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Public support DNA testing before birth certificate motion
MBABANE – The call for mandatory DNA testing before the registration of children’s birth certificates has sparked an outpouring of support. Ordinary citizens,...
Auditors misinterpret plot numbers as drugs
MBABANE - An audit report for Parliament’s attention raised questions about a COVID-19 treatment drug, Remdesivir, which was used in Eswatini at the...
SNAT Co-op amasses E800m, sets sights on bank
MBABANE – The Teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO), owned by 12 633 educators, has amassed assets of E800 million and is advancing...
Some parastatals spend over 80 per cent subventions on salaries
MBABANE – While government spends over E2 billion each financial year as subvention to State-owned enterprises (SOEs), a bigger chunk of the money...
Shocker as UN proposes to shut down UNAIDS next year
MBABANE – The Coordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations (CANGO) has reacted with shock to the announcement that the United Nations agency focusing on...
‘Zama zamas’ looting E700m-E1.4bn in hidden gold
PIGG’S PEAK – As you read this text, there are likely about 30 zama zamas mining gold illegally, stealing millions of Emalangeni while...
100 per cent scholarship funding is a must – SNAT
NHLANGANO – Members of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) demand a significant increase in the education budget.This was among various concerns...
No ‘nkwe’ on drugs crisis: Some suppliers owed since 2023
EZULWINI – Just in the same year that His Majesty the King commanded nkwe, some suppliers delivered goods, but government still owes them....
There’s a hidden agenda against me – Ashraff
MBABANE – Swazipharm Director Kareem Ashraff says he is a victim of a hidden agenda perpetrated by people with ulterior motives.He says these...
38 foreign nationals trading illegally
MBABANE – In the spirit of ensuring foreigners are aligned with the Immigration Act, raids by the Home Affairs Immigration Unit resulted in...
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LOBAMBA – South African businesswoman Shauwn 'MaMkhize' Mkhize's Mbabane Highlanders AM played out a goalless draw against Green Mamba in a pulsating MTN...
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 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...
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...
