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BE urges consumers to buy local this festive

MBABANE – Business Eswatini (BE) has renewed its call for consumers to prioritise locally produced goods and services this festive season.BE says buying...

Women entrepreneurs face financing barriers

MBABANE – Women-owned micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have emerged as one of the most powerful drivers of Eswatini’s economy, yet limited...

Economy stable, structural strains persist in Q3

MBABANE - Eswatini’s economy showed notable signs of stability during the third quarter of 2025, buoyed by easing inflation, improved trade performance and...

SBC, Nedbank share price gains lift ESE market cap

MBABANE - The Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) closed November 2025 on a stronger footing.This is because rising share prices in three counters -...

USL’s E2.4bn investment signals strong vote of confidence

MBABANE - EIPA says the E2.4 billion investment by Ubombo Sugar Limited (USL) marks one of the strongest demonstrations yet of growing investor...

Eswatini–UK trade slumps

MBABANE - Eswatini’s trade performance with the United Kingdom (UK) has taken a significant downturn.The latest data released by the UK’s Department for...

6 major risks threaten financial stability, CBE warns

EZULWINI - Eswatini’s financial system is operating under increasingly complex and interlinked pressures, with risks emerging from fiscal constraints, external uncertainties and domestic...

Concentration risk faces Eswatini Stock Exchange outlook

EZULWINI – Concentration risk on the Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) has emerged as the most pressing structural vulnerability in the domestic capital market.This...

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Maloma Colliery calls for calm as wage talks continue

MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...

E2bn Chinese fraud suspect fears death penalty

MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...

Eswatini girls shine at Dance World Cup finals

MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...

DNA plan could swallow E126m of Home Affairs budget

MBABANE – Making DNA testing compulsory before issuing birth certificates could cost taxpayers about E126 million annually, enough to fund free Grade I...

Shembe forgives Zulu King after video fallout

MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...