Parliament
MPs pass amendment to reduce E200 tax penalty to E25
MBABANE –Members of Parliament (MPs) have successfully passed that the controversial E200 per-day penalty charged on companies for failure to comply to tax...
Transport operators, blazing guns in ESR fuel theft investigation
LOBAMBA – Investigations into the alleged theft of fuel at Eswatini Railways (ESR) have taken a dangerous turn. This is as Acting Chief Executive...
REPS owes government over E100m after court losses
MBABANE – The Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) is grappling with a debt of more than E100 million owed to government, largely arising...
Compulsory DNA testing could trigger divorces, MPs warn
LOBAMBA – Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have warned that making DNA testing compulsory before the issuance of birth certificates could lead to...
Compulsory DNA testing expensive, unSwati – MPs
LOBAMBA – Some Members of Parliament (MPs) and Cabinet ministers have listed legal, financial, cultural and ethical concerns among the reasons they feel...
PAC branded ineffective, likened to a scarecrow
LOBAMBA – Despite tabling voluminous reports every financial year, the PAC came under fire yesterday, with MPs arguing that it has failed to...
PAC questions sport council’s over E3m vehicles procurement process
MBABANE – The Office of the Auditor General (AG) has raised queries regarding the procurement process of the athletes’ bus purchased by the...
Exclude public officers in ENPF Bill, PSPF tells Parliament
LOBAMBA – The Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF) has reiterated its call for public officers to be excluded from proposed Eswatini National Pension...
Depleted pension fund costing EPTC E2 million monthly
LOBAMBA – The continued underfunding of the Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC) pension fund is placing a significant financial burden on the...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
