International Politics
Army general named as Madagascar PM
MADAGASCAR - Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led...
France’s new PM quits
FRANCE - France’s new Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu has quit just weeks after being appointed to the position.President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Lecornu’s...
SA sends team to Israel over detainees
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has sent a specialist team to Israel to negotiate release of six detained...
Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard plan
OREGON - An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with...
Trump gives Hamas deadline
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to accept a US peace plan for Gaza or face ‘all hell’.Trump...
Keir’s lost my vote
LONDON - A former Labour voter who Sir Keir Starmer said made him realise the party had it ‘wrong on immigration’ has said...
Mandla Mandela ‘abducted by Israeli forces’
ISRAEL - Activist and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Mandla Mandela, who was sailing to Gaza aboard a boat which is part of the...
America goes dark
WASHINGTON - The United States Federal Government has officially shut down after Donald Trump shared a behind-the-scenes photo from his failed negotiations with...
Not fit to be PM
LONDON - Keir Starmer drew a furious reaction from Nigel Farage yesterday after accusing him of not ‘liking’ or ‘loving’ Britain. Despite an election probably...
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Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala passes on
MBABANE- Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala has died, according to reports emerging on Thursday. Maphalala is reported to have passed away while receiving treatment...
Thousands flock to Shiselweni for Umhlanga second leg
MANZINI – Thousands of Imbali yesterday descended on the Mbangweni Royal Residence in the Shiselweni Region, marking the beginning of the second leg...
Schools open as scheduled – PS
MBABANE –Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Training, Nanikie Mnisi, has affirmed that schools will reopen as scheduled in accordance with...
Mbuso Simelane accused of attempts to divert E10m public funds
MBABANE – The Eswatini Medical Christian University (EMCU) Council has alleged that the Chairman of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of...
E50 000 bail for couple in E2.3 million theft case
MBABANE - A former chief clerk and her husband, implicated in the alleged theft of E2.3 million from Pick Yours Supermarket in Buhleni,...
