Evander is a town located in the western part of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
It is approximately 8 km north-west of Secunda. Other neighboring towns are Bethal, Kinross, and Embalenhle.
Evander was founded in 1955 when the Union Corporation started its mining activities and was originally part of the Bethal district (named after a town 36 km to the east).
The town is named after Evelyn Anderson (1886-1972), the wife of Peter Maltitz Anderson, one of the directors of the corporation.
