HUBBY TO 14-YR-OLD FACES STATUTORY RAPE
MBABANE — The office of the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) said the marriage of a 14-year old girl to a bricklayer constituted statutory rape and
View ArticleEIGHT PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM SA, TWO FOUND IN SD
MBABANE – While seven armed fugitives from South Africa are said to have crossed into the country, police have been informed about eight prisoners who
View ArticleDOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT ESCAPES AT HIGH COURT
MBABANE – A murder suspect yesterday escaped at the High Court where he had come for his trial. Mpendulo Mathobela (19) of Ngcoseni under Chief Mabonya
View ArticleWHAT MANDELA SAW IN US
Editorial comment Nelson Mandela had no special qualities. There was nothing he had that the rest of us do not. His humility, his sense of humour,
View ArticleWONDER TO PAY ’DOWNS E15 000
MBABANE – Mbabane Swallows star Wonder ‘Samba Jive’ Nhleko has lost his case against Manzini Sundowns. This was after the Mbabane Magistrate Court ordered him to
View ArticleGLOBAL FUND’S TRANSITIONAL FUND COMES AT OPPORTUNE TIME
MBABANE -The Round 7 Global Fund grant to fight HIV/Aids comes to an end on December 31, 2013 and government has expressed its gratitude for
View ArticleTENANTS COMPLAIN ABOUT ‘HEALTH HAZARD’ BUILDING
MBABANE – Tenants at Parkview Heights say they have had enough of the dilapidated building yet they pay hefty rent. They also complained of faulty toilets
View ArticleTHREE MONTHS IN JAIL FOR ESCAPE
MBABANE –A 19-year-old man who escaped from police custody has been handed a custodial sentence of three months. Mncedisi Mkhwanazi of Ezulwini was arrested for housebreaking
View ArticleRELEASE E3.6M EQUIPMENT, SRA ORDERED
MBABANE - The High Court has issued an interim order directing SRA to allow entry the medical equipment worth E3.6 million.SRA is the Swaziland Revenue
View ArticlePOLICE CHARGE 262 PEOPLE IN DECEMBER
MBABANE- Police in the Hhohho region charged 262 people for different offences during the first week of December. This is according to data released by Hhohho
View ArticleCELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN CHRISTIAN MANNER-PM
NGWENYA — Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini has said Swazis should celebrate Christmas in a Christian manner. Dlamini was speaking during a press briefing on
View ArticleEX-PARLIAMENTARIANS TO BE PAID BASED ON CIRCULAR NO.1 OF 2010
MBABANE – Parliamentarians from the ninth Parliament will be remunerated based on Finance Circular No. 1 of 2010, it has been established. Acting Principal Secretary in
View ArticleDOGS UNLEASHED ON TV LICENCE MEN
HLATIKHULU – An angry man set his dogs on two Swazi TV inspectors and further assaulted one of them with an axe handle.The assaulted Swazi
View ArticlePOLICE SHOOT, KILL TWO HEIST SUSPECTS
MBABANE – Two men suspected to be involved in the Build It heist were shot and killed during a shoot-out with the police. The two suspects
View ArticleCALEB NOW A WORRIED MAN
MBABANE – For a moment, the words just could not come out after watching his charges succumb to their eight loss of the season. Midas City
View ArticleMALANTI THRASH 10-MAN BUFFALOES
(At Nsukuwansuku Stadium)MHLUME – Malanti Chiefs walloped 10-man Young Buffaloes by 3-1 to deny the security forces ensemble a chance to finish second before the
View ArticleLEOPARD ON TOP
MHLUME - The MTN Premier League title race gets interesting with each passing game. Security forces ensemble Royal Leopard will end the year on top after
View Article20 GRADUATE AT CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 1ST GRADUATION
MBABANE – Twenty students graduated yesterday from the Swaziland Christian Medical University (SCMU) despite that it was opened in August this year. Attempts by the university
View ArticleEVANGELICAL CHURCH HAS PRODUCED THREE PRIME MINISTERS
MANZINI - Sibusiso Dlamini, the Prime Minister said the Evangelical Church had produced three prime ministers of the country. These include himself, Obed Dlamini and
View ArticleMANDELA WAS MY PEER - AK HLOPHE
LOZITHA – Abednego Kuseni (AK) Hlophe, former Private Secretary to His Majesty King Sobhuza II says Nelson Mandela was his peer, hero and mentor. Hlophe (92)
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