Economy
Eswatini positions itself as regional manufacturing hub
MBABANE – Eswatini is intensifying its efforts to position itself as a competitive regional manufacturing and investment hub through deepened bilateral and private-sector...
Economic growth must be felt by all – minister
EZULWINI – The Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, says Eswatini’s economy is showing signs of growth. He said, however, progress...
Imports flood SACU market, sugar sector under pressure
MBABANE - Eswatini’s sugar industry, is under mounting pressure as a surge of cheap imported sugar into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)...
Eswatini to benefit from World Bank’s over E200m power project
MBABANE – Eswatini stands to benefit from strengthened regional electricity reliability and affordability following the World Bank’s approval of a US$12 million (over...
Ministry, UNFPA launch population, housing, economic census
MBABANE – The Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, in collaboration with UNFPA launched the 2027 Population and Housing Census (PHC) and the...
E3.5bn co-operative sector eyes new bank
MBABANE – Eswatini’s Cooperative sector, which now collectively manages assets valued at over E3.5 billion, is taking a major step towards deepening financial...
Southern Africa urged to channel budgets towards job creation
EZULWINI - The 31st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) of Southern Africa has urged governments to boost...
Eswatini benchmarks Nigeria’s industrial free zone model
MBABANE - Eswatini is taking a page from Nigeria’s industrialisation playbook by studying how Africa’s most populous nation has successfully developed and managed...
Russia economy struggling
RUSSIA – Vladimir Putin is this weekend approaching a perfect storm as world oil prices plummet, just as a combination of Western sanctions...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
