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.
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...
R1 million milestone for PoMT COVID-19 relief
Over the past five months, the Proud of my Town (PoMT) programme has invested over R1 million towards a host of relief and recovery interventions in 13 communities across seven provinces. Ranyaka has been rolling out the multi-faceted PoMT programme in a growing...
What about the children?
Over the past four years, Nedbank's Proud of my Town (PoMT) programme has invested over R1 million towards supporting Early Childhood Development centres. With the ECD sector hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a nationwide lockdown, PoMT made it possible for us...
Hello, Kanyamazane!
This past weekend marked a special milestone in the Ranyaka journey - and the unfolding story of Nedbank's Proud of my Town programme. Thank you to the community of Kanyamazane, Nelspruit in Mpumalanga for welcoming the Ranyaka team into your midst!A group of 80...