Month: May 2026

BY TENGETILE MWALI (INTERN) NHLANGANO– Community stakeholders, government departments and civil society organisations gathered in Nhlangano for a gender-based violence (GBV) awareness campaign aimed at educating the public on the different forms of abuse and the importance of community support in preventing violence. The campaign, hosted through a collaboration between Mhluma Foundation, the Deputy Prime […]

BY MBONO MDLULI MBABANE – Eswatini has been recognised as a global role model in HPV vaccination after becoming the first country known to expand its Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to individuals up to 20 years old. According to the Eswatini Ministry of Health, the praise came from Tito Rwamushaija, Head of the Middle […]

BY MBONO MDLULI MBABANE – Eswatini is intensifying efforts to strengthen tobacco control legislation and clamp down on rising tobacco use following high-level discussions between the Ministry of Health and the Secretariat of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Minister of Health Mduduzi Matsebula held a bilateral meeting with the […]

BY TANDZILE DLAMINI MBABANE – FNB Eswatini has injected E437 500 into the 2026 MTN Bushfire Festival, reaffirming its support for the country’s growing creative industry and cultural economy. The sponsorship was officially handed over at House on Fire on Thursday, as the bank and festival organisers celebrated a partnership that has existed since the […]

BY GCWALISILE MHLABANE LUGONGOLOWENI– Tears of joy flowed freely as some of Eswatini’s most vulnerable citizens received the keys to new homes, ending years of hardship, uncertainty and exposure to harsh weather conditions. For 69-year-old Gogo Ntombi Zulu of Mlindazwe, the handover of a two-roomed house was more than the provision of shelter, it was […]

BY THEMBA ZWANE MBABANE– The Kingdom of Eswatini, is expected to partake at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministers of foreign affairs who will gather in South Africa this week to map out a unified regional response to changing global geopolitical dynamics. The high-level retreat is scheduled to take place from 22 to 24 […]