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Growth cannot be eaten
There is a belief that good macroeconomic statistics automatically mean ordinary people are living better lives. They do not.Eswatini’s economy, we are told,...
Hantavirus panic must not replace critical thinking
As headlines around the world begin carrying reports about hantavirus infections, many people are once again reacting with fear before facts. Social media...
Time for the big boys
Name one kind of journalist article submitted weekly to the Times of Eswatini, where the ink is hardly dry at the time of...
Unlocking credit through movable collateral
Access to finance has long been the Achilles heel of Eswatini’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). While banks remain cautious lenders, the collateral...
Where personal survival, local democracy clash
Is there anything more undignified in local democracy than the sight of the outgoing mayor of a town council desperately trying to cling...
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...
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Swazipharm blames ministry delays, commits to compliance
LOBAMBA – After being implicated in the delivery of medical drugs that were later recalled, prominent pharmaceutical supplier Swazipharm has reaffirmed its commitment...
Family sues EEC over E6m for Mpolonjeni child electrocution
MBABANE - The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) is facing lawsuit of more than E6 million following an electrocution incident that allegedly claimed the...
Labour minister calls for healthy wages
MBABANE – The Minister for Labour and Social Security, Phila Buthelezi, has called upon Wages Councils to negotiate for fair wages. The minister...
Shembe forgives Zulu King after video fallout
MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...
Six pupils earn once-in-a-lifetime US exchange opportunity
MBABANE- Six different Mbabane high schools pupils have earned a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent Eswatini in the United States, after emerging as top...
Beyond arrests lies unemployment
Week in and week out, theft cases are dealt with at police stations, and articles on such cases are published in the national...
ByNonhlanhla Mkhabela29 May 2026