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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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RATE dismisses food outlet’s E3.1m appeal against ERS

MBABANE - The Revenue Appeals Tribunal Eswatini (RATE) has dismissed an appeal lodged by a restaurant/food outlet against the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS).The...

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How new skills report empowers private sector

MBABANE - The private sector in Eswatini has long wrestled with the widening disconnect between the skills produced by higher education institutions and...

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Non-bank financial sector assets soar to E118bn

MBABANE – Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) have continued to show resilience and sustained growth, with total assets increasing by 3.56 per cent in...

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Southern Africa urged to channel budgets towards job creation

EZULWINI - The 31st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) of Southern Africa has urged governments to boost...

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Top corporate minds converge for King V

MBABANE - In just a few days, Eswatini’s corporate community will converge at Esibayeni Lodge (Esangweni) for the much-anticipated ‘All Set for King...

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Eswatini benchmarks Nigeria’s industrial free zone model

MBABANE - Eswatini is taking a page from Nigeria’s industrialisation playbook by studying how Africa’s most populous nation has successfully developed and managed...

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Eswatini sugar faces Zimbabwe surtaxes

EZULWINI - Eswatini’s sugar industry has become a symbol of the persistent trade barriers stifling Africa’s regional integration. The country’s sugar exports are...

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Industrialisation key to Africa’s economic resilience – ECA

EZULWINI – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has reaffirmed that inclusive industrialisation is the most viable development path for Southern...

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EWADE, ZTCS JV seal E331m MNWAP deal

LUBOVANE – The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) and ZTCS Joint Venture have signed contracts totalling E331.3 million under the Mkhondvo-Ngwavuma...

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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...