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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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21 Taiwan businesses invest E1.85bn, create 13k jobs

EZULWINI - Taiwanese businesses have invested over US$100 million (approximately E1.85 billion) in Eswatini, creating around 13 000 jobs across key industries. This...

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Govt renews EWADE CEO’s contract

SIMUNYE - Government through the Nomsa Dlamini – led Board of EWADE, has renewed Dr Samson Sithole’s contract as CEO for an unprecedented...

Business

Trade Promotion Bill to modernise investment, trade framework

EZULWINI – The Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA) has described the proposed Investment and Trade Promotion Bill as a ‘strategic legislative instrument.’ The...

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Business Eswatini commends police

MBABANE – Traffic police officers stationed at the Malagwane Cooling Station were publicly commended yesterday by Business Eswatini (BE) for their courage in...

Business

EWADE makes impressive strides in first quarter

MBABANE – The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) has hailed significant progress in the first quarter of 2025, with CEO Dr...

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African women in business unveils association

MBABANE – The Continental Network for Women’s Business Associations in Africa (CONWOBAA), aimed at promoting intra-African trade, has been officially unveiled.This took place...

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PM woos Japan’s ITOCHU for strategic investments

MBABANE – Eswatini has intensified its economic diplomacy drive, as Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini held high-level talks with ITOCHU Corporation’s Africa Bloc...

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Eswatini leads SACU tariff mechanism development

EZULWINI – Eswatini has earned regional recognition for taking the lead in the establishment of a national consultative mechanism for SACU tariffs and...

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Fruit juice, apparel drive Eswatini-UK export growth

MBABANE - Fruit juice and apparel led Eswatini’s export boom to the United Kingdom in May 2025, helping the country record a strong...

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Re-arrested Chinese nationals demand E208 million from government

MBABANE - Forty Chinese nationals who were re-arrested while trying to leave Eswatini following their conviction and sentencing for being in the country...

‘MaMkhize’ brings back black, white kit

(At Prince of Wales Sports Ground) MBABANE – It was indeed a homecoming party. This came after Mbabane Highlanders President Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize...

Sebakhona Clare Matisa finds new life purpose

Entering the public eye comes with a unique set of expectations. For University of Eswatini student Sebakhona Clare Matisa, national recognition arrived when...

PrEP boom raises fresh STI concerns

MBABANE- More than 11 000 people started pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the first quarter of 2026, signalling growing demand for HIV prevention options...

Rapists jailed 13, 15 years for attacking gogo (79)

MANZINI – Two men convicted of raping a 79-year-old woman at Mafutseni have been sentenced to 13 and 15 years imprisonment. Bhekumuzi Mabuza,...