Matsapha opened a 15-hectare park with a wetland and an outdoor gym

Eswatini Positive News reported the Silent Eco Park on November 8. It has walking paths, an outdoor gym built for more kinds of bodies, a plant nursery, and a wetland for birds.

By Tazzora Editorial TeamVerified · Source: Eswatini Positive NewsNov 8, 2026 · 1 min read

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Three adults walking away from the camera along a dirt path between green trees — Illustrative photo of people walking a refuge trail in California. This is not Silent Eco Park in Matsapha. USFWS Pacific Southwest Region / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Matsapha Town Council has opened Silent Eco Park, a 15-hectare green space the paper called Eswatini's first park of its kind. Eswatini Positive News reported the opening on November 8, 2026. The park has walkways, jogging tracks, an outdoor gym with equipment meant to include people with disabilities, a plant nursery, and a wetland kept for birds and other wildlife. Birdwatching spots and a fish pond are part of the site.

Housing and Urban Development Minister Appolo Maphalala, speaking through Principal Secretary Simon Zwane, congratulated the council at the launch. More paths for walking and cycling are still planned. The paper said the park is open while that work continues. Sponsors named in the report are CONCO, YKK, AG Thomas, and MBF. The news is this opening: the paths, the gym, the nursery, and the wetland that are there now. It does not say how many people have used them.

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Matsapha, a town in Eswatini, opened Silent Eco Park. Eswatini Positive News reported it on November 8, 2026. The park covers 15 hectares. It has paths for walking and jogging, an outdoor gym that more people can use, including people with disabilities, a plant nursery, and a wetland where birds can live. There is a fish pond and places to watch birds. Some cycling paths are still planned. Companies helped the town council build it. The news is this opening. It does not say how many people have visited.