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Vanderbijlpark is an industrial city with approximately 95,000 inhabitants, situated on the Vaal River in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa. The city is named after Hendrik van der Bijl , an electrical engineer and industrialist.
The Vaal Triangle is a triangular area formed by Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg about 60 km south of Johannesburg, South Africa. [1] The area forms a substantial urban complex.
Bophelong meaning 'a place of life' is a township near Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1955 to house black residents who worked in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging . The location has now been extended by another location right next to it called Muvhango with 18 extensions.
Many of these families live in either Fisheagle Street, or Heron Avenue, next to the Sugarbush river. The suburb is currently [when?] being converted into the Three Rivers East Security Estate. All the streets in the suburb are named after bird species found in South Africa with the exception of Hawthorn street, which is named after a tree.
Sharpeville (also spelled Sharpville) is a township situated between two large industrial cities, Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging, in southern Gauteng, South Africa. Sharpeville is one of the oldest of six townships in the Vaal Triangle. It was named after John Lillie Sharpe who came to South Africa from Glasgow, Scotland, as secretary of ...
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Vanderbijlpark Works develops into a full-fledged integrated steelworks processing iron ore and other raw materials from mines throughout Southern Africa into hot-rolled, cold-rolled, galvanised and tinned sheets and coils. 1952: 4 October – Vanderbijlpark Works officially opened by His Excellency the Governor General, Dr E.G. Jansen. 1969
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