 Continuing north-east for 159km, through Stella (where it meets the R377 at a staggered junction) and Setlagole, it enters Mafikeng from the south-west as the Vryburg Road.Crossing the railway into the town, it becomes the one-way Main Street before reaching a t-junction in the centre of town.Turning north-west as Nelson Mandela Drive from the junction with the R503, it heads through the northern suburbs of Mafikeng and heads northwards for 24km to the Botswana border and the Ramatlabama Border post.