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Cola: UNESWA lecturers threaten to strike

MBABANE — The University of Eswatini (UNESWA) staff have threatened to down tools over a cost-of-living-adjustment (CoLA) after reaching a deadlock with university...

Minister Jane withdraws plastics ban statement

MBABANE – Minister for Tourism and Environmental Affairs Jane Simelane has officially withdrawn the responses initially provided to Parliament regarding the controversial plastics...

Sibaya mandate: King launches E455m projects

MBABANE – During the 2023 Sibaya (People’s Parliament), the nation made a pronounced call for improved service delivery.His Majesty King Mswati III reminded...

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...

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Nation mourns Home Affairs Minister Princess Lindiwe

MBABANE — The nation is mourning the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Lindiwe, Minister of Home Affairs, who died yesterday following a...

Late CJ Bheki Maphalala repatriated from South Africa

MBABANE - The body of the late Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala has been repatriated into the country from South Africa. Maphalala's body was...

Mthandeni tells family he left because he felt unsafe

NGWEMPISI – Former Ngwempisi Member of Parliament Mthandeni Dube told his family that he left home because he felt unsafe. Dube’s home is...

Mthandeni vanishes as HMCS probes audio

MBABANE – Former Ngwempisi Member of Parliament Mthandeni Dube is nowhere to be found. This was determined after an enquiry team established by...