ESCCOM launches state of communications sector study
EZULWINI - The Eswatini Communications Commission (ESCCOM) has announced plans to undertake a comprehensive State of Communications Sector Study for the 2025/26 financial...
Pineapple production’s slow recovery
MBABANE - Post-drought pineapple production in Eswatini is improving.However, the recovery is taking longer than anticipated and continues to weigh on the performance...
ERS taken to court for over E500k VAT
MBABANE – A local pharmacy chain has taken the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) to the High Court. The pharmacy is accusing the tax...
Agriculture to pick up by 5.3 per cent, spur economic growth
MBABANE - In 2026, the agriculture and forestry subsector is projected to pick up by 5.3 per cent, supported by the growing of...
CBE deputy governor promotes women’s economic leadership
MBABANE - The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Eswatini, Felicia Dlamini, has urged young economists, policymakers and institutions to place women...
What Eswatini needs to unlock private growth – IMF
MBABANE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Eswatini to accelerate long-overdue structural reforms.That is if the country is to achieve...
IMF projects over 4 per cent growth, but not enough…
MBABANE – Eswatini’s economy is expected to grow by 4.3 per cent in 2025 and 4.6 per cent in 2026, but structural reforms...
Eswatini records trade deficit with SA in July
MBABANE – Eswatini recorded a negative trade balance of E41.6 million with its largest trading partner, South Africa, in July 2025. According to...
RESCorp forecasts E519m profit for FY 2025/26
MBABANE - The Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation (RESCorp) has projected a consolidated profit, before taxation, of approximately E519 million for the current financial...
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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...
