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BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MANZINI – Women in Trade and Development (WITAD) is targeting the formalisation of 70% of the businesses it supports as part of efforts to move more women-owned enterprises into structured and competitive markets. The organisation has also set a target to link 50% of these businesses to export markets, creating a pathway […]
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BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MBANGWENI – Indvuna Yembali Bongiwe ‘Vivane’ Hlatjwako has called on Imbali to take their education seriously, reminding them that education remains key to building a bright future as the second leg of Umhlanga 2026 concluded at Mbangweni Royal Residence in the Shiselweni Region. Hlatjwako encouraged the maidens to remain committed to their […]
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BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MANZINI – Seventy women entrepreneurs have been equipped with practical environmental, social and governance (ESG) skills to strengthen their businesses and prepare them for participation in international markets. The women have been equipped with practical skills through Women in Trade and Development (WITAD), adding to the 2 000 women the organisation has […]
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BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MANZINI– Eswatini is looking to mobilise more than E6.14 billion by 2035 to protect and restore the forests, wetlands, rivers, grasslands and wildlife that millions of livelihoods and key sectors of the economy ultimately depend on. The ambitious investment, estimated at between E6.14 billion and E6.15 billion, forms part of the country’s […]
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BY NELIWE NGUBANE MBABANE— Imagine a classroom where lessons do not move at one pace, where artificial intelligence adjusts learning to suit each student, and where the city itself becomes part of the lesson. For St Francis High School pupil Zotsani Motsa, this is more than a futuristic idea. It is a vision of how […]
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BY NELIWE NGUBANE MBABANE— A city is built with roads, buildings and infrastructure, but its identity is built through the people, stories and creativity that give those structures a soul. For Mbabane Municipal Council Chief Executive Officer Gciniwe Fakudze, the city’s development must therefore go beyond bricks and concrete. Speaking at the official opening of […]
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BY NELIWE NGUBANE MBABANE — A new theatre may provide the stage, the lights and the seats, but it is the stories told inside it that ultimately bring a theatre to life. This was the deeper message from Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Senator Pholile Shakantu, who has called on local creatives to […]
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BY NELIWE NGUBANE EZULWINI — Vusi Nova confirms 2Five10 show. The wait is over. South African Afro-soul star Vusi Nova has officially confirmed that he will be in Eswatini on September 25 for the highly anticipated 2FIVE10 Festival at Mdzimba View Shisanyama. The singer made the confirmation in an energetic video message to his Eswatini […]
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BY GCWALISILE MHLABANE MANZINI– For about 700 elderly residents of Manzini South, a visit to Ngwane Park High School became an opportunity to receive medical attention without the worry of consultation costs, transport expenses or long clinic queues. The free outreach, held on September 12, was delivered by the Tzu Chi Charity Foundation Eswatini in […]
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BY LINDELWA MYENI MABABANE– Eswatini’s hosting of a two-week Gender Mainstreaming Course in Peace Support Operations is strengthening SADC’s capacity to enhance regional peace and security through skills development, knowledge sharing and cooperation. Lieutenant General Mfanwenkhosi Khumalo, Chief of Staff of the Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force (UEDF), said the course provides an important regional platform […]
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