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DPM tours communities affected by heavy rains
MAPHILINGO - Deputy Prime Minister Senator Thulisile Dladla has intensified government’s response to the damage caused by persistent heavy rains, touring affected communities...
19 drown in canals at Phumulamcashi in past 20yrs
MBABANE – Vandalism of fencing along the LUSIP Dam canals has led to the death of five children by drowning over the past...
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...
Cops called over flies dispute at Velezizweni
VELEZIZWENI- Police officers were called to keep order as residents were fed up with flies.This follows that residents of Velezizweni, Mankayane, have renewed...
Man dies after ‘strangulation by invisible forces’
NYAMANE - A mysterious incident has left the community of Nyamane gripped by fear and confusion after a 35-year-old man died shortly after...
Allow girls who can’t stop sex to use contraceptives – Mhlambanyatsi MP
MBABANE – A shocking youth crisis.Each year, at least 4 000 pupils fall pregnant and a considerable number of these are in rural areas...
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...
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...
Siphofaneni falls under Madlenya Chiefdom – ruling
SIPHOFANENI - Finally, the long-standing chieftaincy dispute over Siphofaneni, which was turning into a ‘war’, has been settled. The fast-developing community of Siphofaneni...
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Swazipharm blames ministry delays, commits to compliance
LOBAMBA – After being implicated in the delivery of medical drugs that were later recalled, prominent pharmaceutical supplier Swazipharm has reaffirmed its commitment...
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...
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...
Shembe forgives Zulu King after video fallout
MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...
Family sues EEC over E6m for Mpolonjeni child electrocution
MBABANE - The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) is facing lawsuit of more than E6 million following an electrocution incident that allegedly claimed the...
