Tariff hike decision delayed as ESERA reviews submissions
MBABANE – The Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA) is planning to issue a detailed statement providing an update on the proposed electricity tariff...
Eswatini learner tops SADC Region in IEB assessment
MBABANE – A liSwati learner has broken academic barriers after emerging as the top-performing pupil in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region...
When roads become graveyards
No parent sends their child off to school expecting to receive a call that shatters their world. Yet, that unfathomable tragedy unfolded recently...
Copper theft drives electricity tariff hike
MBABANE - The proposed 20.67 per cent electricity tariff hike is being driven in part by escalating losses linked to copper theft and...
E21m national waste management plant nears completion
MBABANE – The E21 million national waste management plant currently under construction in Matsapha is nearing completion. This marks a major milestone in...
UEDF intercepts 35 goats from smugglers
MBABANE – The porous fence along the perimeters of Eswatini with South Africa and Mozambique, at various intervals, is a hive of criminal...
Why attend? Tariff hike will happen anyway – residents
NHLANGANO – Poor attendance marked the electricity tariff consultation held at Bethesda Church in Nhlangano, with residents attributing the low turnout to public...
Rains disrupt interstate transport
MBABANE – Weeks of relentless torrential rains across Southern Africa have severely disrupted interstate transport, forcing operators to abandon key routes and rely...
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