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...
When giants wrestle, small nations must think
As global attention fixates on the growing tension between the United States, Russia and China -and the renewed strategic interest in places like...
Act in place, Cancer Unit can now operate
MBABANE – The enactment of the Nuclear Radiation and Safety Act of 2025 has paved the way for the operationalisation of the Manzini...
Prime minister praises Inyatsi for E1bn taxes
MBABANE – In a tone that blended admiration with challenge, Prime Minister Russell Dlamini threw a rhetorical question that echoed through the hall:...
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New bus fares to take effect next week
MANZINI – Commuters will start paying higher bus fares next week after transport operators begin displaying notices announcing the revised tariffs. The new...
Illegal foreign-owned businesses given 1 year to close
LOBAMBA – Foreign-owned businesses found operating in violation of the country’s laws and regulations have been given 12 months to regularise their operations...
Another cup final for MaMkhize’s Eswatini team
(At Somhlolo National Stadium) Highlanders AM.....(0)0 Ubombo Sugar........(0)0 Highlanders won 5-3 on penalties) MBABANE - Mbabane Highlanders AM reached the PLE Charity Cup...
FNB offers more incentives to attract new customers
MBABANE - FNB Eswatini has introduced a campaign offering qualifying customers repayment holidays, cash-back incentives and additional family protection benefits. This comes as...
Magistrate Ngwenya new Commissioner of Co-ops
MBABANE – Magistrate Cebisile Ngwenya, a corporate law specialist and former Assistant Master of the High Court, has been appointed Commissioner of Co-operatives....
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...
ByKhulile Thwala26 January 2026