E5.2bn Strategic Oil Reserve must empower local suppliers
MBABANE – Unlike other projects awarded to foreign firms, the Strategic Oil Reserve Facility agreement mandates a 30 per cent subcontracting quota dedicated...
King pardons Mthandeni, mercy embraces forgiveness
His Majesty King Mswati III ought rightly to be applauded for exercising magnanimity in pardoning and revoking the 18-year custodial sentence handed down...
King reaffirming AU’s stand on coups
His Majesty King Mswati III’s denouncement of coups and unconstitutional changes of governments is not an expression of his personal opinion or political...
Restore truth in public accounts
In recent months, the audit reports released by Eswatini’s Auditor General, Timothy Matsebula, have stirred controversy and scepticism in the public domain, raising...
Eswatini rakes in E35 billion from AGOA
MBABANE – Since the country attained AGOA status in 2000, Eswatini has made significant trade strides.The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), signed...
Auditors misinterpret plot numbers as drugs
MBABANE - An audit report for Parliament’s attention raised questions about a COVID-19 treatment drug, Remdesivir, which was used in Eswatini at the...
Another Chinese firm to get new EWADE tender
MBABANE – The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) intends to award yet another tender to a company from Mainland China.This time,...
Two companies in each inkhundla required
“We have a duty to improve the learning conditions to guarantee our youth a brighter future. We call upon all stakeholders to play...
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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...
PSUs must take E1.29 billion
Few policy questions are more urgent or fraught with risk for Eswatini than how government compensates its civil servants.In recent weeks, government has...
ByMfanukhona Nkambule11 October 2025