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Pension benefits for informal sector workers

EZULWINI - The conversion of the Eswatini National Provident Fund (ENPF) into a National Pension Scheme seeks to close one of the country’s...

King Mswati III celebrates with police, nation

MATSAPHA – On August 15, 2025, His Majesty King Mswati III graced a celebration marked by impressive police manoeuvres and a display of...

Govt to spend E456m on Phase II payments

MBABANE – Government will spend E456 million on concluding the Phase II negotiations for junior police and Correctional Services officers.Prime Minister Russell Dlamini...

Businessman ‘Waxola’ survives suspected hijacking, hail of bullets

MANZINI – Well-known businessman Mxolisi ‘Waxola’ Mabuza has survived a suspected hijacking and attempt to his life after unknown men fired a hail...

Lawyer-in-training accused of assault speaks out

MBABANE – Sibulelo Jele, the lawyer-in-training at the centre of court proceedings over an alleged assault on his girlfriend following a weekend altercation,...

King invites investors for E40bn water programmes

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – His Majesty King Mswati III has invited multilateral financial institutions, development partners and private investors to fund multibillion...

‘Bhompompo’ import ban now final

MBABANE – The days of ‘bhompompo’ on store shelves are numbered.Bhompompo is a colloquial term referring to simple, older-style mobile phones, also known...

MPs reject drugs procurement proposal

LOBAMBA – The proposal to have NERCHA and the  NDMA assist the Ministry of Health in the procurement of drugs in the country...

Maloma Colliery to retrench as demand for coal drops

MBABANE – South African electricity tariffs have forced Maloma Colliery Limited to retrench its operations as 14 smelters shut down their plants in...

Law Society disowns SODV-accused ‘lawyer’, woman opens case

MBABANE - The Law Society of Eswatini (LSE) has clarified that the employee of SM Jele Attorneys who allegedly brutalised his girlfriend is...

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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 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...

Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala to receive State Funeral

MBABANE – Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala will be accorded a State Funeral, Minister for Tinkhundla Administration and Development Sikhumbuzo Dlamini has announced. Dlamini...