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 - ITC, Amadi partnership gains momentum
 - SPTC records worst profit in five years
 - Natie Kirsh arrives today, to visit Jubukweni High School
 - SACU receipts fell by over 13 per cent in 2009 /2010
 - Majozi presents E10.7billion budget
 - SEC applies for removal of e55 monthly charge
 - Bad news for motorists as another fuel hike looms
 - Sun International will sell shares, leave SD if...
 - Lutfo seals Nestle deal
 - Proudly SA embraces Buy Swazi campaign
 - 3 Sun International managers resign
 - SRIC employees get 4 times their salaries in bonus pay
 - African Alliance wants to buy SwaziBank
 - Petrol prices expected to drop by 27c/litre
 - SD, SA, Moz unveil East 3Route
 - Swaziland Sugar Association makes E2.8bn gross revenue
 - Premier Foods buys stake in Mr Bead, SUB
 - Nkhaba folk to now enjoy less power interruptions
 - SUB, Mister Bread merger with Premier Foods okayed
 - Natie Kirsh buys E3.4bn property in London
 - ‘Funds to pay December salaries almost secured’
 - New rail route project to link with three countries
 - Moses Motsa buys Durban’s Royal Hotel
 - Motsa considers one more hotel in Durban
 - Old Mutual brings funeral cover for low end of market
 - Business directory no longer for FSE&CC members only
 - Bakhombisile Mkhwanazi dies
 - Economic growth to drop to 0.8%
 - E11.5bn National Budget expected to rise to E12bn
 - Buy electricity using your cellphone
 - First of its kind beneficiary company opens in Swaziland
 - Moses Motsa selling his properties
 - Swazi MTN wants to partner with corporates
 - UNISWA lecturer, DJ, model in BBB top 80
 - VAT: it’s no April’s Fool
 - VAT goes ahead - Govt
 - Bheki is Mkhonta dead
 - The late Bheki Mkhonta’s last moments
 - ‘Every moment with him has been memorable’

category: Business & Farming
 - Govt’s borrowing from banks
 - SEL interim profits stand at over E22m
 - Conco CEO is SIFE Chairman
 - SNPF makes an addition to its property business
 - About 10 000 join SNPF’s supplementary scheme
 - ‘SIFE shaping future leaders’
 - Swaziland not affected by recalled Toyota Avensis
 - Soft drink prices go up
 - SNPF wants 51 per cent shareholding at Happy Valley
 - Over 150 Lifeguard insurance members’ fate hangs in limbo
 - E100 000 for Green Business Initiatives
 - Government eyes Seychelles market for fruits, vegetables
 - Minister draws tough mandate for SIPA board
 - Growth in real GDP to be driven by public consumption
 - First rice consignment leaves for Kuwait market
 - Serious adjustments needed for SPTC
 - SPTC could have attained E85m profits
 - SASCCO failed to convince SNPF to invest in their project
 - Residents fear Foster mall could hike property value
 - SNPF guarantees return of not less than three per cent
 - New one litre soft drinks to retail at E10
 - SWASA begins clamp down on substandard goods
 - Strong insurance regulations rope in a new company for SD
 - ‘Its not difficult to invest 30% of assets locally’
 - King’s speech: A true test for economic recovery
 - New initiatives for Business Woman of the Year Awards
 - Local entrepreneurs to show products in Dubai
 - Construction industry suffers a setback
 - Fuel, margarine and milk
 - Swaziland signs SADC agricultural charter
 - End of World Cup brings misery to local construction industry
 - E6m re-capitalised into SUB
 - Liberty Properties partners with Millennium Properties
 - Opportunity for local SMMEs to be awarded
 - Exempt us from tax, SMMEs plead
 - SMMEs want govt to pump more
 - Concerns on new Companies Act
 - SEDCO engages in ‘Buy Swazi’ campaign
 - Kirsh announces fresh funding for two projects
 - Over E2m investment in free range chicken abattoir
 - Competition Commission approves Wal-mart and Massmart merger
 - Leading vehicle brands for annual Motor Show
 - SWASA survey results to identify goods that need to be inspected
