E17bn tenders: Bigger share demanded for locals
MBABANE – Business leaders and unemployed graduates have demanded greater local participation in public projects after foreign firms secured contracts worth more than...
E147 million retirement savings unremitted
MBABANE - More than E147 million deducted from workers’ salaries for retirement savings remains unremitted, exposing employees to risk and revealing deep financial...
CTA reduces expenditure by 94%
MBABANE – The Central Transport Administration (CTA) reduced its expenditure by 94 per cent. The latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin released by the Ministry...
The world has terrible timing
I realised this while sitting in the newsroom last week, watching one screen showing reports about tensions involving Iran and another showing analysis...
July payout to pump millions into economy
MBABANE – The payment of the outstanding 85 per cent salary review backpay to civil servants in six weeks is expected to stimulate...
Civil servants are beautiful
Civil servants are beautiful. Not next month when the money lands. Right now! This is one of the disingenuous statements they will hear...
Growth cannot be eaten
There is a belief that good macroeconomic statistics automatically mean ordinary people are living better lives. They do not.Eswatini’s economy, we are told,...
Bus rank is where patience goes to die
If heaven is peaceful, then the opposite of heaven is any bus rank at month-end. That place is not a transport terminal. It’s...
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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...
Medicine died waiting for patients
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ByStanley Khumalo16 June 2026