KaMalaza Mercy home
The place
KaMalaza Mercy home in the Hhohho region, Piggs Peak/Bulembu sector (northern Eswatini highlands, Eswatini/Swaziland), at 1422 m elevation, highveld plateau. Continuous Eswatini cluster (batches 340-368). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Eswatini missing. Traditional Swazi ka-Malaza home/care home (locative prefix ka- + Malaza patronym, Swazi clan + "Mercy home" church/NGO rural development shelter + Piggs Peak old gold mining hub 1884 W. Pigg miner discovery + Bulembu former asbestos village 4000 inhabitants 2001 factory closure + Malolotja Nature Reserve 180 km² + Ngwenya iron ore mine 3000-2000 BC oldest known human mine in the world + Swazi heritage (Bantu people, 1.2 M, siSwati language, Nkosi Dlamini dynasty 1750, Mswati II son + Ngwane kingdom 1780, Mswati III since 1986, Africa's only absolute monarchy + Lobamba spiritual capital + Umhlanga reed dance, 100,000 maidens, annual ritual August-September cultural feature).
The setting
Hhohho Piggs Peak/Bulembu highlands N Eswatini/Swaziland 1422 m highveld plateau, continuous cluster batches 340-368, Swazi ka-Malaza home locative prefix + Malaza clan + Mercy home church/NGO + Piggs Peak gold mining hub 1884 W. Pigg + Bulembu asbestos 4000 inhab 2001 closure + Malolotja Nature Res 180 km² + Ngwenya iron ore 3000-2000 BC oldest mine in world, Swazis Bantu 1.2 M siSwati Nkosi Dlamini 1750 Mswati II + Ngwane 1780 Mswati III since 1986 only absolute monarchy in Africa + Lobamba spiritual + Umhlanga reed dance 100,000 maidens ritual Aug-Sept, ANOMALY Eswatini missing.
