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...
Rains havoc: 25 homes collapse in 24hrs
MBABANE – The siSwati proverb ‘imifula igola tintsetse’ – the rivers are overflowing – has taken on a grim, literal meaning across country.This...
Warning issued: NAN baby formula batch recalled
MBABANE – The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent public recall for a specific batch of Nestlé NAN Special Pro HA 800g...
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Mountain homes face demolition
MBABANE – EmaSwati who were allocated land on hills and mountainous areas could soon see their homes demolished as the Land Management Board...
Bhunu Mall incident: Project manager not qualified engineer
MANZINI – The ongoing construction of the Bhunu Mall has brought to the fore critical questions surrounding statutory compliance. At the centre of...
Public transport fares could increase by 25%
LOBAMBA – Public transport fares could increase by up to 25 per cent under a proposed adjustment by the Ministry of Public Works...
ESCCOM probe uncovers E17m paid into personal accounts
EZULWINI – An ESCCOM investigation has uncovered an alleged transfer of about E17 million into personal bank accounts. The purported financial irregularities involve...
Elderly man found dead in forest
MAPHUNGANE – An 80-year-old man from Mhlabubovu, Maphungwane, was found dead in a forest, with residents suspecting he may have succumbed to the...
