Belrose Supermarket and petrol station in Meyerton. With the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand area in the late 1800âs, a further discovery was made called âBlack Reefâ, which ran along the bank of the Klip River. Johannes Petrus Meyer, a council member for the Klip River District had a vision for a town in this area. In 1981 the town of Meyerton was officially proclaimed on the 6 June 1891. It has a population of 12 000 and sits on the Klip River, a tributary of the Vaal River.