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Electricity imports rise 3.9%
MBABANE - Eswatini recorded a 3.9 per cent increase in electricity imports during the 2024/25 financial year.This is according to the latest Annual...
Trade improves as exports outperform imports
MBABANE – Eswatini’s merchandise trade performance improved markedly in October 2025, with exports surging by almost one-fifth year-on-year and the country sustaining a...
Trading volumes jump while ESE prices remain static
MBABANE – The Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) experienced an exceptional rise in trading activity in October 2025.Equity turnover skyrocketed to E10.3 million, a...
RFG allocates E370m for Eswatini, SA plants upgrade
MBABANE – Rhodes Food Group (RFG) has committed a capital investment of E370 million for the upgrading and maintenance of its production facilities...
WTO calls for stronger African trade integration
MBABANE - Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on Thursday, delivered a pointed assessment of global trade tensions...
CBE holds rate at 6.75%, finally matches South Africa
MBABANE - Eswatini has kept its interest rate unchanged at 6.75 per cent for the third consecutive time —maintaining parity with South Africa’s...
CIC, ESWASA partner for quality compliance
MBABANE – The construction sector faces major reform as CIC and ESWASA partner to enforce quality compliance and gradually eliminate uncertified products from...
Expert: Upskilling essential for MSME growth
MBABANE - MSMEs are rich with potential, creativity and resilience - yet their ability to scale and meaningfully contribute to economic growth remains...
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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...
