Comments and Analysis
Living in perpetual crisis mode
For many people today, life feels like a constant emergency. There is always something demanding immediate attention: Breaking news, personal pressures, financial worries,...
Balancing national budget
The upcoming 2026 budget presents both opportunity and risk. The upcoming budget requires careful balancing of the country’s growth trajectory through infrastructure led...
Zim pipelines Sihlangu’s golden ticket
The landscape of Eswatini football is shifting, and the tremors are being felt far beyond our borders. In a whirlwind three-week period, Nsingizini...
Absurdity of global water bankruptcy
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was writing about heavy rains and flooding, now we are told the world is facing ‘global...
Innocence is dead
We are no longer a healthy society. We are a crime scene. There is no joke today. No clever phrasing. No satire to...
At the mine’s mouth, the cost of gold
It is just before dawn when the police move in. Boots crunch against loose gravel, torches slice through the dark and somewhere underground,...
Will 2026 budget speech offer hope for poor Eswatini
Before address the topic for today, I would like to add my voice on the reckless statement that is attributed to the Minister...
Education should unite not exclude
Schools are meant to be places of safety, learning and growth for every child. They are spaces where young people should feel protected,...
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