Nhlanganiso Mkhonta serves as Business Editor at the Times of Eswatini. He reports on business, economics, finance, investment, entrepreneurship and public policy, producing insightful coverage and analysis of the issues driving Eswatini’s economy and the wider African business environment.
MBABANE - The African Development Bank Group has unveiled an ambitious intervention strategy for Eswatini aimed at reducing the cost of doing business,...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta18 May 2026MBABANE - Eswatini’s inflation outlook has taken a worrying turn after the country’s annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.0 per cent in April...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta17 May 2026MBABANE - Government’s industrialisation drive received another major boost on Wednesday, following the commissioning of the E700 million Eswatini Metal Foundries project at...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta15 May 2026BIG BEND - The multibillion Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP) Phase I and II has received strong international recognition.Kenward, who is the...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta15 May 2026MBABANE - The Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) recorded notable growth in its debt market during April 2026, with both corporate and government bonds...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta13 May 2026EZULWINI - Up to 3 000 jobs will be created at the peak of construction during the second phase of the E2 billion...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta13 May 2026MBABANE - Government has appointed Muzi Siyaya as the new Chairperson of the Board of the Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA).The announcement was...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta12 May 2026EZULWINI – The Government of Eswatini has intensified efforts to plug an estimated E4.259 billion annual tax leakage through the introduction of a...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta12 May 2026SIMUNYE – Climate-smart agriculture, irrigation expansion and stronger partnerships between government, financiers and agribusinesses will be critical in securing the future of the...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta11 May 2026For more than four decades, Eswatini has witnessed one of the most significant periods of infrastructure development in its history. Under the leadership...
ByMthobisi Buthelezi1 August 2026MBABANE – In a move that will significantly alter travel logistics for Eswatini nationals, the United States Embassy in Mbabane will cease accepting...
ByMfanukhona Nkambule1 August 2026KONTSHINGILA – Hundreds of residents living on a privately owned farm at Ncangosini, Kontshingila, are set to be spared from eviction after an...
ByTimothy Simelane3 August 2026MONENI – Moneni overseer Prince Polycarp says he does not have the money to compensate the over 200 new homesteads that were settled...
ByTimothy Simelane4 August 2026MBABANE – When the 12th Parliament assumed office in 2023, an ordinary Member of Parliament (MP) was earning a basic monthly salary of...
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