Mankayane is a town located in the Manzini region of Eswatini. This small town services the chiefdom of Velezizweni. The town comprises a variety of resources readily available for use by the chiefdom, these includes Mankayane Government Hospital, the home affairs offices ,police station,correctional services, a fire station, schools and large retail shops such as PEP stores and Shoprite U save. Nearby are the extensive man-made forests which cover much of the high veld areas of Eswatini. The area around Mankayane is also covered in small homesteads where traditional forms of agriculture are carried out. Other small irrigation schemes now exist providing a cash cropping basis for some local farmers. Such schemes are Ntamakuphila and Vulamehlo. The areas to the West and South of Mankayane are Swazi Nation Land (SNL). These areas are "tribal" lands. That is they are administered under traditional systems of land tenure where a chief gives land to men, enough for their wives and children to use. This happens at the point at which these men "give Khonta", or allegiance, to the Chief. Individuals do not own the land they have "rights of usufruct", rights to use land as they need it for their families. To the north are the man-made forests and these sit in Individually Tenured Land (ITL). These pieces of land comprising almost 50% of the country are those areas taken over for use as farms and industry at the time of colonisation. These areas are privately owned; originally by English or Afrikaans farmers and increasingly by indigenous or naturalised Swazi.

Notable people

1. Mr. Absalom Themba Dlamini (Honorary Doctor) - Former prime minister
2. Mr. Sotja Dlamini (late) - Former prime minister
3. Mr. Sibusiso "Spoko" Dlamini - Former football player.
4. Mr. Masheyini Dlamini - Bhunya Bombers Singer
5. Mr. Melika Vilakati (late) - Founder of Jericho Church in Zion
6. Rev. N Mamba - FEA Mission Pastor
7. Mr. Dumisani Cuthbert Khumalo - Former EBIS Radio Personality and Former Lubombo Regional Secretary
8. Mr. Bongani Dlamini - Former Marketing Manager Eswatini Tourism Association and Eagles Transport Director
9. Mr. Sipho Vilakati - Sweet Home Transport Owner
10. Rev. Mkhulu Kaizer Fakudze (late) - Metropolitan Evangelical Church Founder
11. Mr. Mihla K Khumalo - Former EBIS Radio Journalist and The Deputy Prime Minister's Office Spokesperson
12. Mr. Khanyakwezwe Mabuza - Former Nercha CEO and Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health
13. Mr. Mgabhi Dlamini (late) - Former Parliament House of Assembly Speaker
14. Mr. Mabili Dlamini - Former Ambassador and Minister, currently serving in one of Emabandla
15. Mr. Goodman Kunene (late) - Former Principal Secretary
16. Mr. Sihle Khumalo - First Secretary, Eswatini Embassy to Qatar
17. Mr. Lot Vilakati - SNAT Secretary General
18. Dr. Ngcebo Mbuli - Bible Society CEO
19. Mr. Vulindlela Msibi (late) - Former Member of Parliament
20. Mr. Vulindlela Kunene - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Under Secretary-Political
21. Mr. Nkululeko Dlamini (late) - Former Times of Eswatini Journalist
22. Mr. Gcina Dladla - Eswatini Environmental Authority CEO
23. Mr. Evart Madlopha - Former Principal Secretary
24. Mr. Siboniso Charles Madlopha - JA Africa Vice President Operations
25. Dr. Gculisile Khumalo - Stellenbosch University
26. Dr. Zitsile Z Khumalo - University of Johannesburg