The name Vereeniging is the Dutch word meaning "association", although the spelling has since changed to vereniging, with a single e. Vereeniging is situated in the southern part of Gauteng Province, and forms the southern portion of the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeninging (PWV) conurbation, and its neighbors are Vanderbijlpark (to the west), Three Rivers (east), Meyerton (north) and Sasolburg (south).

The city is currently one of the most important industrial manufacturing centres in South Africa, with its chief products being iron, steel, pipes, bricks, tiles and processed lime.

[3]: 17  But the Orange Free State government believed that the deposit was too far away and there was a lack of transport so turned down the idea of mining there.

After hearing Stow's story, Marks saw an opportunity to use the coal for energy generation at the Kimberley diamond fields.

[3]: 18 The Treaty of Vereeniging ending the Second Boer War (1899–1902) was negotiated here by delegates of the South African Republic, the Orange Free State, and the British Empire.

During the conflict, a concentration camp was set up in the area by the British in September 1900, and by October 1901 it housed 185 men, 330 women, and 452 children.

[6] In December 2010 and January 2011 the southern part of Gauteng and Mpumulanga experienced a higher than normal rainfall.

It is currently one of the most important industrial manufacturing centres in South Africa, with its chief products being iron, steel, pipes, bricks, tiles and processed lime.

The crest was a dove of peace perched on two clasped hands; the supporters were a lion and a zebra standing on a grassy base strewn with veld flowers; and the motto was Per pacem ad industriam.