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Cops must prevent crime, not sit in offices – NATCOM

MANZINI – National Commissioner of Police Manoma Vusi Masango has strongly condemned police officers who remain in their offices waiting for members of...

Employees steal ex-miners’ accounts

MBABANE – Investigations into the theft of funds belonging to former mineworkers have uncovered that employees allegedly used their positions to make unauthorised...

Lubombo SNAT branches clash over regional voting rights

MBABANE – There is a major disagreement within the Lubombo branches of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT). The Mhlume Branch is...

No liSwati should go hungry, King declares

NGABEZWENI – His Majesty King Mswati III has called on emaSwati to work tirelessly towards achieving food security, declaring that no citizen should...

Minister appoints terrorist group member

MBABANE – Did Minister for Public Works and Transport Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe breach the Suppression of Terrorism Act of 2008?This follows the minister’s...

SBS conversion on track, says CBE

MBABANE – The Central Bank of Eswatini says the Swaziland Building Society (SBS) conversion remains on track while intervention measures at EswatiniBank are...

PAC slams ministry’s e4m overtime claims

LOBAMBA – The Ministry of Public Service has come under intense scrutiny from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over approximately E4 million spent...

Warning signs ignored before kids’ murder

LOMAHASHA – Long before the nation learnt of the deaths of Cedusizi (11) and Phumlile Shabangu (8), there were reportedly fears within the...

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Maloma Colliery calls for calm as wage talks continue

MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...

Eswatini girls shine at Dance World Cup finals

MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...

DNA plan could swallow E126m of Home Affairs budget

MBABANE – Making DNA testing compulsory before issuing birth certificates could cost taxpayers about E126 million annually, enough to fund free Grade I...

Swazipharm blames ministry delays, commits to compliance

LOBAMBA – After being implicated in the delivery of medical drugs that were later recalled, prominent pharmaceutical supplier Swazipharm has reaffirmed its commitment...

Shembe forgives Zulu King after video fallout

MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...