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Ministers defend role in budget, dismiss interference claims

LOBAMBA – Cabinet ministers have come out strongly to defend their role in the national budget formulation process.This emerged yesterday during the debate...

Increase elderly grants, make secondary education free

LOBAMBA – Show ‘agape love’ to the elderly!This is a statement which was repeated countless times during the Budget Speech Debate which took...

25 stranded emaSwati repatriated from UAE

MBABANE – Government yesterday confirmed the successful repatriation of 25 emaSwati citizens from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of an ongoing...

China pleads: Do not grant him bail

MANZINI – Mainland Chinese authorities have formally pleaded with Eswatini not to release alleged financial crimes suspect Jin Houyun on bail.The Chinese authorities...

We speak to God at sea – Bhekibandla

MBABANE – “When we cleanse in the sea, we speak directly to God for the removal of bad luck in His name.”  This...

Pastor shot twice in robbery

MBABANE – A pastor from the Old Apostolic Church was shot twice and robbed while on his way to church.  Information gathered was...

Global conflict threat to economic growth

MANZINI – Economic growth threatened.Economists and champions of investment have warned that the financial solutions provided in the E36.92 billion Budget Speech hang...

Brace yourself for increased cost of living – economists

MANZINI – Eswatini should brace itself for increased cost of living, as the raging war between the USA and Iran caused disruptions in...

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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...

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...

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...

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...