Emgwenya, formerly known as Waterval Boven, is a small town situated along the N4 National Route on the edge of the Escarpment on the banks of the Elands River in Emakhazeni Local Municipality under the Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
The town lies above the 75m Elands Falls on the railway line from Pretoria to Maputo in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Hence the former name Waterval Boven, which means “above the waterfall” in Dutch.
It is the sister town of Waterval Onder which is at the base of the Escarpment below the waterfall. Both settlements were established in 1895 because of the building of the Pretoria – Delagoa Bay railway line, built by the Netherlands-South African Railway Company (NZASM).
