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Govt targets 2 000 fewer civil servants
MBABANE – Government is planning to reduce the civil service by about 2 000 employees through redeployment, natural attrition and a possible voluntary...
EEC opens door for customers to sell solar power
MBABANE - The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) has officially launched the national roll-out of Feed-in Tariffs for Embedded Generation (EG), marking one of...
PM Dlamini praises outgoing WHO representative Dr Zimba
MBABANE - Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini has bid farewell to World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Dr Susan Tembo Zimba, praising her contributions...
CANGO calls for judicial reforms amid PM, CJ standoff
MBABANE – The National Director of the Coordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations (CANGO), Thembinkosi Dlamini, has called for harmony between the Judiciary and...
Govt preparing for possible El Niño-Minister
LOBAMBA – Minister for Agriculture Mandla Tshawuka has assured Members of Parliament (MPs) that government is actively preparing for the possibility of an...
Proposal for PAC to probe alleged E5m bribe not passed
LOBAMBA – Parliament has rejected a proposed recommendation seeking to mandate the PAC to investigate allegations of a E5 million bribery involving an...
CBE called to probe bank charges
MBABANE – The Ministry of Finance has been called upon to engage the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) to investigate bank charges levied...
Customary marriages declared in community of property
MBABANE – The High Court has declared the long-standing practice of treating marriages under Eswatini Law and Custom as being out of community...
PM distances govt from land restoration campaign in SA
MBABANE – Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini has clarified that a group of emaSwati in the Republic of South Africa calling for the...
Revoked passports led to Chinese nationals’ re-arrest
MBABANE – Government has explained that the 25 Chinese nationals who were re-arrested shortly after being released from custody were apprehended again because...
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Public transport fares could increase by 25%
LOBAMBA – Public transport fares could increase by up to 25 per cent under a proposed adjustment by the Ministry of Public Works...
Freezing cold kills cattle at Hawane
HAWANE – A brutal cold snap has killed cattle in Hawane, leaving smallholder farmers counting losses of more than E60 000. The losses...
ESCCOM probe uncovers E17m paid into personal accounts
EZULWINI – An ESCCOM investigation has uncovered an alleged transfer of about E17 million into personal bank accounts. The purported financial irregularities involve...
Elderly man found dead in forest
MAPHUNGANE – An 80-year-old man from Mhlabubovu, Maphungwane, was found dead in a forest, with residents suspecting he may have succumbed to the...
How patience, passion build an empire
TaphesheyaLukhele is the founder and creative director of CraftyHook, a crochet brand from Eswatini built on creativity, passion and the belief that handmade...
