The R562 is a Regional Route in Gauteng, South Africa that connects Diepsloot with Olifantsfontein (Clayville) and Thembisa via Midrand.

[1] Its western terminus is an intersection with the R511 road (Winnie Mandela Drive) and the N14 highway at Diepsloot.

[1] At the junction with the R55, the R562 changes its street name to Olifantsfontein Road and continues eastwards, separating the Country View and Noordwyk suburbs of Midrand.

The R562 joins the R101 northwards for 1.6 km before it becomes its own road eastwards, named Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Drive (previously Olifantsfontein Road[2]), to form the northern border of the Glen Austin suburb.

It forms a junction with the M57 metropolitan route just south of Clayville East before reaching its eastern terminus at an interchange with the R21 highway.