TOURIST INFORMATION
Witbank Tourism
Saveway Crescent, Postnet Suite 138,
President Street, Witbank
Tel 013 656 2327
Fax 013 656 0286
E-Mail debbie@infotour.co.za
Website www.witbankinfo.co.za
Witbank is situated approximately 120km from Johannesburg and 100km from Pretoria, heading eastwards on the Maputo Economic Corridor. The town is the energy centre of South Africa and the focal point of Africa's largest coalfields, power stations and steel manufacturing. The area has seen positive economic growth over many years.
The name 'Witbank' was derived from a white quartz outcrop, which according to Thomas Baines, "lommed like a wagon tent in the distance'. The town was laid out by Witbank Colliery in 1903 and Samuel Stanford erected the first wood and iron buildng consisting of a shop and hotel. Witbank now forms part of a large municipality called Emahlaleni incorporating the towns of Kriel and Ogies.
