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Official: Substance abuse fuels GBV

SIDVOKODVO – Substance abuse, particularly alcohol and dagga use, is a major driver of gender-based violence (GBV), a government official has warned.Gender-Based Violence...

FPE grant delays push primary schools into crisis

MBABANE  – Public primary schools across Eswatini are facing a severe financial crisis following the Ministry of Education and Training’s prolonged delay in...

Health workers resolve to stop on-call duties over unpaid allowances

MBABANE – Healthcare workers have resolved to stop all on-call and standby duties from July 1 if government fails to pay their outstanding...

Home Affairs Ministry pushes for tougher immigration law

MBABANE – Following the sentencing of 84 foreign nationals, the Ministry of Home Affairs is pushing for tougher immigration laws, arguing that the...

Eswatini connects to E4.3 trillion cable market

MBABANE – Eswatini has positioned itself to capitalise on a global export market for aluminium and copper cables valued at an estimated E4.3...

Standard Bank CEO challenges nurses to embrace their calling

SITEKI – Standard Bank Eswatini Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mvuselelo Fakudze has urged nursing students to embrace their calling and serve with competence,...

PS vows to deal with bogus colleges, ESHEC instability

MBABANE – Government plans to tighten controls on private colleges accused of advertising unaccredited courses and misleading prospective students.Principal Secretary in the Ministry...

GBV claims 22 lives in 3 months

MANZINI – Gender-based violence claimed 22 lives across Eswatini in the first three months of 2026, including seven children. Police warned that the...

ESERA to bring light to Bulimeni

MBABANE- Residents of Bulimeni, a remote community under Nkwene Inkhundla in the Shiselweni Region, are set to receive electricity for the first time...

Mother arrested for teenage daughter’s stabbing

MBABANE - A 39-year-old mother has been arrested for allegedly tying her 14-year-old daughter with a cable charger and stabbing her twice in...

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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....