Crime
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...
Most wanted Chinese man’s money laundering exposed
MBABANE – The State has obtained an order to preserve over E4.4 million in local bank accounts belonging to Jin Houyun.Jin is the...
Illegal gambling scheme crackdown: Some suspects registered on Interpol red list
MANZINI – Some of the foreign nationals currently being prosecuted for setting up an illegal gambling scheme are on the red list of...
5 arrested for ATM bombing, no cash stolen
MANKAYANE – It was a futile exercise for the six men who bombed an EswatiniBank ATM in Mankayane in the dead of the...
Illegal gambling risks landing Eswatini on greylist
MBABANE – The illegal online gambling activities have the potential of getting Eswatini greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).The FATF is...
Online gambling global scam: Americans lose E282 billion, Eswatini makes arrests
MBABANE – The online gambling scam is a broader global scheme that has affected global citizens, mainly from the USA and UK.After the...
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‘Cat’ Matlala ID saga: Home Affairs official dismissed
MBABANE – Nonhlanhla Malambe, the Home Affairs official found guilty over the issuance of Eswatini national documents to Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, has been...
MaMkhize absent as Eswatini team suffer 2nd defeat
NHLANGANO – Mbabane Highlanders AM suffered another painful defeat without President Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize in the stands, as Nsingizini Hotspurs edged them 1-0...
Ex-magistrate, another allegedly disobey court orders
MBABANE – Jail time has been sought for former Magistrate Dumisani Magagula and an individual with whom he is alleged to have disobeyed...
10-litre container of drugs allegedly found with clinic guard
VUVULANE – Community members reportedly recovered a 10-litre container of medication from a security guard at Vuvulane Rural Clinic, raising concerns of theft....
Mpaka centre grapples with refugee influx
MPAKA – Malindza Refugee Reception Centre is grappling with rising arrivals from several African countries. In the past two weeks alone, 18 foreigners...
