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Siteki kombis standstill, operators protest over illegal stops
SITEKI – Public transport operations were brought to a standstill yesterday as kombi operators abandoned the official bus rank to protest against a...
MPs demand freeze on gambling licences
MBABANE – MPs have called for an immediate halt to the issuing of operating licences to gambling companies until the long-awaited Gaming Control...
Farmers demand cattle quarantine as FMD spreads
MBABANE – Anxiety is mounting among Mkhiweni farmers over the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, as they question why government neglects quarantining infected cattle.Residents...
‘Alpheous should present himself at Public Service’
MBABANE – The odds are that Alpheous Nxumalo will not receive his salary when civil servants get paid for December.Instead of an agreement...
Prosecutors run to court, cry foul over ‘unlawful demotion’
MBABANE – The first court challenge to emerge since the implementation of the recent civil servants’ salary review exercise has landed in the...
Some lawyers push back on allegations of cheating inmates
MBABANE – Lawyers are not taking lightly the accusations that they receive payments from inmates but fail to provide legal services. The allegations...
Court stops sale of Knox Nxumalo’s property
MBABANE – The High Court has interdicted the dissipation of any immovable property of the Trust established by the late senior Lawyer Knox...
4 rules on unsuccessful Grade VII pupils
MBABANE – The Ministry of Education and Training has introduced four new CBE measures to make sure no Grade VII learner is left...
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Bugwadla, infidelity won’t get you to hell – pastor
LOBAMBA – For many preachers, there is only one place for people who engage in bugwadla (habitual sexual misconduct) and kuphinga – hell....
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...
Board orders Mfabantfu church reopening
MANZINI – The Apostolic Faith Church International Board has resolved that the Mfabantfu branch will resume church services in a month’s time. This...
Cop launch investigation after ‘priest’ tied up, robbed
HLUThI - Police have launched an investigation following an armed robbery at Our Lady of Sorrows Mission, where a 50-year-old priest was bound...
