Meyerton, Gauteng

Meyerton
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Coordinates: 26°33′30″S 28°01′11″E / 26.5583°S 28.0197°E / -26.5583; 28.0197
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Sedibeng
Municipality	Midvaal
Area [1]
• Total	180.24 km2 (69.59 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	55,283
• Density	310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	49.3%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	48.6%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	42.2%
• Sotho	23.2%
• English	11.9%
• Zulu	9.1%
• Other	13.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1961
PO box	1960
Area code	016

Meyerton is a small town lying 18 km north of Vereeniging in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated in the Midvaal Local Municipality (of which it is the capital) in the Sedibeng District Municipality.

Meyerton was established in 1891 and was named after Johannes Petrus Meyer, a field cornet and member of the Transvaal Volksraad. It acquired municipal status in 1961.

Since 2001, Meyerton has been the administrative centre for the Midvaal Local Municipality.^[2] Many projects have been undertaken to develop the area in the past 14 years.

Some of these projects, include:

• Development of Sicelo, a new neighbourhood for low-cost housing
• The R59-Corridor, a new development of factories and logistics facilities.
• Heineken International, Amsterdam announced on 26 March 2008^{[needs update]} that it will build its new South African brewery in the Midvaal Municipal Area, between Vereeniging and Alberton, south of Johannesburg.^[3]

Meyerton consists of the CBD, residential suburbs, industrial areas and farming communities. Some of the prominent neighbourhoods are;

• Golfpark
• Meyerton Ext 6
• Meyerton Ext 4
• Meyerton Ext 3
• Sicelo
• Henley-on-Klip
• Boltonwold
• Riversdale
• Rothdene
• Kookrus
• Glen Donald
• McKay Estates
• Risiville
• Valley settlements

Meyerton is often reported as being the home of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls which officially opened in January 2007 at Henley-on-Klip, but Henley on Klip is in fact separated from Meyerton. Henley on Klip is a small village and a bird sanctuary outside of Meyerton.

Meyerton is the location of SABC shortwave broadcasting facilities at Bloemendal.

• Chris van Heerden, boxer
• Peter Teixeira, politician

The latest annual crime statistics for the Meyerton Police Precinct was issued by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 2021. The SAPS crime report^[4] showed the following information:

• Tuning Firm Dutch Automotive
• Midvaal Local Municipality
• Vaal Triangle Info
• Meyerton Police Precinct