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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.

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MNWAP skills, jobs programme gains traction despite delays

MBABANE – Eswatini’s ambitious programme aimed at linking skills development to job creation under the Mkhondvo-Ngwavuma Water Augmentation Programme (MNWAP) is gaining momentum.Although...

Business

Ubombo Sugar kicks off crushing season amid E1.2bn project

MBABANE – Ubombo Sugar Limited has officially kicked off the 2026/27 crushing season while advancing a transformative E1.2 billion factory debottlenecking project.The company...

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E1.9bn AfDB-financed MR3 boosts economy, safety – report

MBABANE - The completion of the Manzini–Mbadlane Highway upgrade has delivered improvements in trade efficiency, road safety and commuter mobility.This positions the MR3...

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ENPF, ERS coming for non-compliant employers

EZULWINI – Non-compliant employers are fast running out of hiding places as the ENPF and the ERS intensify efforts to clamp down on...

Business

EIPA promises improved, bigger Investment Conference experience

MBABANE – The Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA) has assured the business community that the second edition of the Eswatini Investment Conference (EIC)...

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Eswatini, SA standards bodies sign strategic pact

MBABANE - The Eswatini Standards Authority (ESWASA) has taken a significant step towards strengthening the country’s industrial competitiveness.This follows the signing a memorandum...

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FINCORP’s E10.1bn funds 15 000 jobs over 3 decades

MBABANE – FINCORP has marked three decades of operations with a strong record of economic impact, having disbursed over E10.1 billion into the...

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ERS collects E15.7bn in 2025/26, 7.6% rise

MBABANE - The Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) has closed the 2025/26 financial year on a strong note, collecting a total of E15.7 billion...

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Nedbank Eswatini headline earnings up 5%

MBABANE - Nedbank Eswatini Limited has delivered a solid financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025.This performance was underpinned by strong...

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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...