Mining
No more selling gold abroad – minister
MBABANE – Government plans to retain locally mined gold as part of the country’s national reserves.Minister for Natural Resources and Energy Prince Lonkhokhela...
Police seize 130 bags of mineral-rich soil as zama zamas flee
PIGG’S PEAK – Police recovered about 130 bags of mineral-rich soil after suspected illegal miners fled a raid at Phophonyane.The bags, believed to...
Zama zama cops to fry – NATCOM
MANZINI – Rotten cops in trouble.National Commissioner of Police Vusi Manoma Masango says the allegation that police officers are benefitting from the illegal...
King licenses local firm for gold prospecting
MBABANE – His Majesty King Mswati III has authorised a local mining company to conduct a preliminary study into possible gold deposits in...
Mhlume Mine halts operations, retrenches
MBABANE – Yet another local mine has become a casualty of the declining demand for coal.This time, it is the Mhlume Anthracite Coal...
Investors enter mining, but impact yet to be realised
MBABANE - More investors are venturing into Eswatini’s mining sector, but economic impact remains largely unrealised as the industry continues to focus on...
After SA steel companies shut down: Maloma forced to retrench
MBABANE – Maloma Colliery Limited has been forced to reduce its production and retrench 145 more employees after its biggest customer scaled down...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Family sues EEC over E6m for Mpolonjeni child electrocution
MBABANE - The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) is facing lawsuit of more than E6 million following an electrocution incident that allegedly claimed the...