 - Majozi is raising right concerns, but. . . – Zodwa Mabuza
 - No govt support to our sector - SMMEs
 - 2010 cotton season was better
 - SA Afrox’s E200m expansion a relief
 - COMRAP agro-dealers will be accredited
 - Lilangeni parity to RanD under threat
 - Inyatsi’s order book exceeds E1.5 billion
 - Consider restructuring govt ministries, says S’thofeni
 - Swaziland is eligible for funding - IMF
 - SEL eyes acquiring stake at Liberty Life, Old Mutual or Metropolitan
 - Energy regulator to establish Tariff Methodology
 - Nestlé South Africa to sign MoU with local government
 - FNB not shaken by influx of micro lenders
 - Happy Valley opening hits hard on Swazi Spa Holdings gaming revenue
 - Gross official reserves rise by two per cent
 - Avoid high bank charges, do electronic banking - FNB
 - Housing Board pumps in E5.7m into Ezulwini Valley development
 - Government should consider paying third parties- FINCORP
 - Sun International’s intended departure will send wrong signal
 - Texray chairman in Swaziland with team of investors
 - Government still funds 22 public enterprises
 - Business sector calls for consideration in payment of suppliers without order
 - Swaziland can rely on SRA for increased revenue- SARS
 - Nestlé South Africa’s E1m investment in Swaziland
 - COMRAP engages financial institutions to help farmers
 - Why consumers are not notified prior of a petrol price increase
 - SD imports 90% of its vegetables
 - No payment for contractor to be engaged in toll gate
 - NAMBoard invests E0.5m on new packaging house
 - SD maximising its involvement in COMRAP
 - SEL eyes opportunities in the energy sector
 - More farmers making use of Sherwood
 - FSE&CC talks value creation in networking event
 - Emtini Hotel takes shape, recruitment of staff done
 - Government launches E300 million bond
 - ‘Let us assume SACU increase is not there’
 - ‘MPs, not accommodative of govt financial position’
 - SNPF engages local companies for its two major developments
 - SWAKI to manage Riverstone Mall
 - JA Swaziland to host Africa regional forum
 - No specific project for E1 billion AfDB loan
 - Top SA mining expert joins Peterstow Aquapower
 - SIPA signs MoU on mineral water joint venture
 - SWAPROP records over E400 000 profits
 - Eskom’s E3bn power station damages will not affect SEC yet
 - Govt dependent companies might have to cut salaries
 - CBS leaves rates unchanged amid rising inflation risk
 - Swaziland nurses hope for a sustainable beef industry
 - Low interest rates fail to pull down Nedbank
 - PM dismayed at Kellog Foundation’s withdrawal
 - Freeworld Paints takeover in jeopardy
 - Govt tendering to be audited — PM
 - PM concerned about foreigners owning some businesses
 - Consumer demand will not grow economy
 - Local suppliers fail to meet SWSC tendering process
 - Forget about getting new loans - consumers warned
 - Insurance players happy about Insurance Act amendment
 - Lindiwe Dlamini, Fikile Nkosi to speak at women’s conference
 - FSE&CC to meet govt on labour issues on labour issues
 - Moses Motsa says no shopping malls for now
 - SBS worried about civil servants’ salary cuts
 - IMF backs ministers’ 10 per cent salary cuts
 - COMRAP to respond to rising food prices
 - Inflation rate shoots up to 5.53 per cent
 - Swazi ‘big wigs’ head for Botswana SMME conference
 - COMRAP to foster financial packages for smallholder farmers
 - Govt might see ease of pressure
 - SIPA wants govt to have local procurement policy
 - Commerce minister in Israel to
 - Central Bank impressed with MTN Mobile Money product
 - SwaziBank, Ubombo Sugar in major sugarcane deal
 - Government’s external obligations drop reserves
 - Nedbank puts emphasis on SME sector
 - SNPF, Happy Valley seal shares deal
 - Pam Golding Properties adds new division
 - Fuel prices to hike this week
 - Maize producers invited
 - Cheated in your pension, insurance claims?
