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Over E5m spent on obsolete typists, excess cleaners

MBABANE - The Kingdom of Eswatini’s long-standing struggle to manage its enormous civil service wage bill—estimated to consume approximately E16 billion annually—has once...

ENPC forensic audit reveals: E6m wasteful expenditure on non-existent joint venture

MBABANE – A payment of around E6 million effected based on an addendum that had not been legally concluded, is one of the...

Nsulutane residents on airport-controlled zone plead for relocation

NSULUTANE – For more than 15 years, the people of Nsulutane under Dvokodvweni Inkhundla have lived in a state of uncertainty, unable to...

African public services must rise together – Minister Mabulala

MATSAPHA – Minister for Public Service Mabulala Maseko says the Kingdom of Eswatini’s wish is to see African public services rise together to...

ENPF chair going nowhere – Minister Phila Buthelezi

MBABANE – “The chairperson of the ENPF Board is going nowhere.”This is the bold statement issued by the Minister for Labour and Social...

Storm assessments reveal wider damages

MBABANE – The number of households affected by the storm has increased to 563, as the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) continues to...

No early pay: Civil servants slam delayed notice

MBABANE – Government’s decision not to pay civil servants early this month has been described by the Public Sector Unions (PSUs) of Swaziland...

Festive meat shortage fears intensify

MBABANE – Imagine a meat-less Christmas.Consumers face a fragile festive season as braais could be limited due to the meat shortage imposed by...

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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....

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...

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...

ICC projected to generate E50 million annually

MBABANE – Barely three months after it was commissioned by His Majesty King Mswati III, the Ezulwini Palazzo International Convention Centre (ICC) is...