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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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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,...