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 – Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of two major factory projects in Pigg’s...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta1 September 2025MBABANE – The financial year 2024/25 proved to be a challenging one for the Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation (RESCorp).Yet, the company emerged resilient,...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta31 August 2025MBABANE - The Ministry of Economic Planning and Development has reported that Eswatini’s economy recorded marginal growth in the first quarter of 2025.The...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta29 August 2025MBABANE – The German Co-operative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV) has pledged more than E30 million between 2025 and 2027 to strengthen Eswatini’s co-operative...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta29 August 2025MBABANE – Amandla Omnotho has been unveiled as the investor set to establish a footwear factory at Sigwe, in the Shiselweni Region –...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta28 August 2025MBABANE – At least 5 000 businesses across five major urban centres have been engaged through the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) Bafundzise Campaign....
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta28 August 2025MBABANE - Eswatini stands at a critical crossroads as the country confronts growing global tariff pressures while new opportunities emerge across Europe, Africa...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta27 August 2025MBABANE – The Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, has urged government, parastatals and the private sector to prioritise timely payments...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta27 August 2025MBABANE – Japan may hold the key to rescuing Eswatini’s coal industry from its steep decline, following revelations that the Asian economic giant...
ByNhlanganiso Mkhonta26 August 2025MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...
ByTimes Reporter15 July 2026MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...
ByKwanele Dlamini16 July 2026MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...
ByNELISWA SIBIYA14 July 2026MBABANE – Making DNA testing compulsory before issuing birth certificates could cost taxpayers about E126 million annually, enough to fund free Grade I...
BySTANLEY KHUMALO15 July 2026MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...
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