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Over 70 000 disabled emaSwati excluded from schools

MBABANE – For years, Eswatini's commitment to inclusive education has largely existed in policy documents, international conventions and ministerial speeches promising that no...

Flowers, letters sent through lawyer to partners

MBABANE – Letters and flowers remain the only means of communicating love among the foreign nationals arrested for illegal gambling in the country....

PS decries abuse of State security vehicles

LOBAMBA — Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport Thulani Mkhaliphi has decried abuse of government vehicles by officers,...

Killing has become so easy – judge

MBABANE – Judge Titus Mlangeni says it has become very easy to kill a person and society as a whole must be concerned.The...

King taken through UAE history

ABU DHABI, UAE – His Majesty King Mswati III, accompanied by Inkhosikati LaMashwama, Emazinyane and Libandla yesterday visited the Zayed National Museum where...

Still no trace of missing E67m elderly grants

LOBAMBA – Sixteen years after millions meant for elderly grants could not be traced, the Deputy Prime Minister’s (DPM) Office has admitted that...

Hawkers fear delays under new border rules

MANZINI – Hawkers and interstate transport operators fear the introduction of South Africa’s new online traveller declaration system could worsen congestion at border...

Farmers back govt-led FMD vaccinations

MANZINI – Eswatini’s Government veterinary officers are freely allowed to go into private farms and vaccinate cattle against the foot-and-mouth disease, despite the...

E46m tender: Home Affairs sets record straight

LOBAMBA – Nhlanhla Nxumalo, the Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs has come out to clarify the controversy surrounding the...

Visiting SA: Online declaration compulsory

MANZINI – EmaSwati travelling to South Africa through any ports of entry between the two countries will from June 1, have to declare...

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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...