During the same year two brothers Fasie and Fleetwood de Kock also played a big role in the history of this district.

In 1973, after the discovery of the coalfields, Eskom was granted authorization to develop a residential area on the farm Roodebloem to provide housing and other facilities for the staff employed at the power station.

In 1973 Eskom was granted authorisation to develop a residential area on the farm Roodebloem to provide housing and other facilities for the staff employed at the power station.

Sports Facilities: Golf, Bowling, Soccer, Squash, Tennis, Rugby, Volleyball, Cricket, Badminton, Karate, a Gymnasium, etc.

Welfare services Kriel has a good infrastructure at its disposal and without starting any excessive capital projects, manages to supply in all of the community's needs.

Kriel is situated between large towns such as Witbank, Secunda, Middelburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg with link roads in relatively good condition.

The route takes the tourist through the grasslands of the Highveld, areas rich in colliers, fields of cosmos, slopes of varied aloes and undulating hills of Natal.

The coalfields of Mpumalanga offer an interesting tourist attraction, with a visit to Kriel's Rietspruit Colliery and Matla Coal being worthwhile.