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FMD-free: Eswatini lifts livestock controls
MBABANE – Eswatini has recorded zero active foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) cases, allowing government to ease livestock controls while maintaining strict surveillance. Minister for...
MP wants vulnerable prioritised in recruitment
LOBAMBA – Mafutseni Member of Parliament Sabelo Mtetwa has called for the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to be allocated 59 security forces posts...
Board orders Mfabantfu church reopening
MANZINI – The Apostolic Faith Church International Board has resolved that the Mfabantfu branch will resume church services in a month’s time. This...
Over 6 000 jobs ‘lost’ in 3 months
MBABANE – Government is creating jobs, yet businesses are cutting them, with official reports recording 2 248 employment opportunities against 6 165 workers...
Minister reports us over grounded operations
MBABANE – Minister for Tourism and Environmental Affairs Jane Simelane has reported the ministry’s Under Secretary (US), Hlobsile Dlamini, to Cabinet after operations...
Sweet deal turns sour as E1.8m stock theft uncovered
MATSAPHA – A six-month trail of missing sweets worth E1.8 million has ended with five arrests after an alleged stock theft scheme was...
Justice minister given strict deadline
LOBAMBA – Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Prince Simelane has been given until the end of the current financial year to resolve...
Malawian men trafficked to Eswatini for job scam
MBABANE – Three Malawian nationals were allegedly lured to Eswatini under the false premise of agricultural employment. While in the country, they were...
Bugwadla, infidelity won’t get you to hell – pastor
LOBAMBA – For many preachers, there is only one place for people who engage in bugwadla (habitual sexual misconduct) and kuphinga – hell....
Eswatini Air revenue soars 65% as expansion pays off
MBABANE - Eswatini Air recorded a 65 per cent increase in revenue during the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year, underlining 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...
