Crime
Residents nab cable theft syndicate suspects
BULANDZENI – Residents of Bulandzeni, in the early hours of yesterday morning, intercepted and apprehended four men allegedly caught stripping electricity cables from...
Two arrested for kombi driver shooting
MANZINI – Suspects in the fatal shooting of the President of the Eswatini Kombis and Buses Allied Workers Union (EKABAWU) were arrested and appeared in court yesterday.The...
313 gadgets seized, rent paid to locals revealed
MBABANE – Police have seized 313 electronic gadgets in the multi-site operation targeting foreign nationals suspected of illegal gambling activities.These included laptops, cellular...
EEC uncovers E166k refund scam
MBABANE – EEC has uncovered a purported internal fraud scheme, in which one of its employees is suspected to have siphoned E166 244.45,...
Serial rapist arrested as three women attacked
MBABANE – A 24-year-old man has been arrested after three women were raped in separate night-time attacks across Mfabantfu, Kwaluseni and Eteni between...
ECOT SRC member abducted, left for dead
MBABANE – A Student Representative Council (SRC) member at the Eswatini College of Technology (ECOT) was reportedly abducted and assaulted by a group...
Illegal gambling syndicate case moves to trial
MBABANE– The Mbabane Magistrate’s Court has set a clear schedule for the trial of approximately 140 foreign nationals linked to a massive illegal...
MTN busts two former employees in E10 million fraud
MBABANE – Two former employees of MTN Eswatini have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of airtime stock valued at...
Woman (28) in court for murder of boyfriend’s son
SITEKI – A 28-year-old woman has appeared in court for the murder of her boyfriend’s six-year-old boy and attempt to kill his nine-year-old...
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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...
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...
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...
Eswatini girls shine at Dance World Cup finals
MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...
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...
