4°C temperatures expected as extremely cold front hits Eswatini
MBABANE – Temperatures are expected to plunge to 4°C today in the capital city as a severe cold front brings freezing rain, strong...
SADC moves to make border trade easier
MBABANE – Eswatini and 15 regional partners are moving to simplify border procedures and cut trade costs for small-scale traders. The move is...
Smoke, mirrors and tobacco syndicate
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Illegal gambling: We fear no one – NATCOM
MBABANE – National Commissioner of Police Vusi Manoma Masango says no one, regardless of political influence or office, will be spared if implicated...
Govt targets 2 000 fewer civil servants
MBABANE – Government is planning to reduce the civil service by about 2 000 employees through redeployment, natural attrition and a possible voluntary...
Mining sector attracts fresh investment
MBABANE – Government issued new coal, gold and quarry licences during the first quarter as investment in Eswatini’s mining sector continued to gain...
Faith is free, fees are not!
I grew up in church. Not the kind where your mother threatened to pray the stubbornness out of you, but the kind where Sunday...
Civil servants’ extra 10 per cent allowance suspended
MBABANE- The additional Central Agencies Allowances of 10 per cent on top of the recently implemented 85 per cent salary adjustment has been...
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E50 000 bail for couple in E2.3 million theft case
MBABANE - A former chief clerk and her husband, implicated in the alleged theft of E2.3 million from Pick Yours Supermarket in Buhleni,...
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