Education
Hailstorm sweeps away entire school
MBABANE - Amid the scattered bricks, twisted iron sheets and splintered roof timbers that were once Mcuba Primary School, a single classroom now...
Parents frustrated as most urban schools full
MBABANE – With the new academic year just days away, parents are still desperately searching for spaces for their children, while head teachers...
E30m for rehabilitation of 8 storm-damaged schools
HEREFORDS – Government, through the Ministry of Education and Training, has allocated approximately E30 million for the rehabilitation of eight schools in northern...
Parents cry foul over withholding of pupils’ symbols
MBABANE – The Ministry of Education and Training has been asked to intervene following complaints from parents who allege that some head teachers...
Schools urged to admit all pupils who passed
MBABANE – As festivities are over and the opening of schools draws closer, the Ministry of Education and Training has called on head...
Taxpayer to pay E2.7m for pupils repeating Grade VII
MBABANE – The taxpayer will have to fork out over E2.7 million for the more than 4 000 learners who did not make...
Future engineer nets 92% aggregate
MANZINI – The 13-year-old Sikhatsisakhe Dlamini, who achieved an outstanding 92 per cent aggregate to top the class of 2025, has a clear...
CBE exam results: Pass rate up, 4 100 to repeat
MBABANE – Grade VII examination results have recorded an upturn, with a national pass rate of 87.30 per cent; however, 4 100 pupils...
Educators: New CBE exam results a wait-and-see
MBABANE – Educators have expressed uncertainty over the expected outcome of the first-ever Competency-Based Education (CBE) Grade VII examination results.They further expressed eagerness...
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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...
