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Kubayi suspends DG Doc Mashabane

JOHANNESBURG - Justice Minister Mamoloko Kubayi says she will not go into detail regarding the suspension of the department’s Director General (DG) Doc...

US Federal Reserve governor fired

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has begun a standoff with Donald Trump, refusing to leave her post after Trump announced he...

‘We don’t regret taking Israel to ICJ’

JOHANNESBURG - Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Ronald Lamola says South Africa has no regrets and was fully aware of the consequences...

Zelenskyy vows to continue fighting

UKRAINE - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom ‘while its calls for peace are not heard’, in...

ANC morality under fire

JOHANNESBURG - Former International Relations Minister and ANC veteran Dr Naledi Pandor said the late former ANC Women’s League President Gertrude Shope knew...

The queen’s verdict on Trump

LONDON - If 2024 had been the year of health setbacks, then 2025 was the year when the monarchy was suddenly a trophy...

Turkish first lady appeals to Melania over Gaza children

TURKEY - Turkey’s first lady has urged Melania Trump to speak out for children suffering in Israel’s war in Gaza. Emine Erdogan praised...

Melania in the driving seat

USA - It was billed as a triumph of diplomacy for two of the world’s great ‘silverbacks’ as they sought to bring an...

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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...

E2bn Chinese fraud suspect fears death penalty

MBABANE – The Chinese national, Jin Houyun, who is suspected of involvement in pooling over E2 billion from thousands of investors in China...

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...