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REPS destroys 88 firearms to mark International Gun Destruction Day

MANZINI – The Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) destroyed 88 firearms on Thursday during an operation at the Matsapha Police Academy to mark...

Pigg's Peak takes legal action over illegal allowances

LOBAMBA – The Pigg's Peak Town Council has instituted legal action against some former employees who were found to have unlawfully benefited financially...

It was an oversight – DPM on E7 million immigrants’ funds

LOBAMBA – “Saphandleka” (it was an oversight).Those were the words of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Thulisile Dladla, as she admitted that it was...

SODV Act: Sex offenders register in pipeline

EZULWINI – Government is set to operationalise the National Register for Sex Offenders by recruiting a registrar to administer the system.The announcement was...

More tourism opportunities as Hilton Senior Director jets into country

MBABANE – Tourism is fast becoming the major economic booster for Eswatini. The arrival of a senior Hilton Group executive in Eswatini has...

New evidence secured in alleged serial killer pastor's case

MANZINI – More pieces of evidence have been collected in the case of alleged rapist pastor Nkosingiphile Allen Zwane as police continue their...

MPs pass amendment to reduce E200 tax penalty to E25

MBABANE –Members of Parliament (MPs) have successfully passed that the controversial E200 per-day penalty charged on companies for failure to comply to tax...

DPM’s GBV anger: How do you love, rape, kill women?

EZULWINI – Deputy Prime Minister Thulisile Dladla has condemned men who abuse and kill women, questioning how perpetrators can claim to love their...

Leaders urge calm after church murder shock

MBABANE – Community leaders from Zombodze Umphakatsi have appealed to residents not to target the family of the man accused of murdering four...

Local trucks must come first in next Railways tender – PAC

LOBAMBA – Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on Eswatini Railways (ESR) to ensure that local trucking companies are given priority in the...

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FNB probe uncovers E20m fraud syndicate

BY MBONGISENI NDZIMANDZE AND KWANELE DLAMINI MBABANE – Investigations into the alleged fraud committed at FNB Eswatini have uncovered a syndicate involving businessmen,...

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Eswatini’s fastest lady honoured at TUT sports awards

MBABANE – Eswatini's fastest lady Bongiwe 'Smolly' Mahlalela has been crowned Sportswoman of the Year at the prestigious Tshwane University of Technology Sports...

Butsegetsege set to light up Eswatini for Kagogo Weekend

MBABANE — Excitement has reached a fever pitch across the kingdom as viral cultural sensation Mavusane Cyzweh, widely known as Butsegetsege, officially confirms...

Royal Swazi Reopening in sight

MBABANE- What has seemed like an eternity, the Royal Swazi Hotel could finally be opening its doors before the end of the year....