Copper crisis: Bill needs stronger penalties
MBABANE - The country’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill of 2025 needs to be strengthened by adopting South African penalties to save millions of...
Maloma Colliery to retrench as demand for coal drops
MBABANE – South African electricity tariffs have forced Maloma Colliery Limited to retrench its operations as 14 smelters shut down their plants in...
Seven EPTC senior employees implicated in copper theft
MBABANE – The net is closing in on seven Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC) senior employees suspected of being part of a...
Move to sabotage Matlala ID investigation uncovered
MBABANE – Investigations into how South African ‘crime boss’ Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala acquired an Eswatini national identity (ID) document have taken a dramatic...
Team to probe Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala ID issue
MBABANE – A team of police investigators has been put in place to investigate how Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala acquired Eswatini identity documents.The team...
Outcry over digital gate pass in schools
MBABANE – The installation of digital registration cards in some public schools has sparked sharp contention, with teachers and parents vowing not to...
Over 5 000 jobs as AfDB approves E841.7m loan
MBABANE – The country has sourced E841.7 million to transform the economy and create about 5 000 jobs as outlined in the national...
Neal risks SACU receipts – economists
MBABANE – Scholarships, proper road maintenance and adequate medication in hospitals face a perilous future if the second E2.5 billion tender is awarded...
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No more USA Visa processing in Eswatini
MBABANE – In a move that will significantly alter travel logistics for Eswatini nationals, the United States Embassy in Mbabane will cease accepting...
King moves to save Ncangosini residents from eviction
KONTSHINGILA – Hundreds of residents living on a privately owned farm at Ncangosini, Kontshingila, are set to be spared from eviction after an...
I don’t have money to compensate them – Polycarp
MONENI – Moneni overseer Prince Polycarp says he does not have the money to compensate the over 200 new homesteads that were settled...
Each MP set for E1m handshake
MBABANE – When the 12th Parliament assumed office in 2023, an ordinary Member of Parliament (MP) was earning a basic monthly salary of...
