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Simunye is a
townA town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in eastern
SwazilandSwaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
about 30 kilometres from the border with
South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It lies slightly west of the Lubombo Mountains, about 55 north-east of
SitekiSiteki is a town in eastern Swaziland, lying west of the Lebombo Mountains. It is named for a declaration of Mbandzeni permitting his troops to marry....
. The town is geographically only about 22 kilometres north-west of
MhlumeniMhlumeni is a town in eastern Swaziland on the border with Mozambique. Iat lies in the Lubombo Mountains about 40 kilometres north-east of Siteki in Lubombo District....
on the eastern border, but because of the mountain range it is probably nearer 100 kilometres by road detouring southwards through
SitekiSiteki is a town in eastern Swaziland, lying west of the Lebombo Mountains. It is named for a declaration of Mbandzeni permitting his troops to marry....
.
Sport
The town is home to the
Royal Leopards F.C.Royal Leopards are a Swazi soccer club based in Simunye. They are the Royal Swaziland Police team.-Achievements:*Swazi Premier League: 3*Swazi Cup: 2*Swazi Charity Cup: 1*Swazi Trade Fair Cup: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:...
, ruling football champions of Swaziland.
Stories
Simunye is also the name of a short story by Piper Dellums about when her family was supposed to adopt a Swazi girl for a year but she turned out to be white. Piper and Carrie bonded but when Carrie left after a year she vanished because she was working with an Anti-Apartheid act.
"Simunye" (Zulu meaning "We are one") is a volunteer group aiming to bring safe patient handling equipment to South Africa. (see [www.uk-simunye-za.org] )