Education
Senate Committee against moving Scholarship Fund to banks
MBABANE - A recommendation that government scholarship function should remain under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security has been made by the...
Aluminium poisoning: How safe are school feeding schemes
MBABANE – Is your child’s food helping them grow or killing them slowly?Thousands of children in Eswatini’s primary schools may be consuming toxic...
Scattered settlements threaten Eswatini’s SDG 4 goals
MBABANE-Across parts of the developing world, the challenge of delivering quality education is often framed in terms of funding, infrastructure, or teacher shortages....
Ministry moves to standardise fees, end corporal punishment
MANZINI – The education system is under scrutiny as the ministry cracks down on fees, corporal punishment and financial misconduct.A high-level meeting between...
Education sector policy blamed for rise in teenage pregnancy
MBABANE – While the Swaziland Education and Training Sector Policy (EDSEC) has long been praised as a progressive step within Eswatini’s education sector,...
Head teachers resolve to close schools if…
MANZINI – Head teachers say once government funds are exhausted, they will close schools and surrender the keys to the regional education officers...
School with everything but pupils
BETHLEHEM – In an era where most public schools in Eswatini are buckling under the pressure of overcrowded classrooms and overstretched resources, Bethlehem...
Electricity hike: Schools billed as businesses
MBABANE – Across Eswatini, the first school period begins around 7:30am.Inside one of the schools around the Hhohho Region, squints at a chalkboard...
Education Ministry takes action against 39 head teachers
MBABANE – In a decisive move that signals a shift from rhetoric to action, the Ministry of Education and Training has taken action...
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Chinese nationals challenge re-arrest
MBABANE - The 25 foreign nationals from the People’s Republic of China are challenging their re-arrest and detention at Mafutseni Police Station. The...
Customary marriages declared in community of property
MBABANE – The High Court has declared the long-standing practice of treating marriages under Eswatini Law and Custom as being out of community...
Inyatsi Construction building foundations of First World future
For more than four decades, Eswatini has witnessed one of the most significant periods of infrastructure development in its history. Under the leadership...
No more USA Visa processing in Eswatini
MBABANE – In a move that will significantly alter travel logistics for Eswatini nationals, the United States Embassy in Mbabane will cease accepting...
Each MP set for E1m handshake
MBABANE – When the 12th Parliament assumed office in 2023, an ordinary Member of Parliament (MP) was earning a basic monthly salary of...
