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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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E1.73bn 2026/27 budget to boost minerals, energy development

MBABANE - Government has allocated E1.73 billion to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, and mining for the 2026/27 financial year.This has...

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E4.8bn offshore transfers expose systemic tax evasion

EZULWINI - The Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) has launched investigations into what it describes as systematic tax evasion.This is reportedly linked to E4.8...

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SADC launches body to integrate capital markets

MBABANE - Southern African capital markets are set to enter a new phase of regional integration following the establishment of the SADC Capital...

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Inside Agriculture’s E2.02bn 2026/27 budget

MBABANE - Government has allocated E2.02 billion to the Ministry of Agriculture for the 2026/27 financial year.This underlines a renewed push to expand...

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Govt backs AfSIA to unlock MSME financing

MBABANE - Eswatini has moved to position itself at the centre of a new continental blended finance initiative aimed at unlocking affordable, collateral-free...

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FNB Eswatini drives inclusive property finance

MBABANE - FNB Eswatini has intensified efforts to expand inclusive access to property finance by strengthening collaboration across the property value chain.The bank...

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Calls for greater shift in MSMEs support

MBABANE – The Business Federation Eswatini (BUFE) has urged government to use the 2026 National Budget as a turning point for micro, small...

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Business Eswatini’s 9 key pillars for the 2026/27 budget

MBABANE - As the nation prepares for the tabling of the 2026/27 National Budget, Business Eswatini (BE) has issued a comprehensive roadmap of...

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EWADE commits to efficient service delivery

MBABANE - The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) has officially embarked on a new era of innovation and institutional transformation.This follows...

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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...