3]: 54  Crossing the latter and a tributary of the Braamfontein Spruit it becomes Linden Road in Emmarentia and after a short distance turns left into Gleneagles Road, travelling east through Greenside and crossing the M71 Barry Hertzog Avenue.

then south-east, still as Gleneagles Road, crossing the Braamfontein Spruit and Parkview Golf Course.

[3]: 56  Crossing the motorway, it enters Oaklands as Pretoria Street, briefly co-signed with M31 heading northeast.

[3]: 56  Shortly after it crosses the Orange Grove Spruit in Waverley and Highlands North, it breaks away from Pretoria Street heading northeast very briefly as Woodyatt Avenue before heading east as Atholl Street passing the schools of St Mary's and Waverley Girls' High School.