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Eswatini exporting jobs, losing E1.1bn annually

MATSAPHA - Minister for Agriculture Mandla Tshawuka says the country’s failure to produce enough maize and beans means it is exporting jobs and...

Children in night care: The hidden crisis

MBABANE – It is common sense that when parents leave for work, they leave their minor children in daycare centres but, what if...

MPs benchmark Ghana’s crime-fighting systems

MBABANE – A nine-member delegation of Eswatini Members of Parliament and senior government officials is on a working visit to the Economic and...

Electricity tariff rise to ease – EEC

MBABANE – In the next few years, the Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) anticipates that electricity tariff escalation will ease following the granting of...

We’ve no record of Matlala invite – King’s Office

MBABANE – The King’s Office has dismissed claims by South African entrepreneur Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala that he was invited to the King’s Birthday...

Call for mandatory licence revocation

MBABANE – Reinstated Road Safety Council Chairperson Dr Fortunate Shabalala has called for the introduction of mandatory licence revocation for serious traffic offenders.The...

Matlala ID saga: Home Affairs officer Nonhlanhla arrested

MBABANE – Suspended Home Affairs officer Nonhlanhla Malambe has been arrested in connection with the unlawful issuance of an Eswatini ID to South...

EPTC ‘defies’ Parliament, retrenches 31 employees

MBABANE - Much against a resolution adopted by Parliament, the retrenchment process at the Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC) is now being...

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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...