- 24 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Millers’ shenanigans to collapse NMC exposed
NMC Silos By Phephile Motau The 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…
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- 21 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
NAMBoard rejects vegetables due to poor quality
Farmers looking at their produce. By Khulile Thwala Local farmers, especially those specialising in horticulture, are failing to break into the local markets due to poor-quality produce. So severe is…
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- 21 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Eswatini meeting chicken cravings with 500 000 broilers per week
Broiler Chickens By Phephile Motau Eswatini produces around 500 000 broilers per week, with around 60 per cent of these in the commercial slaughter market and 40 per cent in…
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- 20 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Dagga farmers hijack government-subsidised farm inputs
A dagga farm By Phephile Motau Newly appointed National Maize Corporation (NMC) CEO, Mavela Vilane and his management are concocting water-tight criteria that will bring the abuse of the farm…
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- 9 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Eswatini’s tariff-free imports threaten 9 000 SA jobs
Sugar Cane in the field. By Khulile Thwala South Africa’s sugar industry risks retrenching 9 151 jobs through 2031 and losing as much as 16 per cent of its cane-growing…
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- 6 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Ubombo hires PI to investigate sugar theft
Ubombo Sugar Limited hires private investigator to probe theft of their goods. By Bahle Gama Ubombo Sugar Limited has roped in a private investigator to look into the theft of…
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- 27 February 2023
- EFT Reporter
E274m to heighten food security
A farmer ploughing his land. By Phephile Motau In a bid for the country to achieve food security, the Minister of Finance Neal Rijkenberg has increased the agriculture budget by…
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- 24 February 2023
- EFT Reporter
Top NMC officials fingered in E90m farm subsidy fiasco
The National Maize Corporation By Sifiso Sibandze The net is closing in on former National Maize Corporation (NMC) top-ranking officials and a few junior officers who allegedly played a role…
Read More- 17 February 2023
- EFT Reporter
Live Broadcast: Speech From The Throne
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- 13 February 2023
- EFT Reporter
Rice price could soar again – economist warns
By Sifiso Sibandze With Eswatini being a net importer of rice, emaSwati will contend with relatively high rice prices this year compared to the previous, Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) Chief…
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