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 – Eswatini’s inflation rose slightly to 2.9 per cent in October 2025, driven mainly by housing, utilities and alcohol price increases amid...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta17 November 2025EZULWNI - 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...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta16 November 2025EZULWINI – The Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) has revealed that in the past two years, emaSwati have channelled E31.8 million (US$1.8 million)...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta14 November 2025EZULWINI — The Central Bank of Mozambique (BoM) will provide technical support to the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) in the construction of...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta14 November 2025MBABANE – The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, Lindiwe Mbingo, led a high-level delegation from the Kingdom of...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta13 November 2025MBABANE – The Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, yesterday officially opened a workshop for Senators from the ministry’s portfolio committee...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta13 November 2025MBABANE – Eswatini is intensifying its efforts to position itself as a competitive regional manufacturing and investment hub through deepened bilateral and private-sector...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta12 November 2025BIG BEND - The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) has reported a substantial rise in revenue, generated by sugar cane farmers...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta12 November 2025MBABANE – Associated British Foods (ABF), the parent company of Ubombo Sugar Limited, says it is successfully advancing its long-term growth strategy in...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta11 November 2025MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...
ByTimes Reporter15 July 2026MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...
ByKwanele Dlamini16 July 2026MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...
ByNELISWA SIBIYA14 July 2026MBABANE – Making DNA testing compulsory before issuing birth certificates could cost taxpayers about E126 million annually, enough to fund free Grade I...
BySTANLEY KHUMALO15 July 2026MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...
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