Evander is a town in
Mpumalanga,
South Africa
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. It is approximately 8 km north west of
Secunda.
History
The town was founded in 1955 when the
Union Corporation Union Corporation Limited was a South African mining house. It was founded as the A Goerz & Co Ltd in the late 1890's as a gold mining company. After World War One, it was renamed the Union Corporation. In 1980 it was merged into the General Mining ...
started its mining activities and was originally part of the
Bethal district (named after a town 36 km to the east).
The town is named after Evelyn Anderson, the wife of
Peter Maltitz Anderson, one of the directors of the corporation.
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Economy
Gold mining
The Union Corporation acquired options in the Kinross area, 64 km east of Springs. Mining started in 1955 though their subsidiary Winkelhaak Mines Ltd.
The Evander mine is currently operating in its 9th shaft and employs around 3,300 people. These operations, now owned by Harmony Gold, mine the Kimberley Reef in the Evander Basin and produced over 16 000 kg of gold from 2008 to 2010. The ore is milled and processed at Kinross
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History
Kinross's origins are conn ...
, 7 km north.
Education
The town has a 5 primary schools (Emdibini, Hoëveld, Isikhumbuzo, Inqanawe, and T P Stratten), a high school
Evander High School
and hosts one of the four campuses of the Gert Sibande College (originally the Evander Technical Institute
Infrastructure
Airports
The Evander airfield is located just south-west of the town.
References
Populated places in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
Mining communities in South Africa
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