The Punchline
The jobs are coming
The 2025 Integrated Labour Force Survey says Eswatini created 10 871 jobs in the past two years. Excellent. Somebody should immediately inform the...
My pension happened to my money
My uncle Magonso phoned me last week. Now, you and I know that when an uncle calls during working hours, there are usually...
Medicine died waiting for patients
I have a cousin called Sibusiso. Every family in Eswatini has a Sibusiso. He is not a doctor, an economist or a politician,...
The world has terrible timing
I realised this while sitting in the newsroom last week, watching one screen showing reports about tensions involving Iran and another showing analysis...
Civil servants are beautiful
Civil servants are beautiful. Not next month when the money lands. Right now! This is one of the disingenuous statements they will hear...
Bus rank is where patience goes to die
If heaven is peaceful, then the opposite of heaven is any bus rank at month-end. That place is not a transport terminal. It’s...
Justice is blind – except in Siteki
There is something happening in Siteki. Not holy. Not righteous. No! Spiritual in the sense that the laws of reality themselves no longer...
‘Ungishaya mbamba lomake wakami’
There are certain sentences that deserve to be protected as national heritage in Eswatini. Not because they are inspiring. Not because they united...
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Home Affairs Corruption: Cleaners fired for selling marriage certificates
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Nobody fears science; people fear receipts
Whenever life starts making less sense than Parliament, I visit my uncle, Titus. Not because he has all the answers, but because he...
ByStanley Khumalo7 July 2026