Today Tuesday , 8 September 2026
Today Tuesday , 8 September 2026
Sports
Eswatini set for Disability Chess Olympiad debut
MBABANE – Eswatini will make history this week. The Eswatini Chess Federation (ECF) debuts a five-member team at the Third International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities...
Mbuso Simelane accused of attempts to divert E10m public funds
MBABANE – The Eswatini Medical Christian University (EMCU) Council has alleged that the Chairman of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of...
SBS Bank holds 1st AGM, nominates new Board
MBABANE - SBS Bank Eswatini has taken another major step towards becoming a full-fledged commercial bank after shareholders unanimously approved the nomination of...
Africa’s economic momentum gathers pace – Standard Bank Group
… as savings and cross-border trade activity accelerate MBABANE - Africa’s economic momentum is gathering pace as rising savings, electronic payments and cross-border...
Private sector credit reaches E23.8bn in July
MBABANE - Private sector credit edged higher to E23.8 billion in July 2026, although lending to businesses and small enterprises recorded declines during...
ESE unveils Kwakhanya 2030 capital markets strategy
MANZINI - The Eswatini Stock Exchange (ESE) has unveiled an ambitious new corporate strategy, Kwakhanya 2030 The strategy seeks to reposition the bourse...
Private sector seeks greater say on sovereign ratings
MBABANE - Business Eswatini (BE) is pushing for greater private-sector participation in Eswatini’s sovereign credit rating process. The apex employer-based organisation warned that...
CBE Governor takes helm of Africa financial inclusion
MBABANE – Eswatini has secured a bigger voice in shaping Africa’s financial inclusion agenda. This follows the appointment of Central Bank Governor Dr...
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Police seize 58 illegal firearms, 509 rounds of ammunition
MBABANE – The Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) seized 58 illegal firearms and 509 live rounds of ammunition during the period between October...
Home Affairs official in ‘Cat’ Matlala ID saga guilty
MBABANE - The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has found a Home Affairs official guilty of illegally issuing an Eswatini ID to alleged South...
Schools open as scheduled – PS
MBABANE –Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Training, Nanikie Mnisi, has affirmed that schools will reopen as scheduled in accordance with...
Bed, pillows and booze in traffic circle land seven in court
MBABANE – Loud music, a bed, pillows and bottles of alcohol in the middle of a traffic circle landed seven friends in court....
Mbuso Simelane accused of attempts to divert E10m public funds
MBABANE – The Eswatini Medical Christian University (EMCU) Council has alleged that the Chairman of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of...
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Sports
Eswatini set for Disability Chess Olympiad debut
MBABANE – Eswatini will make history this week. The Eswatini Chess Federation (ECF) debuts a five-member team at the Third International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities...
Comments and Analysis
Stale-coffee black, but still brewing
When your birth certificate stops looking like a document and starts looking like evidence, you don’t get quiet, dignified gratitude. You conduct an...
Bread, beds and the economics of E20
I sat on the veranda while Uncle Titus negotiated with his morning coffee. He does not drink coffee; he conducts a bilateral summit...
The three billion nails that Eswatini cannot make
There is a peculiar kind of poverty that does not announce itself through empty stomachs or collapsing buildings. It appears in shiny new...
Are you a good listener?
Once I was; then I wasn’t; and then … I have used the three full stops, which has become, in modern usage, a...
JobsJobs on Tuesday
Mkiti Steelworks: Forging a future in steel
Every successful business has a starting point. For Sifiso Justice Manana, that starting point was a welding toolkit, E3 000 and one customer. Today, his business, Mkiti Steelworks, has grown...
Letters To The Editor
Suicide is a psychiatric emergency
Madam, There is something heartbreaking about attending a funeral and hearing people whisper: “We never knew they were suffering.” Sometimes we discover a person’s pain only after their chair at...
