FROM DEPRESSION TO FARMING: NELIWE VILAKATI TURNS SETBACKS INTO A NEW BEGINNING

BY PHUMELELE GAMEDZE MBABANE — At 26, Neliwe Vilakati’s journey has already taken her through factory work, entrepreneurship, South Africa, interrupted studies, financial hardship and a difficult battle with depression. Today, she is finding new purpose in the soil. Vilakati completed her schooling in 2019 and started working at a textile factory in Siphofaneni. Determined […]

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“RESPECT OUR MAIDENS, DON’T SEE GIRLFRIENDS IN THEM” – POLICE

BY LINDELWA MYENI MBABANE– Senior Superintendent Phindile Zwane has warned young men attending the Umhlanga Reed Dance to respect the maidens and refrain from viewing the cultural gathering as an opportunity to pursue romantic relationships. Speaking on today’s Kusile Breakfast Show, Zwane said emajaha and tindvuna attending the ceremony to support the maidens must remember […]

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