KANYAMAZANE
MBOMBELA, MPUMALANGA
Bounty of nature
Surrounded by beautiful mountains and lush vegetation, Kanyamazane is a township situated some 30km from Nelspruit in the Mpumalanga Province. This urban-rural township was established as a labour reserve in 1978 and was then zoned to fall within the Kangwane homeland. Today it is a township which homes 11,814 families. The young people of Kanyamazane are thriving to put this township on the map with their aspirations and ideas that will one day transform this place into a business hub rightly blessed with everything nature has to offer.
Changemakers in action: The spark of youth
Reimagining the power of youth“It feels good to be a champion. When we’re together, we feel safe and grow stronger, learning how to care for ourselves, our environment, each other, and the places we call home.” – Owami, 2025. (Changemaker) The word changemaker has...
Co-creating safer communities
A small group of unarmed women patrol the streets of a neighbourhood where the sound of gunshots rings out at night. A team gathers in the make-shift corrugated iron structure that is home to the ‘boardroom’ where they plan both safety and sports activities for their...
Join online – build on the ground
Introducing the Proud of our Towns Facebook Groups “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress and working together is success.”The world of social media did not yet exist when Henry Ford spoke these wise words. But many decades later, they still...
The story of the little vegetable factories
An old tyre, a few discarded plastic shopping bags, a two-liter plastic cooldrink bottle and enough soil to fill the tyre to create a little vegetable garden – this is what you need to create what Steven Barnard from NuNet calls the “Garden of Life”, because with...
Building Business | Reflections on 2020 and the way forward
The year 2020 upended the global economy, bringing disruption and, in many cases, devastation at mass scale. Small, medium- and micro enterprises (SMMEs) as well as survivalist businesses have been especially hard hit.During the course of this year, the Nedbank Proud...
Sport changes lives
Forty players from the Kanyamazane Hockey Club in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province are the proud owners of brand-new uniforms following a sponsorship by the Proud of my Town programme. Each of the four coaches also received tracksuits and PoMT will also be sponsoring...