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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Customary marriages declared in community of property
MBABANE – The High Court has declared the long-standing practice of treating marriages under Eswatini Law and Custom as being out of community...
Inyatsi Construction building foundations of First World future
For more than four decades, Eswatini has witnessed one of the most significant periods of infrastructure development in its history. Under the leadership...
No more USA Visa processing in Eswatini
MBABANE – In a move that will significantly alter travel logistics for Eswatini nationals, the United States Embassy in Mbabane will cease accepting...
King moves to save Ncangosini residents from eviction
KONTSHINGILA – Hundreds of residents living on a privately owned farm at Ncangosini, Kontshingila, are set to be spared from eviction after an...
Each MP set for E1m handshake
MBABANE – When the 12th Parliament assumed office in 2023, an ordinary Member of Parliament (MP) was earning a basic monthly salary of...
