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Tariff hike decision delayed as ESERA reviews submissions

MBABANE – The Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA) is planning to issue a detailed statement providing an update on the proposed electricity tariff...

High Court judgment: ‘DD’ offenders get lesser fines

MBABANE – Motorists convicted of drink-driving across the country were yesterday fined significantly lower amounts.At the Shiselweni Magistrates Court, drink-driving offenders were yesterday...

Dagga farming and absenteeism attributed to high failures

NKWENE - The school with the highest number of repeaters in Grade VII is struggling with many challenges, one of which is high...

Semlex Group placed under provisional liquidation

MBABANE – Semlex Group Eswatini (PTY) LTD, the model software development, production and engineering company, is threatened with closure.This comes after the High...

How civil servants collude to steal government property

MBABANE – Government efforts to safeguard State assets have suffered a major reputational blow.This follows revelations that many thefts of government property are...

PM on reshuffle rumours: No need to panic

MBABANE – The Prime Minister (PM), Russell Mmiso Dlamini, has addressed circulating rumours that a reshuffle of Cabinet ministers is on the cards.In...

CTA syndicate steals 4 government vehicles

MBABANE – A syndicate believed to be masterminded by certain employees of the Central Transport Administration (CTA) has allegedly been stealing vehicles from...

E298 million for EEC employees

MBABANE – Over the past two years, the Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) has spent E806 million on administrative costs.In the 2025 financial year,...

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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...

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...

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...

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...