Song, fasting, tradition: When Ramadan meets Eswatini’s Buganu Ceremony
MBABANE – Colourful traditional attire, rhythmic song and the scent of fermented marula fruit fill the air each year as Eswatini gathers for...
Senate President hails King’s vision for Eswatini
LOBAMBA – Senate President Lindiwe Dlamini has declared His Majesty King Mswati III’s 40-year reign a cornerstone of national stability, describing it as...
Electricity hike: Schools billed as businesses
MBABANE – Across Eswatini, the first school period begins around 7:30am.Inside one of the schools around the Hhohho Region, squints at a chalkboard...
Form V results: Nearly 13 000 fail UNESWA entry
MBABANE – What is the whole purpose of attaining a high school education?The answer is definitely ‘for one to enter university’ and prepare...
Gold, gangs, guns: Inside Eswatini transnational network of illegal gold miners
MBABANE – Eswatini is bleeding millions of Dollars every year as organised criminal syndicates loot gold from abandoned and illegal mines, exploiting unemployed...
E1 000 to smuggle human remains to Eswatini
MBABANE – In the deep quiet of the country’s rural borderland, a transaction is made not in daylight, but under the cover of...
More arrests, no convictions in ‘facata’ scams
MBABANE – It is 9pm and Gogo Thoko’s phone rings.The man on the other end of the line says he is Dr Musa...
Taking bodies directly to mortuaries illegal
MBABANE – Picture this scenario.A teenage girl is laid down, her body cold and still. Family members whispering prayers as funeral parlour attendants,...
Govt proposes class shifts to fix enrolment woes
MBABANE – Soon, pupils across Eswatini may no longer all report for class at the same early hour.The Ministry of Education and Training...
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Maloma Colliery calls for calm as wage talks continue
MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...
Eswatini girls shine at Dance World Cup finals
MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...
DNA plan could swallow E126m of Home Affairs budget
MBABANE – Making DNA testing compulsory before issuing birth certificates could cost taxpayers about E126 million annually, enough to fund free Grade I...
Swazipharm blames ministry delays, commits to compliance
LOBAMBA – After being implicated in the delivery of medical drugs that were later recalled, prominent pharmaceutical supplier Swazipharm has reaffirmed its commitment...
Shembe forgives Zulu King after video fallout
MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...
