Calibrating EYEOP for impact
It is befitting to start this piece by acknowledging the E500 million that the government is ploughing into youth opportunities. Eswatini youth employment...
Redesigning public works programmes architecture
The country battles a stubborn problem of unemployment, with official statistics placing national unemployment at 33 per cent of the total labour force...
Geopolitics, climate, monetary policy tightrope
The global economy is once again hostage to geography and climate. The Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandab Strait, two of the...
New debt strategy: Borrowing by proxy, risking by guarantee
Last year, it was the Eswatini National Petroleum Company (ENPC). This year, it is the Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC). A new...
E1.5 billion fiscal gap: A warning on fiscal discipline
Thecountry’s fiscal position has once again come under the spotlight following Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg’s announcement that government must raise E1.5 billion this...
Regulation in crisis: Lessons from ESCCOM troubles
The revelation that E17 million was misappropriated by officials within the Eswatini Communications Commission (ESCCOM) has shocked the public. Yet this scandal is...
Economics of evictions: Displacement vs land acquisition costs
Thecountry constantly wakes up to issues of land tenure, which are more pronounced in farm evictions. This is a recurring issue that requires...
Growth engine to fiscal trap – public debt
As one assesses the implied path and debt theory within the public sphere, debt can be used as an engine for growth, provided...
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Magistrate Ngwenya new Commissioner of Co-ops
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The curious case of ‘facata’
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BySanele Sibiya28 October 2026