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EEC pursues local manufacturing of meters, cables

MBABANE – The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) is seeking to establish local manufacturing plants for smart meters, cables and ancillary electrical products.This is...

Eswatini sugar industry remains COMESA’s benchmark performer

MBABANE – Eswatini’s sugar industry has once again been recognised as one of Africa’s most efficient and competitive sugar sectors.A new regional study...

Eswatini faces food price risks as Tiger Brands sounds alarm

MBABANE - South African food giant Tiger Brands has warned that escalating geopolitical tensions, particularly the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, could...

ENPF CEO among Africa’s Top 100 business leaders

MBABANE - Eswatini National Provident Fund (ENPF) Chief Executive Officer Futhi Tembe has been named among Africa’s Top 100 Business Leaders for 2026.This...

Rethink SEZ strategy, AfDB urges Eswatini

MBABANE – As Eswatini advances its Special Economic Zones agenda, the African Development Bank says future success will depend on integration, innovation, regional...

Eswatini joins Africa’s highest diesel price list

MBABANE – Eswatini has entered the list of the 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices.These highlights growing fuel-cost pressures that could...

SWAPROP profit drops 15.7%

MBABANE – Swaziland Property Investments Limited (SWAPROP) recorded a 15.7 per cent decline in profit for the six months ended December 31, 2025.This...

ERS demands over E1m unpaid VAT from Touch Hygiene

MBABANE – The Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) has approached the High Court seeking a default judgment against local company Touch Hygiene (Pty) Ltd...

Eswatini retains 7th place among Africa’s industrial elite

MBABANE - Eswatini has cemented its position among Africa’s most industrialised economies, ranking seventh on the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Africa Industrialisation Index...

CBE defies expectations, holds interest rates steady

MBABANE – The Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) has surprised markets by maintaining its discount rate at 6.75 per cent despite neighbouring South...

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Nation mourns Home Affairs Minister Princess Lindiwe

MBABANE — The nation is mourning the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Lindiwe, Minister of Home Affairs, who died yesterday following a...

Late CJ Bheki Maphalala repatriated from South Africa

MBABANE - The body of the late Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala has been repatriated into the country from South Africa. Maphalala's body was...

Mthandeni vanishes as HMCS probes audio

MBABANE – Former Ngwempisi Member of Parliament Mthandeni Dube is nowhere to be found. This was determined after an enquiry team established by...

Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala to receive State Funeral

MBABANE – Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala will be accorded a State Funeral, Minister for Tinkhundla Administration and Development Sikhumbuzo Dlamini has announced. Dlamini...

Nation mourns Chief Justice Maphalala at State memorial

MANZINI - A profound atmosphere of grief, honour, and deep reflection engulfed the new auditorium at the Zakhele Free Evangelical Assemblies, as thousands...