Month: August 2026

…Green Guard pesticide innovation earns team E20 000 …Students to represent Eswatini at ENACTUS World Cup in Brazil BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MANZINI– An idea born from the need to help farmers protect their crops while caring for the environment has propelled University of Eswatini (UNESWA) Luyengo Campus students onto the global stage. UNESWA Luyengo Campus […]

 Schools ordered to suspend all academic activities Tests, examinations and assignment deadlines to be moved BY LINDELWA MYENI MBABANE – School books will temporarily close and classrooms fall silent during Umhlanga week as Government moves to ensure that pupils, particularly maidens, can fully participate in one of Eswatini’s most important cultural events without worrying about […]

BY GCWALISILE MHLABANE MANZINI – Creating businesses that solve real problems, create jobs and contribute to Eswatini’s development is now a challenge the country’s youth must take seriously, as they have been urged to turn their ideas, skills and determination into enterprises that create lasting value. His Excellency the Right Honourable Prime Minister Russell Mmiso […]

BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MANZINI– Young EmaSwati have been challenged to take their entrepreneurial ambitions beyond impressive ideas and business plans by building real, sustainable enterprises capable of creating jobs and contributing to the country’s economy. Acting Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade Savannah Maziya says Eswatini’s next generation of entrepreneurs should increasingly see themselves not […]

BY THEMBA ZWANE SIPHOFANENI – The Royal Science and Technology Park (RSTP) has reopened applications for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in a fresh attempt to fill the top leadership post that has remained vacant since the departure of its last substantive CEO, Vumile Dlamini. According to the latest recruitment advert, applications for […]

BY SIFISO NHLABATSI MBABANE– The National Emergency Response Council on HIV/AIDS (NERCHA) has warned that the government’s E40 million annual subvention is insufficient to sustain the country’s HIV response, calling for increased domestic funding to protect gains made over the past decade. NERCHA made the call during a courtesy engagement with Parliamentary Portfolio Committees, where […]

BY NOXOLO DLAMINI PIGG’S PEAK- His Majesty’s Correctional Services (HMCS) Executive Command Retreat entered its third day with a strong focus on preparing officers for life after employment, strengthening implementation of the HMCS Strategic Plan 2026–2031, and building a stronger organisational culture of risk management. Day Three brought together facilitators from the University of Eswatini […]

BY SIFISO NHLABATSI MBABANE– Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini has been briefed on preparations by the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society to respond to the anticipated El Niño conditions. The briefing was made during a courtesy visit by a Red Cross delegation to the Prime Minister this morning, with the Society outlining measures being put […]