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Mpaka Colliery Mine unsafe – report

MBABANE – An inspection report has established that Mpaka Colliery Mine is unsafe for underground operations.The Inspection Report on the Safety of Accessing...

Police with pending DCs not off the hook

MBABANE – It’s back to square one for police officers whose disciplinary hearings were halted pending the determination of the constitutionality of the...

Minister Savannah: PM can hire RSTP CEO, I have failed

MBABANE – The Minister for ICT has admitted to encountering difficulties in hiring the CEO for the Royal Science and Technology Park (RSTP),...

EFIC boss: Crime must not pay – not on our watch

EZULWINI - Eswatini Financial Intelligence Centre (EFIC) Director General Babhekile Matsebula has declared that crime must not pay in the kingdom, calling for...

ERS to audit churches over suspected tax evasion

EZULWINI – The Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) will audit churches over suspicions of tax evasion and accumulation of personal wealth, Finance Minister Neal...

UNESWA Task Team recommends forensic, 8 other reforms

MBABANE - In order to stabilise and reform financial management at UNESWA, a recommendation has been made that a forensic audit of the...

Civil servants decry tax increase on new salaries

MBABANE – Some civil servants are decrying that their improved salaries under the new government salary review have not brought the relief they...

LiSwati (24) sentenced to 3 life terms in SA

MBABANE – A 24-year-old liSwati male has received three life terms in South Africa for raping his cousin.According to SA media reports on...

Chinese workers repatriated after salaries finally settled

MBABANE – The Chinese nationals who were reportedly stranded in Eswatini due to unpaid salaries have finally been flown back to their home...

Anti-HIV jab arrives in November

MBABANE – Eswatini is set to receive its first batch of a new HIV injection next month.This marks a major milestone in the...

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Public transport fares could increase by 25%

LOBAMBA – Public transport fares could increase by up to 25 per cent under a proposed adjustment by the Ministry of Public Works...

Freezing cold kills cattle at Hawane

HAWANE – A brutal cold snap has killed cattle in Hawane, leaving smallholder farmers counting losses of more than E60 000. The losses...

ESCCOM probe uncovers E17m paid into personal accounts

EZULWINI – An ESCCOM investigation has uncovered an alleged transfer of about E17 million into personal bank accounts. The purported financial irregularities involve...

Elderly man found dead in forest

MAPHUNGANE – An 80-year-old man from Mhlabubovu, Maphungwane, was found dead in a forest, with residents suspecting he may have succumbed to the...

How patience, passion build an empire

TaphesheyaLukhele is the founder and creative director of CraftyHook, a crochet brand from Eswatini built on creativity, passion and the belief that handmade...