13 Correctional Services recruits fail and repeat
MBABANE – Thirteen Correctional Services recruits failed to make the grade in order to participate in the institution’s pass-out parade on Friday. His Majesty’s Correctional Servi-ces
View Article4 aspiring soldiers shoot themselves in the foot
LUDZELUDZE - Four aspiring soldiers were disqualified after they hitched a ride on a vehicle during a 3.2km race at Ludzeludze yesterday. They are Mthunzi Makhubela
View ArticleBogus recruitment agent abducts girl (17)
MBABANE – The police have asked for public assistance to help find a 17-year-old girl who is feared to have been abducted. Xolile Mamba of Mashobeni
View Article30 passengers in 13-seater quantum
MBABANE – A kombi driver has been arrested for loading 30 passengers in a 13-seater Toyota Quantum. The 29-year-old driver was sentenced to five months in
View ArticleThree die in nasty crash
MAFUTSENI - Three people died on the spot while another had to be rushed to hospital where he was admitted when two vehicles were involved
View ArticleSPTC lost E75m after wireless closure
MBABANE – The ruling of the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) cost the Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) E75 million. The ruling ordered that SPTC
View ArticleNdumiso Mamba sues Melamin Industries for E1m
MBABANE - Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ndumiso Comfort Mamba is demanding over E1 million from Swaziland Melamin Industries (PTY) LTD. Mamba has since
View ArticleSD Supreme Court judge wanted out in Uganda
MBABANE – A second member of the Supreme Court is embroiled in a controversy for serving in the country’s highest court. The Law Society of
View ArticleJoint sitting ends in deadlock
LOBAMBA – Yesterday’s joint sitting ended in a deadlock. This after Members of both houses (Assembly and Senate) could not reach a consensus on the Elections
View ArticleActivists run to court to stop elections
MBABANE – Political activist and executive member of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), Simangele Mmema, and another teacher, Ethel Ndlela, want this year’s
View Article‘Karas’ will cost ’Landers no less than E50 000
MBABANE – Mbabane Highlanders should be ready to fork out at least E50 000 for the signature of left winger Khayelihle ‘Karas’ Dlamini. This is despite
View ArticleDonated votes ‘disappear’
MBABANE – Mystery surrounds the ‘disappearance’ of donated votes that do not reflect on the recently concluded voting exercise’s respective teams’ charts. The donated votes, worth
View ArticleSAIM teacher on govt payroll
MBABANE – Government is paying the salary of a teacher who teaches matric at Saim Christian Academy School. The teacher whose identity is known but will
View ArticleTeens arrested after fight over love letters
MBABANE - Two teen-agers have been arrested after a fight over love letters that were being sent to a primary school pupil. The two are brothers,
View ArticleE4.6m worth of dagga destroyed
PIGG’S PEAK – The Royal Swaziland Police Service destroyed dagga worth over E4.6 million yesterday. The consignment weighed 11 721.202 kilogrammes. The destruction exercise was conducted
View ArticlePanasonic Business Systems changes to PanSolutions
After 20 years of trading as Panasonic Business Systems in Swaziland, the company has now embraced the KYOCERA Document Solutions brand and incorporated their extensive
View ArticleGovt to sponsor 3 000 students
LOBAMBA – Government will sponsor 3 000 students in the 2013/2014 academic year.This was announced by Minister of Labour and Social Security Lutfo Dlamini, in
View ArticleCJ must go on leave - Law Society
EZULWINI – The Law Society of Swaziland believes that the kingdo-m’s judicial crisis has worsened and wants Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi to take a leave
View ArticleObserver MD Alpheus sacked
MBABANE – Swazi Observer Managing Director Alpheus Nxumalo has had his services terminated by the organisation. This follows a disciplinary hearing instituted by the newspaper.The Times
View ArticleAspiring soldiers ‘cheat their way in’
PIGG’S PEAK – There was shock and disbelief when aspiring army recruits were made to run 6.4km during the USDF recruitment exercise held at the
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