Evander is a town in the Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 8km north west of Secunda. The town was founded in 1955 when the Union Corporation

Union Corporation

Union Corporation is a South African mining house founded on 29 December 1897 as A Goerz & Co Ltd. It took over the interests of the British registered company founded by Adolf Goerz in 1893 by. The company was renamed Union Corporation in 1918....

 started its mining activities and was originally part of the Bethal district (named after a town 36km to the east). The town is named after Evelyn Anderson, the wife of Peter Maltitz Anderson

Peter Maltitz Anderson

Peter Maltitz Anderson was a South African mining engineer.He was president of the South African Chamber of Mines in 1925, 1930, 1933, 1937 and 1940/1.- Personal life :...

, one of the directors of the corporation.

Gold mining

The Union Corporation acquired options in the Kinross area, 64 km west of Springs. Mining started in 1955 though heir subsidiary Winkelhaak Mines Ltd.
The Evander mine is currently operating in its 8th shaft and employs 3 300 people. . These operations now owned by Harmony Gold

Harmony Gold (mining)

Harmony Gold is the third largest gold mining company in South Africa , the 12th largest in the world and the 5th largest gold producer in the world. Harmony and its subsidiaries conduct underground and surface gold mining and related activities, including exploration, processing, smelting and...

, mine the Kimberley Reef in the Evander Basin and produced over 16 000 kg of gold from 2008 to 10. The ore is milled and processed at Kinross

Kinross, Mpumalanga

Kinross is a small gold mining town in Mpumalanga, South Africa with four gold mines in the region. The town, named after Kinross in Scotland, was established in 1915....

, 7km north.

Facilities

The town has a 5 primary schools (Emdibini, Hoeveld, Isikhumbuzo, Inqanawe, and T P Stratten), a high school and hosts one of the four campuses of the Gert Sibande College (originally the Evander Technical Institute). The Evander airfield is located just south-west of the town.