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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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BE urges Parly to safeguard economic growth

MBABANE - Business Eswatini (BE) has reaffirmed its central role in shaping the country’s economic trajectory.This follows a compelling presentation delivered by its...

Business

Imports flood SACU market, sugar sector under pressure

MBABANE - Eswatini’s sugar industry, is under mounting pressure as a surge of cheap imported sugar into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)...

Business

Private sector credit reaches E21.7bn in September

MBABANE – Credit extended to Eswatini’s private sector continued to expand in September 2025, according to the latest monthly statistical release by the...

Business

Eswatini to benefit from World Bank’s over E200m power project

MBABANE – Eswatini stands to benefit from strengthened regional electricity reliability and affordability following the World Bank’s approval of a US$12 million (over...

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King wants enabling environment to drive billionaire entrepreneurs

MANZINI - His Majesty King Mswati III has called on government to intensify efforts to create an enabling business environment for micro, small...

Business

Corruption levels worrying – Ubombo MD

MATSAPHA – Ubombo Sugar Limited Managing Director Muzi Siyaya has issued a strong warning that corruption in Eswatini has reached ‘worrying levels’.He said...

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Nkonyeni Pre-Cast revenue falls 7% amid strategic restructuring

MBABANE - Nkonyeni Pre-Cast Limited (NPC), one of the companies listed on the Eswatini Stock Exchange, has reported a 7 per cent decline...

Business

E3.5bn co-operative sector eyes new bank

MBABANE – Eswatini’s Cooperative sector, which now collectively manages assets valued at over E3.5 billion, is taking a major step towards deepening financial...

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Regional Customs address narcotics smuggling, e-commerce

MBABANE – Regional Customs officials are gathered in Eswatini to discuss narcotics trafficking, e-commerce revenue risks, AEO harmonisation and integrity reforms shaping regional...

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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...