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EswatiniBank seeks E300m capital injection

LOBAMBA – EswatiniBank requires a once-off government capital injection of about E300 million to strengthen operations, modernise systems and support its developmental mandate.This...

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FINCORP slammed over use of same auditors for three decades

LOBAMBA – The Auditor General has criticised FINCORP for retaining the same external audit firm throughout its 30-year existence.Auditor General Timothy Matsebula argued...

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PS vows to deal with bogus colleges, ESHEC instability

MBABANE – Government plans to tighten controls on private colleges accused of advertising unaccredited courses and misleading prospective students.Principal Secretary in the Ministry...

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Claims of security guard earning E30k salary

LOBAMBA – Allegations that an RSTP security guard earns E30 000 and a cleaner E15 000 monthly surfaced before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee...

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Claims of town CEO spending E5 million on trips

LOBAMBA – Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Appolo Maphalala has promised to investigate claims that there is a town clerk who spends...

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PS decries abuse of State security vehicles

LOBAMBA — Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport Thulani Mkhaliphi has decried abuse of government vehicles by officers,...

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Still no trace of missing E67m elderly grants

LOBAMBA – Sixteen years after millions meant for elderly grants could not be traced, the Deputy Prime Minister’s (DPM) Office has admitted that...

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Pay back govt’s E5.9m, AG orders Tourism Authority

LOBAMBA – Auditor General Timothy Matsebula has rejected a request by the Eswatini Tourism Authority (ETA) to write off E5.9 million owed to...

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Clerk decries Parliament budget neglect

MBABANE – Clerk to Parliament Bennedict Xaba has decried that the institution is consistently overlooked in the national budget, warning that this seriously...

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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...