International Politics
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...
Nathi Mthethwa passes on
FRANCE – South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, has died in Paris. This was confirmed by the Department of International Relations and...
Keeping his royal distance?
LONDON - Prince William’s embarrassment at standing next to Prince Andrew may have led to the future King warning his uncle to stop...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
