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Two die in head on collision

MFELAFUTSI – Two women died in a fatal head-on collision involving a VW Golf sedan and a passenger minibus on the MR3 freeway...

Taxpayer to pay E2.7m for pupils repeating Grade VII

MBABANE – The taxpayer will have to fork out over E2.7 million for the more than 4 000 learners who did not make...

Current, ex-civil servants owe govt over E15m

MBABANE – Government, through the various ministries and parastatals is having a hard time trying to recover millions which are debts that were...

Drowned man rescue suspended as Lusushwana roars on

SIPHOCOSINI — The search for a 25-year-old man from Mantabeni who drowned in the Lusushwana River has been postponed for a second consecutive...

Hubby uses kids to lure wife to death

MBABANE – Yesterday, social media was abuzz with the death of a woman who was brutally killed, allegedly by her husband.The woman, Princess...

Justice system fails, child rapists walk free

MBABANE – Thousands of rape suspects are believed to be walking free in the country after impregnating underage girls.During the Christmas and New...

32 New Year births; minor’s impregnator could face 20 years

MANZINI — The man who impregnated a 14-year-old girl, one of 32 New Year’s Day mothers, faces up to 20 years in prison...

Inmates appeal for ‘one day parole’

MBABANE – Inmates at the Matsapha Maximum Correctional Services are appealing to Members of Parliament (MPs) to push for the passing of the...

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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...

Detained foreign nationals take chief immigration officer to court

MBABANE – A group of sixty-four foreign nationals detained at the Sidvwashini Correctional Services have approached the High Court, accusing the chief immigration...