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Senators blast ESHEC over institutions with ‘defunct qualifications’

LOBAMBA – Questions around higher education governance and funding dominated the Ministry of Education and Training Senate Portfolio Committee debate yesterday.This as senators...

Marriage officers under fire over divorce rise

EZULWINI – Marriage officers are failing to execute their duties expertly, eventually contributing to the high divorce rate in Eswatini.In its 2025/2026 performance...

Illegal foreign nationals threaten security, elections – senators

MBABANE – The influx of foreign nationals, some of whom are now suspects of illegal online gambling activities, is giving senators the biggest...

Illegal Online gambling crackdown: 6 more appear in court

MBABANE – The ongoing investigations into the illegal gambling business in the country has resulted in six additional foreign nationals being charged and...

Unfairness in payments of suppliers, ERS treatment – senators

LOBAMBA – Senator Tony Sibandze has called for urgent parliamentary intervention into the operations of the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) and the handling...

Reverend Senzo resigns from FSRA

MBABANE – Reverend Senzo Hlatshwayo, who was appointed the Board Chairperson of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) almost three years ago, has...

Serious infighting abruptly stops TUCOSWA’s congress

MANZINI – Serious infighting within the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) led to the abrupt closure of the union’s 4th Quadrennial Congress...

Move to block some delegates from TUCOSWA congress

MBABANE – A group of leaders from SAPWU has approached the Industrial Court to block the participation of certain delegates in the TUCOSWA...

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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...

E2bn Chinese fraud suspect fears death penalty

MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...

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...