15.05.2014 Views

Umzingwane Constituency This constituency has a total population ...

Umzingwane Constituency This constituency has a total population ...

Umzingwane Constituency This constituency has a total population ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Business Centres:<br />

There is one rural service centre in this ward known as Mawabeni.<br />

Veterinary Facilities:<br />

There are 2 dip tanks in this ward known as Glenalategen and Mahanka. The animal<br />

health centre for the ward is known as Mawabeni.<br />

Boreholes:<br />

There are 37 boreholes and 92% are fully functional. The ward needs an additional 6<br />

boreholes.<br />

Income Generating Project:<br />

There are 3 income generating projects which received funding from the Ministry of<br />

Youth, Gender and Employment Creation. Two of the projects are agro-based and 1<br />

offers a service. All the projects received funding in 2001 and one of the projects is being<br />

run by a group of women.<br />

Land Reform:<br />

There are 3 farms which were set aside for the land reform process. There are 449<br />

beneficiaries and out of that figure there are only 39 are women.<br />

Ward 6<br />

<strong>This</strong> is a communal ward, which <strong>has</strong> one of the 3 female councillors in the <strong>constituency</strong>.<br />

The ward <strong>has</strong> a <strong>population</strong> of 3 810 people. The chief in the ward is known as Mabhena.<br />

Education:<br />

There are 5 primary schools in this ward known as Bezha, Kumbudzi, Munkula,<br />

Nonkwane and Swazi. The schools are owned by council and all the teachers at these<br />

schools are trained. The secondary school in this ward known as Swazi was built in<br />

1981, is owned by council and offers education up to O’ level. The school <strong>has</strong> 18trained<br />

and 2untrained teachers.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!