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When leaders speak, we follow

The United Nations General Assembly is often dismissed as a stage for lofty speeches, but the words spoken in New York this year...

Corruption becoming a norm in Eswatini

Corruption in this country is not just bleeding us dry - it is dragging our nation to the grave. Break the cycle now...

Make education great again

Addressing the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly this past week, His Majesty King Mswati III said millions of lives had...

King reaffirming AU’s stand on coups

His Majesty King Mswati III’s denouncement of coups and unconstitutional changes of governments is not an expression of his personal opinion or political...

Education as a propeller of growth, jobs

Looking back at the days we were taught parts of a grasshopper and various names of clouds, it is refreshing that Eswatini has...

We must support commissioner’s clean-up

The recent call by the National Commissioner of Police (NATCOM), Vusi Masango, for public assistance in rooting out ‘rotten potatoes’ within the force...

Inheritance of confidence

When we speak of inheritance, we often think of property, jewellery or family recipes passed down through generations. Though, there is another inheritance,...

Nobody deserves to die

The writer finds himself is guilty; immersed in ambiguity. A little verse to start and end today’s article. Well, the title is ambiguous....

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Bugwadla, infidelity won’t get you to hell – pastor

LOBAMBA – For many preachers, there is only one place for people who engage in bugwadla (habitual sexual misconduct) and kuphinga – hell....

Maloma Colliery calls for calm as wage talks continue

MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...

E2bn Chinese fraud suspect fears death penalty

MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...

Board orders Mfabantfu church reopening

MANZINI – The Apostolic Faith Church International Board has resolved that the Mfabantfu branch will resume church services in a month’s time. This...

ICC projected to generate E50 million annually

MBABANE – Barely three months after it was commissioned by His Majesty King Mswati III, the Ezulwini Palazzo International Convention Centre (ICC) is...