 - Money for May, June will come from taxes, fines
 - SEC gets E22m dividend
 - E50million investment for downstream weir
 - AAT announces 11 approved training providers in SD
 - Repatriation of 30% assets accomplished
 - Significant recovery for sric 2010 profits
 - SRIC staff could own 15 per cent of the company
 - SRIC will not take certain risks
 - FSE&CC, Lebombo Marketing talk on manufacturing expo
 - Government’s debt levels not worrisome
 - Government revives SD Trading House
 - Ubombo Sugar invests E1.5bn in power generation expansion
 - Tourism to lead economic recovery, tour operators
 - Ministry can’t promise good cotton price
 - Old Mutual handed best employer award
 - Neglect the employee, close shop, says PM
 - E700 000 up for grabs in entrepreneurship awards
 - Machinery for diamond mining coming before month end
 - Govt cuts E200 million on Sikhuphe/Mbadlane road
 - ‘We are a long way off from de-linking’
 - SD not In conformity with SADC tendering process
 - ‘All is not well with SMEs’
 - Major relief for local companies trading with China
 - SD signs MoU for possible new railway
 - Govt makes E79m payment for Sikhuphe/Mbadlane Highway
 - Stiff competition for new investments in SADC
 - Companies shocked by tender disqualification
 - Beef quota decline
 - FNB records growth in mobile banking
 - Factory shells should be available for SMEs
 - Swazi Secrets retailer wins African Women in Europe Award
 - Huge challenge for bank’s potential buyer
 - ‘We are subsiding govt through schemes’
 - New Public Relations Officer unveiled at KOBWA
 - Reserves could be depleted within a year
 - ‘Too late for govt to meet IMF numerical standards’
 - Swazi Plaza calls for new tenders
 - Microproject’s downscaling hits hard on construction industry
 - SD needs own assessment on ease of doing business
 - CBS to release remaining series of new notes Monday
 - Civil servants’ lives change for the worse
 - Swaziland can solve its own problems
 - SACU to have regional industrial policy
 - Stop of land sales halts Motsa’s Mall
 - CBS raises deposit requirements for financial institutions to 6%
 - Owed by government? You can now claim
 - SwaziBank hires 22 for new branches
 - REDI receives 47 entries for BWYA nominees
 - Metropolitan provides relief for policy seekers
 - Sanlam spreads its wings to Swaziland
 - Why award companies that don’t pay tax?
 - Government continues to deplete reserves further
 - Unfavourable exchange rate and bad weather cost RSSC
 - SD receives over E700m FROM SACU
 - ‘Govt owing us monies to pay tax’
 - We are not to blame for Ngwenya congestion - SARS
 - ‘No one is ready to bail out Africa’
 - FESBC wants Majozi to act on abused govt lines
 - SA should bail out Swaziland - masire
 - SADC to have better cereal harvest
 - COMRAP gets four months extension
 - Agric regional trust fund on the cards
 - Agric ministry defends itself
 - Tee’s Bistro restaurant epitomises Riverstone Mall
 - Interneuron stops being a stockbroker
 - SNPF’s conversion - Parliament to decide on tax free benefits
 - Greystone Partners nets over E600 000 profitsBY CASSANDRA SHAW
 - COMESA states agree on agriculture fund
 - Crucifix businesses up for sale
 - ‘Technoserve is not shutting its doors’
 - Compliance professionals invited to information sharing session
