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MBABANE – Minister for Tourism and Environmental Affairs Jane Simelane has officially withdrawn the responses initially provided to Parliament regarding the controversial plastics...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

MBABANE – MTN Premier League giants Mbabane Swallows have appealed to fans for donations of at least E50 as financial pressures threaten the...

Ezulwini Palazzo partnership targets world-class status

MBABANE – A landmark hotel management partnership is set to position Ezulwini Palazzo as a world-class destination connecting Eswatini with SADC, Africa and...

Bishop Hlatshwako faces E110 000 maintenance claim

MBABANE – Bishop Vincent Hlatshwako, who recently engaged to be married, is facing a court application seeking to recover E110 709.51 in alleged...

King challenges emaSwati on industrial parks drive

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – His Majesty King Mswati III has challenged government and EmaSwati studying and working in Taiwan to help Eswatini deliver industrial...

Eswatini needs 90-day fuel storage capacity

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – His Majesty King Mswati III has called for Eswatini’s Strategic Oil Reserve storage capacity to be increased from 60 to...