U.S supports one-year renewal of Africa trade pact

The Trump administration has signalled support for a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), offering a reprieve for the decades-old trade pact set to expire at the end of the month, a White House official said. Since...

Jobs at stake as major US-Africa trade deal set to expire

Workers and industry are bracing for the end of a longstanding U.S. trade agreement that gave African exporters preferential treatment and now leaves businesses vulnerable to new competitive pressures and tariffs. The African Growth and...

Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Workers and industry are bracing for the end of a longstanding U.S. trade agreement that gave African exporters preferential treatment and now leaves businesses vulnerable to new competitive pressures and tariffs. The African...

Police Officer Paid by Eswatini Railways During Fuel Theft Probe

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn investigation into fuel theft within Eswatini Railways (ESR) has allegedly resulted in further law contraventions after a serving police officer was paid by the company. The member of the Royal Eswatini Police Service...

Mauritius Leads, Zimbabwe Trails in Africa’s 2025 Economic Freedom Ranking

Mauritius remains Africa’s most “economically free” country, according to the “Economic Freedom of the World 2025” report released on September 25, 2025, by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian think tank. The report assesses the state of economic...

ANALYSIS:EWADE must be applauded for upholding international tendering standards to ensure quality in ongoing construction of R2.6 Mpakeni Dam funded by the African Development Bank and OPEC.

By Musa Mdluli The State controlled media has been pushing a narrative, blaming the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise(EWADE) for awarding a tender to Chinese companies in the ongoing construction of the R2.6billion Mpakeni...

Retired New York financier and his personal assistant charged with sex trafficking and transporting women

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese DOWNTOWN — A 10-count indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, charging retired New York-based financier Howard Rubin and...

"Be creative, compassionate in your ministry": Apostolic Nuncio to Consecrated in Eswatini

The Vatican diplomat, who represents the Holy Father in five of the nine member countries of IMBISA, said, “This Jubilee time invites us to be confident—not because we have no burdens, but because Christ is with us, carrying us, renewing us.” “May...

REVEALED:Why local construction companies lost to Chinese company in Eswatini Water and Agricultural and Development Enterprise(EWADE) R150million Mpakeni Dam tender?.

By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:An investigation into the R154.8million Mkhondvo-Ngwavuma Water Augmentation Programme(MNWAP) has uncovered how local construction companies who were eyeing the Mpakeni Dam Seconday Distribution System tender lost to ZTCS, a...

UAE, Eswatini launch ‘SHE Powers Africa’ initiative to empower women

The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York witnessed the launch of the "SHE Powers Africa" initiative, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Mother of the Nation, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union,...

Prime minister to get E139 000 salary

Reading Time: 3 minutesPRIME Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini is expected to benefit from the recently implemented salary review, which would see him earning a basic monthly salary of over E139 000. The salary of the secretary to Cabinet and head of...

Belize signs third-country deal with US

MEXICO CITY -- The small Central American nation of Belize has signed a "safe third country" agreement with the United States, the two sides said Monday, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up deportations and dissuade migration north. What...

OPINION:Eswatini Sovereignty for sale under King Mswati’s leadership, advocating for Taiwan Province to be recognized by the United Nations(UN) amounts to interference in China’s domestic affairs.

By Wandile Dludlu. One of the characteristics of an independent State is Sovereignty, this being the supreme right as a State to self-rule and autonomy before the world. This is what defines our being and self-determination amongst other States in...

COMESA Competition Commission’s Assertiveness: BMW Recall Highlights Growing Regional Consumer Protection

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission (CCC) is cementing its role as a proactive consumer watchdog with the amplification of a major safety recall affecting 12 491 BMW vehicles...

Arts and Culture Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Stantly Dlamini says R1million new Government funded studio to focus on development and training but there’s a commercial component.

By Bongiwe Dlamini MBABANE:Stantly Dlamini, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture(ENCAC) says the newly launched R1million Government funded studio will focus on development and training. Speaking to...

Zimbabwean businessman Tendani Sebata sends best wishes to Simba Bhora

GABORONE – Botswana-based Zimbabwean businessman Tendani Sebata has sent his best wishes to Zimbabwean champions Simba Bhora ahead of their crucial CAF Champions League clash against Eswatini’s Nsingizini Hotspurs on Sunday at Somhlolo Stadium....

OPINION:Why State journalists tried to intimidate me with businessman Mike Mamba known to be linked to dangerous “tinkabi” on multimillion smuggling of drugs?.

By Zweli Martin Dlamini Mike Mamba is one of the most feared businessman in eSwatini, he is known to be linked to “tinkabi” and was implicated in the killing of businessman Thulani Mndvonti, the criminal case disappeared and never saw the light of...

At IMBISA Plenary, Church in Eswatini Lauded for Development, “preaching gospel in different aspects of life”

The Eswatini government official said that the Catholic Church in the country has 47 primary schools, 13 high schools, one nursing college and one vocational center for people living with disabilities. Further lauding the Catholic Church’s...

A blueprint for unity: Why Eswatini’s reed dance resonates across the region

Mbulelo Mpofu, Zimpapers Arts and Entertainment Hub THE air above the royal kraal pulsed — not only with the rhythmic stomp of thousands of bare feet striking the ochre earth, but with the resonant clack-clack-clack of emafahlawane — the beaded...

Belize signs ‘safe third country’ agreement with US

The small Central American nation of Belize has signed a “safe third country” agreement with the United States, the two sides said on Monday, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up deportations and dissuade migration north. What the...