 - SAPPI, Paper Mills closure causes drop in electricity imports
 - Thabo Magagula gets provisional license for foreign exchange bureau
 - Business sector wants govt to reduce arrears with companies
 - SD yet to design investment plan under CAADP
 - Municipality records surplus of over E7m
 - E2.4bn loan not enough to cover govt finance
 - Old Mutual Group nets about E6.2 billion profits
 - SwaziBank to pump in over E500m in local economy
 - Swaziland vulnerable to preferential markets
 - AfDB funds economic diversification study for Swaziland
 - Ronnie Mkhombe joins SWADE
 - SRA to train Swazi SME network members on tax
 - ‘Swazis not entrepreneurial thinkers - SWADE acting CEO
 - SPTC invests E41m for faster, cheaper network
 - Sugar cane harvest gives above average yields
 - Businesses urged to provide support for women in top positions
 - Regional integration likened to insurance policy
 - Economic diversification study to propose policy reforms
 - Special licence for businesses selling goods at Trade Fair
 - Manzini Business Park infrastructure complete
 - SBS introduces insurance cover for mortgage loans
 - We don’t charge VAT- Boxer Stores
 - Food, furniture slightly ease inflation rate
 - MPD Group office complex up for sale
 - Private sector to have direct interventions with Cabinet
 - Gone Rural are finalists for African SMME Awards
 - Veki’s Village being sold for E10 million
 - ‘SRA asking for the impossible’
 - Private sector should remind govt of its shortcomings
 - Private sector welcomes Procurement Bill
 - Matsapha Town Board embarks on residential development
 - Quarterly SACU revenue boosts July reserves
 - Veki’s Village draws a lot of interest
 - Swazi Spa Holdings’ shareholders cautioned
 - Less tourists to SD due to ‘Staycation’ concept
 - New SASCCO building
 - Swaziland cannot host visitors for All Africa Games
 - SEC hits target of prepaid connections
 - SEC customers pay for power theft through tariffs
 - ‘We’re prepared for industry liberalisation’
 - Franchising - A big business opportunity
 - Sibane Hotel lights up the valley
 - SICO invests E2 million in SA property and stocks
 - Swazispa Holdings loss to impact on government
 - Power can cost three times more in winter
 - SD, SA sign MoU to strengthen agriculture cooperation
 - Municipality games come with business opportunities
 - Tibiyo has resources to take advantage of opportunities
 - Local policies should be modified - economist
 - What caused SASCCO project failure?
 - Only 10% of population is rich - CBS Governor
 - Govt should re-consider bringing back tax rebates- FSE&CC
 - CBS wants policies that will embrace the poor
 - SEACOM aware of ‘SPTC situation’
 - Fast implementation of Investor Roadmap hindered by govt’s flaws
 - Protest action: Businesses struggling to keep doors open
 - Winning JA company to attend regional competition in Ghana
 - African agriculture can eliminate hunger - PM
 - Fiscal crisis could lead to a lost generation
 - Domestic borrowing dried up for govt
 - Swaziland to receive E1.2bn
 - Mawocha’s first assignment as FSE&CC President
 - What has business sector contributed?
 - COMESA to talk business under a single market
 - Now is the time to invest in real assets
 - SIPA, NAFCOC to host women business seminar
 - FNB nets E81 million profits
 - It was indeed a women’s night!
