Comments and Analysis
Why are women expected to forgive more than men?
Forgiveness is often described as a virtue. Society praises those who can ‘let go,’ ‘move on’ and ‘keep the peace.’ Yet, when it...
Bus rank is where patience goes to die
If heaven is peaceful, then the opposite of heaven is any bus rank at month-end. That place is not a transport terminal. It’s...
Misplaced priorities
There is no doubt that traditional leaders occupy an important place in Eswatini’s social and cultural fabric. Chiefs are custodians of Swati custom,...
Why not declare youth unemployment national emergency?
Before I address the issue, I would like us to think aloud. I would like to express my shock at the passing of...
Students take matters into their hands
In the past few weeks, lecture halls were filled with chants of frustration and emotional grievances, which led to the hasty closure of...
Development demands discipline
To observe the latest confrontation in the House of Assembly is to see, with unusual clarity, the contradiction at the centre of Eswatini....
Phala Phala tests both South Africa, Africa
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has once again placed the continent’s democratic institutions under scrutiny following its latest ruling on President Cyril Ramaphosa and...
The Times abroad
He writer starts with a question: Does the Times of Eswatini go on sale in the USA, especially in Washington DC? Well, even...
Normalising sex education in traditional households
In many traditional households, conversations about sex are often treated as taboo. The subject is avoided, whispered about or mentioned only in the...
Economics of war, its imminent shockwaves
We often view war through a lens of human tragedy and shifting maps, but beneath the smoke and rhetoric lies a colder, more...
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