Today Thursday , 23 July 2026
Today Thursday , 23 July 2026
News
SADC Minority Summit to foster regional unity
MANZINI- Eswatini has been urged to play a role in resolving the widespread concerns over xenophobia and social fragmentation within Southern Africa. The social fragmentation manifested chiefly, in the recurring...
SADC Minority Summit to foster regional unity
MANZINI- Eswatini has been urged to play a role in resolving the widespread concerns over xenophobia and social fragmentation within Southern Africa. The...
Competition Commission clears E4.96bn mergers in Q1
MBABANE- The Eswatini Competition Commission (ESCC) approved six merger and acquisition transactions worth more than E4.96 billion during the first quarter of the...
Public debt climbs by 2.2% to E42.1bn
MBABANE – The country’s public debt rose by 2.2 per cent to E42.1 billion at the end of June 2026. It was driven...
Exports fall for 3rd consecutive month
MBABANE- Eswatini’s exports have declined for the third consecutive month in June. Eswatini’s trade deficit narrowed slightly in June despite the exports falling...
Private sector credit rises to E23.9bn on stronger business, household borrowing
MBABANE – Credit extended to Eswatini's private sector climbed to E23.9 billion at the end of May 2026. This was driven by stronger...
Inside SBS Bank Eswatini ownership after conversion
MBABANE – Swaziland Building Society conversion to SBS Bank Eswatini’s conversion comes with a new ownership structure dominated by institutional investors, with PSPF...
Letshego targets unbanked with digital banking push
MBABANE – Letshego Eswatini has outlined plans to deepen financial inclusion by expanding digital banking services to the country’s unbanked and under-banked population....
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Civil servants’ extra 10 per cent allowance suspended
MBABANE- The additional Central Agencies Allowances of 10 per cent on top of the recently implemented 85 per cent salary adjustment has been...
Bugwadla, infidelity won’t get you to hell – pastor
LOBAMBA – For many preachers, there is only one place for people who engage in bugwadla (habitual sexual misconduct) and kuphinga – hell....
Cop launch investigation after ‘priest’ tied up, robbed
HLUThI - Police have launched an investigation following an armed robbery at Our Lady of Sorrows Mission, where a 50-year-old priest was bound...
Board orders Mfabantfu church reopening
MANZINI – The Apostolic Faith Church International Board has resolved that the Mfabantfu branch will resume church services in a month’s time. This...
ICC projected to generate E50 million annually
MBABANE – Barely three months after it was commissioned by His Majesty King Mswati III, the Ezulwini Palazzo International Convention Centre (ICC) is...
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Sports
Eswatini taking 3 sporting codes to Region V Games
MBABANE- Eswatini is set to take three new sporting codes to the AUSC Region V Youth Games in December. The African Union Sports Council (AUSC), a regional multi-sport event, will...
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Populism is becoming popular
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If you thought the BYD Shark 6 had already made a splash, think again. The Chinese automaker has thrown an even bigger predator into the water with the arrival of...
