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Agriculture

Pig abattoir for Shiselweni in the pipeline – Agriculture minister

A pig abattoir is on the cardsBy Khulile ThwalaThe Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza has revealed that there are plans underway to develop an abattoir for pigs.This is to improve…

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NMC Silos

Millers’ shenanigans to collapse NMC exposed

NMC SilosBy Phephile MotauThe country’s prominent millers are accused of using cartel-like clandestine tricks to collapse the NMC so they could capture the lucrative white maize market for foreign interests…

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Farming, Produce,

NAMBoard rejects vegetables due to poor quality

Farmers looking at their produce. By Khulile ThwalaLocal farmers, especially those specialising in horticulture, are failing to break into the local markets due to poor-quality produce.So severe is the situation…

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Chickens, Eswatini, Broilers,

Eswatini meeting chicken cravings with 500 000 broilers per week

Broiler ChickensBy Phephile MotauEswatini produces around 500 000 broilers per week, with around 60 per cent of these in the commercial slaughter market and 40 per cent in the live…

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Weed farm

Dagga farmers hijack government-subsidised farm inputs

A dagga farm By Phephile MotauNewly appointed National Maize Corporation (NMC) CEO, Mavela Vilane and his management are concocting water-tight criteria that will bring the abuse of the farm input…

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Sugar Cane, Field

Eswatini’s tariff-free imports threaten 9 000 SA jobs

Sugar Cane in the field. By Khulile ThwalaSouth Africa’s sugar industry risks retrenching 9 151 jobs through 2031 and losing as much as 16 per cent of its cane-growing area…

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Sugar, Theft, Private Investigator, Mozambique,

Ubombo hires PI to investigate sugar theft

Ubombo Sugar Limited hires private investigator to probe theft of their goods. By Bahle GamaUbombo Sugar Limited has roped in a private investigator to look into the theft of sugar…

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Farming, Agriculture,

E274m to heighten food security

A farmer ploughing his land. By Phephile MotauIn a bid for the country to achieve food security, the Minister of Finance Neal Rijkenberg has increased the agriculture budget by E274…

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Maize, Fingered, Fiasco,

Top NMC officials fingered in E90m farm subsidy fiasco

The National Maize CorporationBy Sifiso SibandzeThe net is closing in on former National Maize Corporation (NMC) top-ranking officials and a few junior officers who allegedly played a role in the…

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Live Broadcast: Speech From The Throne

Watch the proceedings from Parliament live on our site with a live Blog encompassing rolling coverage from our sister publication, Eswatini Daily News.

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