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Last year’s priorities in 2026

Prime Minister Russell Dlamini says healthcare, education reform and social protection formed a major part of government’s agenda in 2025.In government’s end-of-year statement...

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What the JC results tell us

The Form III results have come and gone, leaving others ecstatic, while hundreds more had a gloomy Christmas precisely because of them.The question...

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Minister Tshawuka a spectator in FMD crisis

While we all sympathise with Minister for Agriculture Mandla Tshawuka for losing some of his cattle to the rampant foot‑and‑mouth disease (FMD), we...

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Mankayane fire a national disaster

The unity among all government structures, which Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini spoke about a few days ago, is exactly what the doctor...

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Man-made losses at EEC

We need to give credit where it is due and criticism where it is warranted.After the tempestuous storm that left hundreds of emaSwati...

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For the love of the country

Lobamba Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Masilela recently impressed netizens when he blamed fellow legislators for the high cost of water in the...

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The EVERS change of heart

It appears that government has been caught off guard by the recent salary review for its 43 959 employees.This review has resulted in...

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Economic growth, where exactly?

Geography and Physics hold that the higher you go, the colder it gets.Over time, this has been used as a proverb of sorts,...

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King never shields anyone from prosecution

Across the annals of our nation’s history and indeed throughout the global journey towards justice, the invocation of ‘The Law’ has stood as...

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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...