The R41 is a

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, that connects

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with

Randfontein Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Est ...

via

Roodepoort Roodepoort is a town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical g ...

Route

The R41 route begins in the Newtown suburb of

, at an intersection with the two one-way-streets of the

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(Albertina Sisulu Road and Commissioner Street). The route begins by going west-south-west, named Main Reef Road and meeting the western end of the R29 Route. South-west of the city centre, in the suburb of

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(adjacent to

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), the R41 meets the western end of the M2 Johannesburg-Germiston Highway (Francois Oberholzer Freeway), meets the M17 Road of Johannesburg and continues west, bypassing various Chinese marts and shopping centres in the area. North of the Riverlea Suburb, the R41 meets Johannesburg's M5 road (Nasrec Road), which heads south to

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and

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. Continuing west, the R41 crosses over the N1 Highway ( Johannesburg Western Bypass) as a flyover and enters the southern suburbs of

. It bypasses

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and the old Roodepoort CBD to the south (meeting the south-western terminus of the R564) before going west towards Randfontein. At this point, the street name changes from Main Reef Road to Randfontein Road. The R24 Road is mostly parallel and is an alternative route between Johannesburg and Roodepoort. After Roodepoort, the R41 continues westwards, crosses the R558 Road and quickly enters the

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, bypassing the township of

Kagiso Kagiso is a township situated in Krugersdorp west of Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The word ''kagiso'' means peace in Tswana. Kagiso's administration comprises five wards, each headed by a councillor. History Kagiso was establis ...

. It continues westwards to enter the town of Randfontein in the

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. North of

Central, the R41 meets the R28 Road from

Krugersdorp Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for ''Kruger's Town'') is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius. Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, a need arose for a major town in the west ...

and they are cosigned as one road southwards for 800 metres before the R41 becomes its own road westwards. It heads west for 29 kilometres, through Randfontein Rural and a few farming properties, to end at an intersection with the R500 Road, 3 kilometres south of the R500's intersection with the N14 National Route.

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