 - COMESA seeks to issue infrastructure bond
 - MTN’s corporate wear sponsorship for SIFE UNISWA
 - Inhlanyelo’s E500 000 payout to Siphofaneni
 - German breakthrough for Swazi Secrets
 - SNPF’s funeral benefit cover is insured by Liberty Life
 - Over E15 million for heavy plant machinery purchase
 - Government’s budgetary obligations dig on reserves
 - MTN shareholding is in favour of SD - Ambrose
 - MTN pays SPTC over E3m per month for leased lines
 - Spread of SNPF investment boostS fund’s returns
 - About 190 Swaziland Fruit Canners employees to lose jobs
 - Adjudicator is dealing with over 10 cases already
 - Discom shops cease to operate
 - Procedure was not followed in licence revoking - Nkambule
 - Corporate Skills Centre, Milpark School partnership bears fruits
 - IMF, AfDB, World Bank here in November
 - Ngwane Mills to increase flour prices by six per cent
 - I had stamped on big toes – Lionel Reid
 - Ngwane Mills assures quality flour product
 - Discom Mbabane branch now closed
 - Finding solutions with Business Thursday
 - Wage fluctuations should be allowed
 - Consumer Association against Premier Foods, MISTER Bread/SUB merger
 - East3route goes international
 - East3route excursion to be annual event
 - East3route excursion ends on high note in SD
 - Aviation taxation is tax on development - PM
 - CONCO partners with Inyatsi for E17m sub station
 - COMESA establishment ideal for collective approach - CBS Governor
 - Business community welcomes 30-day grace period
 - You can now own a share of SNPF real estate
 - Sugar exports record impressive growth
 - African Food Basket Initiative to address food security concerns
 - AfriSam’s anticipated shareholding dilution won’t affect operations
 - No money for spare parts for government tractors
 - SNPF’s Plaza shareholding incorporated in unit trust
 - Credit to businesses record
 - Reserves depict annual decline of 18.5 per cent
 - MTN calls for aspiring MM agents
 - Roots Construction wins over E100m tender
 - ABSA, Orion Hotels show interest in SwaziBank
 - SD, SACU countries face permanent revenue loss
 - SWAPROP records slight increase in revenue
 - Restaurants, hotels to charge 14 per cent extra as sales tax
 - Government to stop borrowing from Central Bank
 - SWASA, energy regulator partner for quality electricity services
 - MTN pays close to E60m dividend to SEL
 - PM guest speaker at Junior Achievement dinner
 - ‘No thanks to your 15% shareholding offer’
 - SCARTA’s Msibi is SB Best Retailer
 - Swazi Plaza empowers retail tenants
 - E1m fund for entrepreneurs around Maguga Dam
 - Bleak Christmas for hotels
 - Moses Motsa buys Enterprise Building
 - Promotion of competition in banks a good move
 - PSPF realised profits down to E436 million
 - Less tourist arrivals in Swaziland
 - Prime Bakery to also slash its bread prices
 - IDM to host open day
 - Government has not remitted E452m to Pension Fund
 - Agricultural experts pull all stops to clinch deal at COP17
 - Minister Majozi refutes that SD taking Zim path
 - PSPF realised profits down to E436 million
 - Climate change talks end: The polluters have won
 - Consumers more likely to default loan payments
 - Insurance and retirement funds record E2.2bn gains
 - Sd part of fastest shrinking economies
 - Gross official reserves show healthy trend
 - Over 3 000 hectares for sunflower production
 - Ngwane Mills was not a party to bakeries merger
 - SUB/Mister Bread employees are supportive of merger
 - NAMBoard to develop transparent pricing model
 - SA’s exposure to EU could affect neighbouring countries
 - SIPA rallies behind bakeries merger
 - E7.3 billion rail link commissioned
 - Dairy Board wants to subsidise dairy industry
 - Mbabane property rates to hike by six per cent
 - Retail rental income shows slight drop
 - Warehouse in Matsapha up for grabs for E1.9m
 - Low prices killing piggery business
 - International aviation engineering company does work for SWACAA
 - Maintenance at Cahora Bassa dam blamed for Moz’s power suspension
 - Communications sector records decline in number of lines, usage
 - SNPF may invest in different sectors
 - New valuations could hike property prices
 - No property rates hike for Ezulwini
 - Property in SD is Gold
 - Technoserve’s Believe Begin Become programme back
 - Registrar of Insurance withdraws Akani licence
 - Australian company wants Swazi coal
 - Natie Kirsh’s first business in SD sold
 - REDI celebrates 10 years, unveils new logo
 - Nxumalo is acting NAMBoard CEO
 - SFL warns brokers to clean up their act
