Times Of Swaziland: E30 MILLION FOR STATE SECURITY, NOTHING FOR COURTS ================================================================================ Nonduduzo Kunene on 17/02/2025 08:20:00 MBABANE – E30 million has been budgeted for the procurement of State security equipment. The 2025/26 Budget Estimates Book shows that the taxpayer will fund E135 000 RING STOLEN ON VALENTINE'S DAY ================================================================================ Kwanele Dlamini on 17/02/2025 08:17:00 MBABANE - The air in Ezulwini crackled with romance, Valentine’s Day was in full swing - a symphony of love and celebration. But for one 7 HOSPITALISED AFTER MEAL ================================================================================ Thokozani Mamba on 17/02/2025 08:14:00 SITEKI – Seven members of a family, including three primary school children and a 17-year-old, were hospitalised after consuming a meal at their home at E1.2 BILLION SPENT ON ESWATINI AIR ================================================================================ Mduduzi Magagula on 16/02/2025 08:57:00 MBABANE – Taxpayers will inject an additional E395 million into Eswatini Air, bringing the total expenditure on the national carrier to over E1.2 billion over EMASWATI SHOULD BE GETTING TO E1BN IN 3YRS ================================================================================ Ntombi Mhlongo and Mduduzi Magagula on 16/02/2025 08:53:00 MBABANE - Running The Luke Commission (TLC), a vital healthcare provider in Eswatini, does not come cheap. This is because in three years, the facility EMASWATI SHOULD BE GETTING MORE FROM MINING - LONKHOKHELA ================================================================================ Ntombi Mhlongo on 16/02/2025 08:48:00 MBABANE - Has the country been shortchanged over the years as far as revenue collected from the mining sector is concerned? This is a question UN’S GUTERRES TO MAKE EZULWINI CONSENSUS HAPPEN ================================================================================ King’s Office Correspondents on 16/02/2025 09:10:00 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA –United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has assured African leaders that he will do everything within his power to ensure that the 31% BUDGET GOES TO CIVIL SERVANTS SALARIES ================================================================================ Mfanukhona Nkambule on 16/02/2025 17:00:00 LOBAMBA –Neal Rijkenberg, the Minister for Finance, yesterday tabled the government’s financial blueprint, revealing that 31.25 per cent of the budget will pay civil servants’ ETHIOPIAN FUGITIVE LINKED TO 400 PASSPORTS THEFT ================================================================================ Kwanele Dlamini on 14/02/2025 07:30:00 MBABANE - The theft of 400 passports from the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken a dramatic turn with the revelation that an Ethiopian national E400K FRAUD: EX-BANKER EXTRADITED AFTER YEARS ON THE RUN ================================================================================ Sibusiso Shange and Phiwase Phungwayo on 14/02/2025 07:28:00 NGWENYA – After more than a decade on the run, Bongani Kunene, a former Standard Bank employee, has been extradited from South Africa to Eswatini.