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MTN Group vice president visits Eswatini
EZULWINI - MTN Group Senior Vice President Ebenezer Asante is in Eswatini to engage with the local operation’s executive leadership team on the...
Eswatini outpaces most SACU peers
MBABANE - Eswatini’s economy expanded by 6.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, placing the country among the stronger-performing economies in...
EIPA launches digital tools for trade
EZULWINI - EIPA has launched two digital intelligence tools designed to give investors, exporters, businesses and policymakers easier access to information needed to...
SFC diversifies into agriculture to support food security
NHLANGANO - Shiselweni Forestry Company (SFC) is diversifying into agriculture through maize, sugar beans and beef production as part of efforts to support...
LUSIP-II delivers all set targets – AfDB
MBABANE – The Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project Phase II (LUSIP-II) has delivered its targeted agricultural production outcomes. The African Development Bank (AfDB)...
Minister Khumalo champions nationwide business inspections
MBABANE – Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo is championing a nationwide inspection exercise aimed at ensuring businesses comply with Eswatini’s...
ESE market cap remains flat at E7.053bn in Aug
MBABANE – The Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) market capitalisation remained flat at E7.053 billion in August 2026, with no month-on-month change recorded in...
Citizen Economic Empowerment Act: E25 000 fines for fronting
MBABANE – Businesses and individuals fronting for foreigners face fines of up to E25 000 or imprisonment under new empowerment regulations designed to...
Transport costs push inflation higher to 2.8%
MBABANE - Transport costs, particularly fuel and air travel, have emerged as key drivers of Eswatini’s rising inflation. This has pushed the country’s...
Eswatini sugar farmers among better paid in COMESA region
MBABANE - Payments to sugar cane growers in Eswatini are higher than in most of the other countries assessed in a regional sugar...
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MaMkhize’s Bull faces police test
MBABANE – Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize’s Mbabane Highlanders AM face their sternest MTN Premier League test yet when they meet Royal Leopard at Mayaluka...
Eswatini’s fastest lady honoured at TUT sports awards
MBABANE – Eswatini's fastest lady Bongiwe 'Smolly' Mahlalela has been crowned Sportswoman of the Year at the prestigious Tshwane University of Technology Sports...
Standard Bank brings back Instant Money
MBABANE - Standard Bank Eswatini is bringing back its Instant Money service, four years after replacing it with Unayo, with customers now being...
FNB demands over E14 million from two ex-employees
MBABANE – First National Bank (FNB) has instituted High Court proceedings against two of its former employees, seeking more than E14 million in...
Eswatini now imports building blocks
MBABANE – The construction industry and the entire economy of the country are under siege. It has emerged that Eswatini has been importing...
