- 18 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
Umhlanga 2nd leg rekindles tourism sector flames
By Bahle Gama The Shiselweni Umhlanga Ceremony drew in more tourists, some of whom were attending for the first time. The ceremony was the last leg of this year’s reed…
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- 18 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
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…
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- 17 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
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…
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- 16 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
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…
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- 12 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
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…
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- 12 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
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…
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- 12 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
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…
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- 11 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
Taxpayers to bleed E2.4m for strengthening public procurement
By Phephile Motau With the government spending billions of Emalangeni each year on public procurement, its systems remain inefficient. To fix this, the government has approached the African Development Bank…
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- 10 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
Eswatini provided with the biggest AfCFTA opportunityÂ
By Ntombi Mhlongo If well implemented, the Trade Activation Programme (TAP) is set to become a perfect platform for the Kingdom of Eswatini to tap into the opportunities that are…
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- 9 September 2022
- EFT Reporter
SA’s plan for a new power company is an advantage for Eswatini but…
By Ntombi Mhlongo For stakeholders in the energy sector, the plan by South Africa to set up a new state-owned power company could be an advantage for the Kingdom of…
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