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 – Everyday consumers are facing a fresh wave of financial pressure as basic necessities become significantly more expensive over the next 12...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta23 September 2026MBABANE - Local businesses, particularly MSMEs supplying government and private-sector entities, have come together to form the Eswatini Suppliers Association, amid persistent challenges...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta22 September 2026MBABANE – A surge in construction activity across Eswatini drove quarry stone production up by a remarkable 158.8 per cent during the first...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta22 September 2026EZULWINI - MTN Group Senior Vice President Ebenezer Asante is in Eswatini to engage with the local operation’s executive leadership team on the...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta21 September 2026MBABANE - Eswatini’s economy expanded by 6.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, placing the country among the stronger-performing economies in...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta21 September 2026EZULWINI - EIPA has launched two digital intelligence tools designed to give investors, exporters, businesses and policymakers easier access to information needed to...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta20 September 2026NHLANGANO - Shiselweni Forestry Company (SFC) is diversifying into agriculture through maize, sugar beans and beef production as part of efforts to support...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta18 September 2026MBABANE – The Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project Phase II (LUSIP-II) has delivered its targeted agricultural production outcomes. The African Development Bank (AfDB)...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta18 September 2026MBABANE – Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo is championing a nationwide inspection exercise aimed at ensuring businesses comply with Eswatini’s...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta17 September 2026MBABANE – Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize’s Mbabane Highlanders AM face their sternest MTN Premier League test yet when they meet Royal Leopard at Mayaluka...
BySanele Jele5 October 2026MBABANE – Eswatini's fastest lady Bongiwe 'Smolly' Mahlalela has been crowned Sportswoman of the Year at the prestigious Tshwane University of Technology Sports...
ByNtombikayise Gwebu3 October 2026MBABANE - Standard Bank Eswatini is bringing back its Instant Money service, four years after replacing it with Unayo, with customers now being...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta3 October 2026MBABANE – The construction industry and the entire economy of the country are under siege. It has emerged that Eswatini has been importing...
ByMfanukhona Nkambule4 October 2026MANZINI – Bunye Betfu Buhle Betfu Savings and Credit Co-operative a scheme for civil servants, is in tatters. The scheme, one of the...
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