Livestock destocking a solution to drought crisisÂ
By Bongiwe Zwane-Maseko 80 000 cattle, which are considered the main form of livelihood for Emaswati died during the 2015/6 drought and destocking has been proposed as a solution to…
SADC e-Certificates of Origin touted to boost trade
By Bahle Gama Between 2008 and 2018, intraregional trade rose by more than four percentage points, from 15.2 per cent to 19.5 per cent, in the SADC region, and analysts…
 King challenges Commerce Minister to ensure Emaswati benefit from Japan’s E500 bn
By Ntombi Mhlongo His Majesty King Mswati III has urged local businesses to come together and work on strategies that will enable them to benefit from the around E500 billion…
Mbabane City Council’s costly restructuring programme creates 400 job opportunities
By Ntombi Mhlongo Notwithstanding the negative criticism, the Municipal Council of Mbabane received a few years ago from economists for its restructuring exercise, labelling it a disaster in the making,…
Licensing delays not ruffling Eswatini Air’s feathers
By Phephile Motau Delays in attaining all the necessary licensing documents might have created some doubts in the minds of disparagers on whether Eswatini Air will eventually take into the…
Unbundling of EPTC Critical – World Bank
By Phephile Motau The World Bank says the state-owned enterprises restructuring, particularly the unbundling of EPTC, is a critical reform that needs to be implemented in the country. This is…
Discount rate hike projected for September, new homeowners must brace themselves
By Sifiso Sibandze Another interest rate hike looms for emaSwati and it is expected to put more strain on those who are still repaying their housing and car loans. The…
Focusing on sugar and fruit production cause food insecurity – FAO
By Phephile Motau Eswatini’s focus on commercial production of sugar cane and fruit for export or on smallholder farming of maize and livestock leads to the high incidence of malnutrition…
Rail Link project remains a pipedream… as Eswatini Railway and Transnet still looking for funding
By Phephile Motau Ten years after its initiation, Eswatini Railways and Transnet are yet to solicit bids for the funding and development (construction) of the Eswatini Rail Link Project. The…
OECD triggers a VAT headache for Eswatini consumers, government
By Phephile Motau and Sifiso Sibandze The organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has retriggered an undesirable thought in South Africa’s Minister of Finance’s mind Enoch Godongwana of hiking…