Comments and Analysis
The cows are free. The law isn’t.
I saw pictures of our legislators at Sibebe Resort last week. Serious suits. Flip charts. Bottled water that costs more than a clinic...
Is restricting Parly gifts necessary?
As legislatures across the globe tighten codes of conduct to curb undue influence, a growing debate has surfaced within Eswatini’s parliamentary corridors: Should...
Paris showing where the world hurts
There is a tendency to look at protests in foreign countries as problems belonging to the people who live there. When streets in...
Too precious to declare?
The debate by MPs and Cabinet ministers during their retreat on the Leadership Code of Conduct Bill, 2025, left me concerned about the...
Diplomatically speaking
Withthe greatest respect, may I suggest that it’s time for a lighter note? Serious fun, that is, so my editor does not throw...
Redesigning public works programmes architecture
The country battles a stubborn problem of unemployment, with official statistics placing national unemployment at 33 per cent of the total labour force...
Black Friday special
Every November, madness visits us: Black Friday! For 11 months, people survive on borrowed E50, prayer and creativity that turns one chicken into...
How ‘voting on stomach’ undermines democracy, governance
The Elections and Boundaries Commission, in its election education campaign, has issued a stern warning to voters in Eswatini: ‘Don’t vote on your...
Please, don’t make taxpayers pay twice
There are some truths we prefer to whisper in Eswatini, until an outsider says them loudly enough for everyone to hear. The latest...
The penalty to avoid above all
Sincere apologies for again bringing death – and not the best aspect of it either – to this page in such a short...
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