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HURIS, strong voice for human rights?
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UHDR) proclaimed by the United Nations on the December 10, 1948, heralded a new and hopeful era...
When the classroom no longer feels like a future
There’s something deeply sobering about watching a line of school pupils among army hopefuls. During the ongoing army recruitment exercise, one cannot help...
PSUs must take E1.29 billion
Few policy questions are more urgent or fraught with risk for Eswatini than how government compensates its civil servants.In recent weeks, government has...
Solving brain drain challenges is very crucial
“Before the exiled can return, the homeland must become a place where dreams are not exiled.” - Anonymous When His Majesty King Mswati III...
Really, a country for sale?
When news broke that salaries of Chinese mine workers in Eswatini were being secretly transferred to China, my jaw literally dropped in disbelief,...
Mission possible for better service
“There is only one boss, the customer, and he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending...
Find common ground to standoff
Hundreds of civil servants gathered outside the Prime Minister, Russell Mmiso Dlamini’s Office in Mbabane on Wednesday to deliver a petition. They are...
When girls dream in STEM
Before a girl ever picks up a Science textbook, she’s already been taught a lesson about possibility. It happens quietly, long before she...
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