YERF FUNDING CHANGES YOUNG LIVES

BY SIFISO NHLABATSI MBABANE– The Eswatini Youth Enterprise Revolving Fund (YERF) is demonstrating how access to finance can turn youthful ambition into growing businesses. This has been witnessed through a young graduate who could not find a job and turned to poultry farming, to an entrepreneur whose E19 000 loan has helped build a business […]

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MANZINI MAYOR APPLAUDS MANZINI CREATIVES AT NACA AWARDS

BY SIPHOSETHU MABUZA MANZINI– Manzini Mayor Xolani Masuku has expressed appreciation for the region’s creative community, while commending the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture (ENCAC) for creating a platform that recognises and celebrates local talent through the Manzini NACA Regional Awards. Speaking during the awards ceremony held at Millennium Park, Masuku recognised the […]

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YOUTH URGED TO TURN IDEAS INTO JOB-CREATING BUSINESSES

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 […]

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GOVERNMENT URGED TO INCREASE HIV FUNDING AS NERCHA SAYS E40M IS INSUFFICIENT

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 […]

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RETIREMENT READINESS AND RISK MANAGEMENT: HMCS RETREAT

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 […]

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