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World Bank urges reforms to unlock private sector growth

MBABANE – The World Bank has called for urgent structural reforms to address long-standing constraints holding back private sector development, job creation and...

Eswatini offers attractive exchange control incentives

MBABANE – Eswatini is positioning itself as a more competitive investment destination through a package of incentives designed to attract foreign direct investment...

CBE holds repo rate despite falling inflation, SARB cut

MBABANE - The Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) has maintained its repo rate at 6.75 per cent, even as headline inflation eased for...

Central Bank sets sights on gold reserves

MBABANE - With gold having become a cornerstone of modern reserve management, the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) is holding consultations to secure...

EWADE entrusted to deliver food sovereignty – minister

MBABANE – Minister for Agriculture Mandla Tshawuka says government has placed a monumental task before EWADE Chief Executive Officer Dr Samson Sithole to...

6 sectors urgently need digital investment

MBABANE – Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg has identified six priority sectors where digital transformation can unlock Eswatini’s productivity and boost economic growth.Speaking during...

Govt renews EWADE CEO’s contract

SIMUNYE - Government through the Nomsa Dlamini – led Board of EWADE, has renewed Dr Samson Sithole’s contract as CEO for an unprecedented...

Trade Promotion Bill to modernise investment, trade framework

EZULWINI – The Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA) has described the proposed Investment and Trade Promotion Bill as a ‘strategic legislative instrument.’ The...

EWADE makes impressive strides in first quarter

MBABANE – The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) has hailed significant progress in the first quarter of 2025, with CEO Dr...

African women in business unveils association

MBABANE – The Continental Network for Women’s Business Associations in Africa (CONWOBAA), aimed at promoting intra-African trade, has been officially unveiled.This took place...

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Re-arrested Chinese nationals demand E208 million from government

MBABANE - Forty Chinese nationals who were re-arrested while trying to leave Eswatini following their conviction and sentencing for being in the country...

‘MaMkhize’ brings back black, white kit

(At Prince of Wales Sports Ground) MBABANE – It was indeed a homecoming party. This came after Mbabane Highlanders President Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize...

Sebakhona Clare Matisa finds new life purpose

Entering the public eye comes with a unique set of expectations. For University of Eswatini student Sebakhona Clare Matisa, national recognition arrived when...

PrEP boom raises fresh STI concerns

MBABANE- More than 11 000 people started pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the first quarter of 2026, signalling growing demand for HIV prevention options...

Rapists jailed 13, 15 years for attacking gogo (79)

MANZINI – Two men convicted of raping a 79-year-old woman at Mafutseni have been sentenced to 13 and 15 years imprisonment. Bhekumuzi Mabuza,...