- 29 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Government installs gadgets to improve water potability
Government looks to improve water portability By Khulile Thwala To increase access to potable water and improve sanitation issues, several river gauging stations have been installed with real-time monitoring gadgets…
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- 27 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
A day in the life of a florist
A closer look at the life of a florist and what it entails. By Bongiwe Zwane – Maseko 51-year-old florist Doreen Dlamini knows the names of all plants and flowers…
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- 24 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Pig abattoir for Shiselweni in the pipeline – Agriculture minister
A pig abattoir is on the cards By Khulile Thwala The Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza has revealed that there are plans underway to develop an abattoir for pigs. This…
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- 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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- 8 March 2023
- EFT Reporter
Government to introduce early retirement options
Government wants to introduce numerous measures to deal with its wage bill. By Phephile Motau To rebalance expenditures and reduce the size of the wage bill, the government plans to…
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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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