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 - EIPA says the E2.4 billion investment by Ubombo Sugar Limited (USL) marks one of the strongest demonstrations yet of growing investor...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta12 December 2025MBABANE - Eswatini’s trade performance with the United Kingdom (UK) has taken a significant downturn.The latest data released by the UK’s Department for...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta11 December 2025EZULWINI - Eswatini’s financial system is operating under increasingly complex and interlinked pressures, with risks emerging from fiscal constraints, external uncertainties and domestic...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta11 December 2025EZULWINI – Concentration risk on the Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) has emerged as the most pressing structural vulnerability in the domestic capital market.This...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta10 December 2025MBABANE - The Swaziland Building Society (SBS) has spent in excess of E20 million over the past decade to transition into a fully...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta10 December 2025MBABANE – Eswatini has taken another decisive step toward securing energy independence and expanding local generation capacity. This follows the signing of the...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta9 December 2025EZULWINI - The Governor of the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE), Dr Phil Mnisi, has issued a strong and timely warning about the...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta9 December 2025EZULWINI - Households are increasingly borrowing money for day-to-day needs rather than long-term investments.This is a trend the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE)...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta9 December 2025MBABANE – The Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, has secured renewed assurance of continued investment into Eswatini’s sugar sector following...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta8 December 2025MBABANE – 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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