Loyengo
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Loyengo is a town in western Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, 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...

. It is located 35 kilometres south of the capital, Mbabane
Mbabane
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, on the MR18 highway, at the junction of the road south to Mankayane
Mankayane
Mankayane is a town located in the Manzini district of Swaziland.This small town services the chiefdom of Velezizweni. Nearby are the extenive manmade forests which cover much of the high veldt areas of Swaziland. The area around Mankayane is also covered in small homesteads where traditional forms...

 and Mgazini
Mgazini
Mgazini is a town in southwest Swaziland. It is located close to the South African border, between the towns of Mankayane and Sicunusa.-References:...

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Loyengo or Luyengo (as it was spelled) was the site of the Swaziland Agricultural College, which became the Swaziland Agricultural College and University Centre (SACUC) and was incorporated into the University of Botswana Lesotho and Swaziland
University of Swaziland
The University of Swaziland developed from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland , formerly known as the University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland , which had its headquarters in Lesotho between 1964 and 1975. It eventually became the University of Botswana and Swaziland in...

(UBLS). The Main campus for UBLS in Swaziland was then built at Kwalazeni, and all departments except agriculture then moved to that campus.

Of note at SACUC was the Cardiff Hall donated by the citizens of Cardiff (Wales) as part of their contribution to Freedom From Hunger Year.

The Tinkabi tractor was developed at SACUC by the then head of agricultural engineering Allen Caterick who left the University to successfully develop the tractor commercially.
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