Crime
Crypto, mobile money systems used for money laundering
MBABANE – Criminals are increasingly using cryptocurrency platforms and mobile money systems to launder illicit funds, as Eswatini faces a medium-high risk of...
'Facata' suspect faces 31 new charges
MANZINI – Sandile Bandzile Matsenjwa (33) is back in custody on 31 new counts, including fraud, cybercrime and money laundering, allegedly defrauding emaSwati...
Mercury trade on the rise amid illegal mining
MBABANE – The surge in illegal mining activities in the country has given birth to another criminal enterprise - the black market trade...
LiSwati (24) sentenced to 3 life terms in SA
MBABANE – A 24-year-old liSwati male has received three life terms in South Africa for raping his cousin.According to SA media reports on...
Interpol warns on rising sextortion, romance scams
MBABANE – Interpol has issued a warning that romance scams and digital sextortion have become highly profitable forms of cybercrime, often causing significant...
Cele links Mchunu to Matlala
CAPE TOWN - Former police minister Bheki Cele has implicated his successor, Senzo Mchunu, in allegedly having ties with controversial figure Vusumzi ‘Cat’...
Textile worker murder: Accused blames victim
MANZINI – The man who stabbed a textile worker in the neck has alleged that the deceased provoked the attack.Ayanda Buyani Dlamini (31)...
Mkhwanazi praised for exposing police rot
CAPE TOWN - A police investigator who spent two days testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has concluded his evidence by expressing...
Textile worker found dead with knife lodged in neck
MATSAPHA – A textile worker died tragically after being strangled and stabbed by her boyfriend, who left a knife lodged in her neck....
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Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala passes on
MBABANE- Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala has died, according to reports emerging on Thursday. Maphalala is reported to have passed away while receiving treatment...
Schools open as scheduled – PS
MBABANE –Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Training, Nanikie Mnisi, has affirmed that schools will reopen as scheduled in accordance with...
Mbuso Simelane accused of attempts to divert E10m public funds
MBABANE – The Eswatini Medical Christian University (EMCU) Council has alleged that the Chairman of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of...
E50 000 bail for couple in E2.3 million theft case
MBABANE - A former chief clerk and her husband, implicated in the alleged theft of E2.3 million from Pick Yours Supermarket in Buhleni,...
Thousands flock to Shiselweni for Umhlanga second leg
MANZINI – Thousands of Imbali yesterday descended on the Mbangweni Royal Residence in the Shiselweni Region, marking the beginning of the second leg...
