April 2009

MBABANE – Minister Ntuthuko Dlamini has promised a Commission of Inquiry into the removal and compensation of residents affected by the Mbabane-Ngwenya Highway construction. This follows demands by fuming residents who were displaced by the road construction who said there ... [full story]

MBABANE – SFTU Secretary General Jan Sithole has described government’s decision to tax med-ical aid contribution as legalised pick-pocketing. Sithole said his organisation was concerned that government had decided to embark on such a route yet this was a benefit ... [full story]

SITEKI – There was chaos at the town council when over 100 employees of Maxxs, mostly women, marched to the town council offices demanding larger working space. This was so that they could be able to satisfy their orders as ... [full story]

MANZINI - Tinkers and big Fun Entertainment hosted Facebook Awards on Saturday night to honour the users and thank them for their support.   The event took place on Saturday and Facebook bloggers came in their numbers to witness such ... [full story]

MBABANE – Working in a male dominated industry has been quite a challenge for AKANI Employee Benefits Swaziland Director Noreena Bernard.    By being one of the few women in a key position in the insurance and retirement funds industry, ... [full story]

Sir, Thank you for allowing me to comment on your daily paper. Once there was a ‘king’in the land of KwaNdebele, in South Africa. For some reason, it dawned that some of the ’kings’ within the Republic had been ... [full story]

Sir,People say there is no smoke without fire, so I want to believe that the current wave of violence, especially domestic violence has a cause(s) somewhere. What we are witnessing today is appalling and sometimes frightening when considering the scope ... [full story]

Harry Gordon Self-ridge is commonly credited for coining the phrase: “The customer is always right”. But this is clearly not always the case. Using an appliance contrary to the manufacturer’s guide, breaking it and then demanding it to be exchanged ... [full story]

Dear editor,Kindly allow me to air my views on the matter involving senators Mama Ndikela Dlamini and Chief Gelane Zwane.I wish to remind all Swazis that there is no such thing as a language called siSwati. siSwati is in fact ... [full story]

Government’s five-year programme of action that was recently announced by Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini is, like his first initiative, the Economic and Social Reform Agenda, all glorious to read but lacks the one ingredient capable of extricating this nation ... [full story]