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Science, innovation key to Africa’s future – Nzimande
MANZINI – South Africa’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has called on African countries to urgently strengthen cooperation in...
Owed suppliers to be paid this month – Finance PS
LOBAMBA – Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Finance Vusi Dlamini has assured Parliament that government suppliers owed money for goods and...
Payday shocker: Textile workers paid as little as E200
MATSAPHA – Hundreds of employees of Wise and President Garments in Matsapha were shocked and devastated after receiving drastically reduced salaries last Friday.Some...
Jenny internet fined E150 000 in fibre link dispute
MBABANE – The Eswatini Communications Commission (ESCCOM) has ordered internet service provider Jenny Internet Eswatini to pay an administrative penalty of E150 000...
Cash tight, promise stands – Finance Minister
MBABANE – Finances are tight, but Neal Rijkenberg says civil servants should worry not.Rijkenberg says government remains committed to paying civil servants the...
July payout to pump millions into economy
MBABANE – The payment of the outstanding 85 per cent salary review backpay to civil servants in six weeks is expected to stimulate...
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...
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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...
