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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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Inflation slightly edges up to 2.9%

MBABANE – Eswatini’s inflation rose slightly to 2.9 per cent in October 2025, driven mainly by housing, utilities and alcohol price increases amid...

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Eswatini enters Africa’s instant payments revolution

EZULWNI - Eswatini has been formally recognised as one of Africa’s newest entrants into the continent’s fast-growing instant payments ecosystem.This follows the launch...

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CBE flags crypto imbalance as E31.8m moved

EZULWINI – The Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) has revealed that in the past two years, emaSwati have channelled E31.8 million (US$1.8 million)...

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Mozambique to guide Eswatini in E2.7bn CBE project

EZULWINI — The Central Bank of Mozambique (BoM) will provide technical support to the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) in the construction of...

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Eswatini studies Kenya’s progress on electric mobility

MBABANE – The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, Lindiwe Mbingo, led a high-level delegation from the Kingdom of...

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Ministry advances SEZ, Companies Bills reforms

MBABANE – The Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, yesterday officially opened a workshop for Senators from the ministry’s portfolio committee...

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Eswatini positions itself as regional manufacturing hub

MBABANE – Eswatini is intensifying its efforts to position itself as a competitive regional manufacturing and investment hub through deepened bilateral and private-sector...

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EWADE sugar cane revenue up by over 23%

BIG BEND - The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) has reported a substantial rise in revenue, generated by sugar cane farmers...

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ABF sets growth path for Ubombo Sugar operations

MBABANE – Associated British Foods (ABF), the parent company of Ubombo Sugar Limited, says it is successfully advancing its long-term growth strategy in...

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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...

E2bn Chinese fraud suspect fears death penalty

MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...

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...

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...