Budget expected to favour ordinary consumers
MBABANE – Minister for Finance Neal Rijkenberg is expected to table a national budget that favours ordinary consumers by stabilising prices, protecting incomes,...
SA budget signals policy shifts for Eswatini ahead of Rijkenberg’s speech
MBABANE - South Africa’s 2026/27 Budget signals fiscal consolidation and infrastructure-led growth, developments likely to trickle into Eswatini’s revenue, trade and inflation outlook.South...
Eswatini’s global voice on Peace, Sovereignty and Constitutional Order Gains EU praise
MBABANE - The European Union (EU) has praised Eswatini’s consistent call for peace, urging African nations to defend sovereignty, constitutional governance and international...
Government wearing sunglasses indoors
Let me start by addressing the obvious. Someone in government is making decisions in a darkness as thick as my complexion. Somewhere in...
We are in the dog (Sisenjeni!)
We need to talk about darkness. Not loadshedding darkness. Not stage-whatever darkness. I mean me. I am Sierra Leone dark. Bernie Mac dark....
Textile sector on brink as costs surge, orders shrink
MATSAPHA – The textile and apparel industry is warning of imminent retrenchments as operating costs spiral beyond sustainability.This sector employs more than 22...
Increased EEC tariffs could trigger job losses
MBABANE – Businesses warn that the approved 13.61 per cent electricity tariff increase will raise production costs and could trigger further retrenchments across...
Private sector-led growth invoiced to death
Let us begin with gratitude. Genuine, respectful gratitude. We must commend government for its unwavering belief in the private sector. In fact, no...
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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,...
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ByStanley Khumalo3 March 2026