Vereeniging, city in northeastern South Africa, in Gauteng Province, on the Vaal River, near Johannesburg. It is a major steel center, located in an area of coal mines; the city obtains power from hydroelectric stations on the Vaal River. In addition to iron and steel, manufactures include liquid fuels, chemicals, building materials, processed food, agricultural implements, and plastics. The adjoining city of Vanderbijlpark is also a steel center and is home to the Vaal Triangle Technikon, a college founded in 1966. Also nearby is the predominantly black African community of Sharpeville, the site of a protest in 1960 against South African laws requiring blacks to carry passes (identity papers).
Vereeniging, meaning “association,” was founded in 1892. The Treaty of Vereeniging, which ended the Boer War, was negotiated here in 1902. Population (1991) 71,255.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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