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US shutdown to continue
WASHINGTON - The US Senate failed for a fifth time on Monday to pass spending measures that would reopen government.Competing proposals by Democrats...
Army general named as Madagascar PM
MADAGASCAR - Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led...
France’s new PM quits
FRANCE - France’s new Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu has quit just weeks after being appointed to the position.President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Lecornu’s...
SA sends team to Israel over detainees
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has sent a specialist team to Israel to negotiate release of six detained...
Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard plan
OREGON - An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with...
Mchunu ready to testify
JOHANNESBURG - ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member, Senzo Mchunu, says he is ready to testify before the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria. Mchunu...
Stop bombing Gaza
USA – US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Hamas was ready for ‘lasting peace’ and told Israel to stop bombing Gaza,...
Estevao stuns reds
Chelsea ...................2Liverpool ................1 LONDON – Liverpool crashed to a third successive defeat as Estevao Willian’s last-gasp strike condemned the spluttering Premier League champions to...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
