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About The Vaal
Vereeniging sits where the Klip River flows into the Vaal River. George Stow found coal near the river in 1879, and Samuel Marks's company bought the farms Leeuwkuil and Klipplaatdrift in 1880 and 1881. The name is Dutch for association, shortened from the coal company's name. The Treaty of Vereeniging, which ended the Second Boer War, was negotiated here. The town is known for iron, steel, pipes, bricks and processed lime.
Vanderbijlpark is a planned town built around the ISCOR steelworks, named after the engineer Hendrik van der Bijl. The steelworks started in 1947 and the town got municipal status on 29 October 1952. ISCOR built most of its houses between 1947 and 1964 in the same format, and about 60 percent of residents live in them. Riverfront properties on the Vaal River are some of the most expensive homes in the country.
The big townships of Evaton, Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Boipatong and Bophelong are also part of Emfuleni. Vaal Mall and the Emerald Casino Resort are the main landmarks. Heavy rain and water releases from the Vaal Dam flooded parts of Vereeniging and Three Rivers in 2011.
For your solar or backup power: Because outages here can last days and Emfuleni owes large debts, backup power is a real consideration, but any grid-tied system still needs to be registered with whichever utility supplies the property.
- Municipality
- Emfuleni Local Municipality
- Water
- Emfuleni Local Municipality provides water and sewer services, buying bulk water from Rand Water. The municipality has owed Rand Water large sums, and sewage spills and leaks have been widely reported, so check its official channels for how to log faults.
- Electricity
- Electricity in Emfuleni is split between the municipality and Eskom depending on the suburb. Eskom began disconnections in parts of Sebokeng and Evaton in 2021 and the municipality has a large unpaid Eskom debt, so the bill shows which utility applies.
Suburbs in this area include Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark, Three Rivers, Roshnee, Arcon Park, Unitas Park, Duncanville, Sonlandpark, Bedworth Park, Rust ter Vaal, Sebokeng, Evaton, Sharpeville, Boipatong, Bophelong, Vaal Marina.