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...
Govt moves to cut school repetition
MBABANE – There are reforms set to be implemented within the education sector amid growing concern over high school repetition rates and declining...
Development demands discipline
To observe the latest confrontation in the House of Assembly is to see, with unusual clarity, the contradiction at the centre of Eswatini....
Justice is blind – except in Siteki
There is something happening in Siteki. Not holy. Not righteous. No! Spiritual in the sense that the laws of reality themselves no longer...
‘Ungishaya mbamba lomake wakami’
There are certain sentences that deserve to be protected as national heritage in Eswatini. Not because they are inspiring. Not because they united...
Eswatini pushes migration reforms
MBABANE – Eswatini has outlined migration reforms in New York, linking mobility to development amid rising climate and economic pressures.Minister for Home Affairs...
Everyone’s eating except truth
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Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala passes on
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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,...
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...
ByStanley Khumalo2 June 2026