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Gulf tensions threaten Eswatini’s economic growth

MBABANE – Jobs, wages and everyday living costs for emaSwati are at risk, as Gulf tensions could slow economic growth by up to...

Home Affairs launches 20-year internal investigations

MBABANE – As police crack down on undocumented foreign nationals linked to illegal online gambling, the Ministry of Home Affairs has launched 20-year...

Family demands accountability for Silindile’s death

KABHEKINKHOSI – We demand justice!Those words, heavy with grief and sorrow, cut through the light cold early morning air at KaBhekinkhosi, under Luve...

Telecommunications Union AGM: Workers demand answers on delayed CoLA

MANZINI – Frustration is mounting among workers as delays in the implementation of a 3.05 per cent cost-of-living adjustment (CoLA) continue to drag...

Foreign online gambling crackdown: Prominent pastor speaks out

MBABANE – The prominent pastor who has been linked with the foreign nationals alleged to have been operating an illegal online gambling has...

Crime scene expert gives details of ATM bombing

MANZINI – The trial of three men accused of orchestrating a brazen automated teller machine (ATM) bombing at Mpaka took a detailed forensic...

Fuel shortages leave 812 pregnancy emergencies

MBABANE – For a pregnant woman, an emergency can be a matter of life and death, but imagine calling an ambulance and then,...

3 more illegal online gambling hubs uncovered, 51 foreigners arrested

MBABANE – The net is tightening!The pursuit against a suspected international online gambling and fraud syndicate widened yesterday after police uncovered three more...

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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...