Vaalbank (also known as Libangeni) is a small town some 102 kilometers northeast of Pretoria.
The town is an important one in Mpumalanga's northwestern end where the majority of the surrounding population is rural and does not have infrastructure.
It is situated in the Dr JS Moroka Municipality of the Nkangala District.
The early Vaalbank was established to be an urban residential site for the Ndebele population.
But with the demise of Apartheid, the town became multi-ethnic and services rendered were no longer of high quality.