The primal crops are cotton, citrus, groundnuts, sunflowers, vegetables, grapes, soya beans, paprika, corn and tobacco. Piet Retief Situated in the lush green Assegai Valley, known as The Meeting Place of Cultures, with some eight indigenous cultures converging here, as well as a German speaking community. A prosperous farming community and gateway to Swaziland Middelburg, Mpumalanga Middelburg is known as the 'Stainless Steel Capital of Africa' It has a strong infrastructure and well-establised community. Barberton Gem of the Lowveld, situated in picturesque surroundings and scenic beauty in the De Kaap Valley, where some of the oldest sedimentary rock formations in the world are found. The entire town has been declared a national monument .
Visitors can relive the days of the old Transvaal gold rush.