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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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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...

News

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...

Business

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...

Business

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...

Business

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...

Business

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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MBABANE - Standard Bank Eswatini is bringing back its Instant Money service, four years after replacing it with Unayo, with customers now being...

Eswatini now imports building blocks

MBABANE – The construction industry and the entire economy of the country are under siege. It has emerged that Eswatini has been importing...

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MANZINI – Bunye Betfu Buhle Betfu Savings and Credit Co-operative a scheme for civil servants, is in tatters. The scheme, one of the...