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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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,...