 - Non payment of civil servant’s pension affects banks
 - CBS will no longer be lending money to govt
 - ‘Other sectors of economy have not suffered much’
 - SD paid E138m
 - Global competitiveness report survey commences
 - SD Contract Furnishers faces closure
 - Interest rates kept low to kick start economy
 - SRA signs E23m contract with New Zealand company
 - SEC excited about Moz’s hydroelectric facility expansion
 - Narrow escape for SD Contract Furnishers
 - SA property agents after Moses Motsa
 - Private sector expects EVERS in 2012/13 budget
 - Govt sets aside E400 million to boost reserves
 - Govt to implement new dividend policy for parastatals
 - SACU pool problems persist
 - African AGs put their heads together
 - KickStart top 10 finalists unveiled
 - Inflation close to 10 per cent mark
 - COMESA institution to integrate women into trade
 - Former Ka-Lucky Bar up for sale
 - Two deputy sheriffs for former Lucky’s bar auction
 - 2012 could be recovery year
 - Millions of beneficiary funds still outside SD
 - Nando’s spreads its wings in Swaziland
 - Credit to construction sector hikes due to low interest rates
 - Govt to check if funds have been repatriated
 - Ministry introduces new concept in food production
 - SD Beverages sets up E1m trust fund for Kickstart
 - Youth fund disburses close to E8 million
 - Over 600 applications for 2012 BBB E1m competition
 - Ministry not effective in disposal of pesticide containers
 - Interviews for 650 BBB applicants start today
 - Majozi calls for local investment
 - Women United loses business due to fuel shortages
 - Natural Resources Ministry generates over E280m revenue
 - Visa provisions still a headache for STA
 - Precondition for achieving sound fiscal management
 - Reserves not alarmingly low
 - Full pay for textile workers on public holidays
 - Increased management awareness on HIV issues key
 - E2m for third phase of Youth Fund
 - Shocking news for insurance, retirement funds
 - Food, alcohol push inflation to 9.43 per cent
 - EU pumps in E540m for sugar sector
 - Building Society hikes permanent shares to E5 000
 - CBS wants separate entity to house guarantee schemes
 - JA embarks on fundraising drive
 - Sylvia Mthethwa is President of Circle of Champions
 - ACAT involves NAMBoard in vegetable production
 - FNB experiences software problems, speed points down
 - CBS rejects investors’ bids for bonds
 - EU wants identification of cattle eligible for markets
 - Lots of property on the market, no buyers
 - Disease outbreak leads to 10 dead cattle
 - TechnoServe increases prize package to E1.34m
 - Agric ministry makes quick intervention in cattle deaths
 - Swazi Indigenous Products wins Equator Prize 2012
 - E750 000 budget for BWYA 2012
 - Registrar is spot on - Insurance players
 - Businesses to get VAT refund in 30 days
 - Relief on other taxes depends on VAT success
 - Close to E100 000 payout made by Inhlanyelo Fund
 - SEDCO spends E1m on entrepreneurship
 - Bee farming proving to be viable
 - Orientation for BBB top 80 kicks off
 - ‘VAT implementantion in our best interest’
 - Impressive turnout at BBB training
 - Govt’s obligations draw down reserves by 4.7 per cent
 - Insurance, retirement can soon list on SSX
 - ‘Report shops selling substandard goods’
 - Interest rates are set to hike soon
 - Govt turns to bond market to raise money
 - SA expert to address Chief Audit Executives
 - Launch of Lungisa Funeral Plan driven by demand
 - SwaziBank offers funeral cover from E2.20 per month
 - Do not place women in leadership to meet quotas
 - Lesotho Metropolitan boss shares his experience
 - SASCCO to elect new board
 - New office block in the capital city
 - Another life skills session for Personal Assistants
 - Tourism boom: 30 million Russians see Swaziland
 - Slight increase in cotton price
 - World class website for STA
 - Nedbank to finance SEDCO SMEs
 - Invite SADC legislators to Botswana Fair, says MPs
 - Agri marketing fund rolled out this quarter
 - Benedict Bennett back with Sun International
 - EU grants cane growers E38m
 - SASCCO makes over E280 000
 - Govt’s budgetary obligations deplete reserves further
 - SD blessed with ideal climate to be food secure
 - Information on Swazi Med allegations trickles in
 - Financial institutions educate BBB participants
 - ‘Emulate Botswana payment system’
 - Over E220 000 investment for rice polishing plant
 - About 60% of SMEs on verge of closure

category: Sports News
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category: Letters to the Editor
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