Randfontein — Randfontein Map Poster

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Randfontein Map Poster

Randfontein grew up on the western arm of the Witwatersrand gold reef in the late nineteenth century, and the map still shows that origin. Its residential streets form orderly blocks, while the edges give way to larger, irregular parcels of land shaped by mining, rail sidings and industry. From above, the town looks less like one centre than a set of districts that grew around the work that supported them.

In black and white, the contrast between planned and worked ground stands out. The fine mesh of suburban roads gives the page texture, and the broad empty patches around it, left by former mine sites and open grassland, give it room to breathe. Railway lines add long, gently curving strokes that cut across the grid in a way ordinary streets never would.

A Randfontein map poster fits people with ties to the West Rand: families who worked the mines, people who grew up in its suburbs, or anyone who has driven the roads between here and Krugersdorp. The town is now part of the Rand West City municipality, but on paper it keeps the shape it has always had, a compact grid set against wide Highveld space.