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ESWATINI’S STRUGGLES TO FULLY UTILISE EU TRADE AGREEMENT
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 28/01/2025 08:10:00

EZULWINI: Significant challenges continue to prevent the nation from maximising
the benefits of duty-free and quota-free access to the European Union (EU)
market.This is despite

NEDBANK DEMANDS OVER  E14M FROM BUFFALO DISTRIBUTORS
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 28/01/2025 08:04:00

MBABANE - Nedbank Eswatini Limited is urgently seeking to recover E14 685 245.40
from Manaim Investments trading as Buffalo Distributors. This follows the
company’s alleged

BE, TUCOSWA WEIGH IN ON MINISTERS’ PRADO PURCHASES
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 27/01/2025 08:29:00

MBABANE - As the storm of discontent continues to brew over government’s
recent purchase of Toyota Prado 2.8L XL vehicles for Cabinet ministers, the
decision

EIPA URGES COURT TO INTERVENE IN FACTORY SHELL DISPUTE
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 27/01/2025 08:18:00

MBABANE – EIPA has approached the High Court of Eswatini to secure access to a
property previously leased by Davinscot Clothing, citing financial losses and

ERS CONCERNED OVER SMUGGLING THROUGH INFORMAL CROSSINGS
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 27/01/2025 08:12:00

EZULWINI – ERS Commissioner General Brightwell Nkambule has sounded the alarm
on the rising trend of goods being smuggling goods through informal crossings
instead of

SEAMLESS TRADE WITH SINGLE GOVT AUTHORISED ECONOMIC OPERATOR
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 26/01/2025 07:30:00

EZULWINI – Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini has assigned the National
Trade Facilitation Committee (NTFC) a vital objective for 2025: To
operationalise the Single Government

… NEED TO BOLSTER LOCAL REVENUE COLLECTION EFFORT
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 26/01/2025 07:28:00

EZULWINI - The recent decline in SACU receipts has emphasised the need for
Eswatini to bolster local revenue collection efforts. The Minister for Finance,
Neal Rijkenberg,

IMF PROJECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 20/01/2025 08:08:00

MBABANE – The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic
Outlook (WEO) for January 2025, forecasts a positive trajectory for Sub-Saharan
Africa, including Eswatini, despite

FNB UPDATES CROSS-BORDER PAYMENT FEES
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 20/01/2025 08:03:00

MBABANE – Cross-border payment challenges that affected Eswatini in 2024,
following changes to the Common Monetary Area (CMA) agreements, appear to have
been resolved. First

LUSIP II BANANA PLANTING INITIATIVE ACHIEVES 65.7% PROGRESS
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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta on 14/01/2025 08:00:00

MBABANE - The Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP II) continues
to transform Eswatini’s agricultural landscape with its ambitious banana
planting initiative. Aimed at increasing