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BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA MBABANE– Calling for calm! Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi has called for calm, saying the Ministry of Health would like to allay anxiety within the public concerning the COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5, which has recently been reported in a case in South Africa. She said this in a statement which was sent […]
Continue ReadingBY FIONA MOTSA MBABANE– The Kuguga Othandayo 60s Vintage party 2nd edition which was held at the Tum’s Water World on Saturday was a success. Despite the rains that threatened the event, emaSwati showed up in their numbers and in their vintage outfits ready for dancing the night away to old tunes. Eswatini Positive News […]
Continue Reading… Average daily infections reduce from seven to four in the past three weeks BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA MBABANE– The hive of activity that comes with the month of December has not had negative impact on COVID-19 statistics. In the past two years, the country saw a drastic increase in daily COVID-19 cases during the festive […]
Continue ReadingBY DELISA THWALA MBABANE- Eswatini is among the top five countries that have administered over 100 000 COVID-19 vaccines doses in the African Region as of October 30 till to date. This is according to a monthly documented report by World Health Organisation (WHO) published this week. The report revealed that Eswatini is in the […]
Continue ReadingBY PHUMELELE MKHONTA MBABANE– Good news for those planning to leave the country! Today, the Acting Prime Minister, Themba Masuku, announced the de-escalation of COVID-19 response saying travellers would no longer need to produce COVID-19 certificates or COVID-19 PCR negative results. He announced this when revealing the new cross-border travel requirements. Worth noting is that […]
Continue ReadingBY OWETHU DLAMINI MBABANE- Take caution! Following the weekly reports on COVID-19 shown from the Ministry of Health, the cases of COVID-19 infections have been fluctuating, showing an average of seven COVID-19 cases each day from October 9 to October 15, 2022. Over a month ago, there was an average of one case of infection […]
Continue ReadingBY PHUMELELE MKHONTA MBABANE- Zero! In the past month, the country has not recorded any COVID-19-related death. A study of the country’s COVID-19 statements by this reporter has revealed that the last recorded COVID-19 death was on August 25, 2022- which is a month ago. Also, the study revealed that there was an average of […]
Continue ReadingMBABANE – The Red Cross in Eswatini has initiated an exercise to get more people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The exercise is currently covering areas in Mbabane. Speaking to the media about the exercise, Red Cross Communications Officer Nontobeko Mbuyane revealed that, “The organisation in collaboration with others, especially the Ministry of Health, saw […]
Continue ReadingBY MBONGENI NDLELA MBABANE – The Kingdom of Eswatini has joined a host of other countries by relaxing COVID-19 regulations to Adjusted Level 0. This announcement was made by Prime Minister Sipho Cleopas Dlamini today. Here is the Prime Minister Speech when announcing the relaxed regulations: PRIME MINISTER’S STATEMENT COVID-19 UPDATE “It is to be […]
Continue ReadingBY EPN MBABANE – Minister of Labour & Social Security Phila Buthelezi says the data presented by the new Eswatini National Skills Audit Report will help Eswatini undertake “efficient human resource planning that will address the problems of skills shortages & mismatches.” Minister Buthelezi was speaking at the presentation of the Report today. “The results […]
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