Editing Vaal Triangle (section)

== Tourism and recreation ==
Nearby is the [[Vaal dam|Vaal Dam]], from which the massive PWV megalopolis ([[Pretoria]], [[Witwatersrand]] and [[Vereeniging]]) draws its water.<ref name="dawf-vaal">{{cite web|url=http://www.dwaf.gov.za/orange/Vaal/vaaldam.htm|title=VAAL DAM|publisher=[[Department of Water Affairs]]|access-date=19 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626050028/www.dwaf.gov.za/orange/Vaal/vaaldam.htm|archive-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> The PWV forms the urban heart of [[Gauteng province]]. The Witwatersrand is the name given to the area that comprises the Greater Johannesburg metropole and the gold-bearing reef along which [[gold]] was discovered in 1886.

The Vaal Dam is well-patronised by people from Johannesburg over the weekends and during holidays, as it provides extensive water recreation facilities some 70&nbsp;km south of the city.