Eswatini Observer

REPS promises fair recruitment; MPs want online applications; minister warns teachers over alleged misconduct; business bodies eye AGOA opportunities; ENCAC viewers’ questions unanswered; Sihlangu squad reportedly picked before coach appointed. #Eswatini #Observer

Human Rights Commission flags police recruitment queues; MPs field job pleas; Maphalala defends E1m forum payment; lost dockets delay Mashumi trial; Simunye Fest losses top E1.5m; Nsingizini face Pirates, Highlanders meet Ubombo in Charity Cup semis. #Eswatini #Observer

MP Marwick Khumalo accuses ministries of turning parastatals into illegal cash cows; Public debt projected to peak at 52% of GDP under E3.79bn loan push; Businessman admits grenade possession but denies Incwala terror plot; Logarusic and Eymael miss Sihlangu shortlist. #Eswatini

TLC management instructs staff to direct all inquiry questions to leadership; CANGO warns government against E3.79bn loan push ahead of El Niño; Mbabane Day packs Coronation Park; Highlanders beat Swallows 2-0 in Charity Cup derby. #Eswatini #TLCInquiry #PublicDebt

Dry soil halts ploughing at Sisingeni; Mashumi trial delayed; OVC grant rise to E4 628 proposed; LUSIP II firms secure E359.65m in loans; Bushfire artist applications close Nov 27; Pirates and Nsingizini reach Charity Cup main draw. #Eswatini #Observer

NCC flags CBE gaps; Mncina seeks leniency; four face pensioner fraud charges; Bishop Maculuve confirms divorce; SBC revenue falls 5.4%; NACAs set for Nov 28; Charity Cup entry E50. #Eswatini #Observer

Mystery illness claims over 50 cattle at Maphungwane; Mankayane cop dragged to High Court over alleged death threats and E23k child fees; ESE launches Kwakhanya 2030 strategy to modernise capital markets; Kota Festival lights up Malkerns; Swallows, Pirates draw 2-2. #Eswatini

A 14-year-old Ezulwini Community High pupil is in ICU after an alleged stabbing over water; TSC is to replace four Sikhunyane teachers sent home over abuse allegations; Khumalo wants the E20 000 TCC threshold reviewed; Bennett questions who is really running sport. #Eswatini

Parents storm Sikhunyane High again over alleged teacher-learner abuse; ESCCOM finance manager granted E50 000 bail on fraud charges worth E691 530; Bennett says EPTC pension hole grew to about E400m; Mogale says MaMkhize is surrounded by the wrong people. #Eswatini #Observer

OSSU rescues four Sikhunyane High teachers from angry parents over learner relationship allegations; King Mswati III calls for better fire service equipment; Families spend 75% of income on food; Floyd Mogale reportedly leaves Mbabane Highlanders. #Eswatini #Education

Taiwan pledges to double programme funding; MPs back uniform rules; SWAGAA welcomes sex offenders register move; baby survives alleged stabbing; expert urges SMEs to embrace AI; HRFA executive dissolved. #Eswatini #Observer

Bishop Hlatshwako tells court he cannot afford E13k maintenance on a E45k salary; DPM Dladla seeks E1.23bn for national disaster resilience; Mozambique and Botswana boost tourist arrivals to 96k; Sindiso Gama resigns as Swallows head coach. #Eswatini #HighCourt #Tourism #Swallows

Heatwaves expected through March 2027; woman challenges alleged forced marriage; PS seeks MPs’ guidance on girls’ trousers; CEE disruption warning; Big Fish seeks overlooked singers; Swallows remain winless. #Eswatini #Observer

Govt insists its inquiry into TLC is legal to account for E50m in annual state funding; veteran EBIS sound engineer Mbuyazwe Dlamini passes away; 30 youth entrepreneurs compete for business grants; Red Rhinos boss claims self-defence in stadium gun clash. #Eswatini #TLC

Public backlash hits the Education Ministry's ban on trousers for female pupils; Apostle Khoza exposes pastors using prophecy for abuse; FNB unveils E586k Hilux for EYA winner and Mbabane Swallows’ investor deal collapses over ownership squabbles. #Eswatini #Education #Transport

Bus fares rise 25% on short routes and 10% on long ones, with the first 8km moving from E10 to E12.50. A Cameroonian delegate at the EUMETSAT forum in Matsapha has died after collapsing. PM Russell Dlamini says farm technology must not cost Africa its food sovereignty.

A police officer allegedly fled his maintenance hearing at Manzini Magistrate’s Court, and NATCOM has ordered a probe. Civil servants can borrow again after an IFMIS outage. Leather could be worth E943.8m if local processing grows. Big-name shows are struggling for crowds.

The High Court has stayed the TLC inquiry, with arguments set for October 14. Uncle Waffles marks 5 years, including a Coachella first. Amawele want Nsingizini keeper Khanyakwezwe Shabalala. #Eswatini #TLC #AEC #CEE #UncleWaffles #Amawele

Govt is still probing the National Data Centre hack nearly three weeks on. PSPF says Hilton Garden Inn is now “really pumping,” boosting hopes for Royal Swazi Spa. Swallows have loaned Sandziso Masuku and Mvuselelo Mtsetfwa from Nsingizini. #Eswatini #CyberSecurity #BunyeBetfu

Parliament approves E426m loan guarantee for EPTC; new SNAT President Sikelela Dlamini says the union is not a political party; retirement fund assets rise to E61.52bn despite a 36.91% income decline, salary negotiations delay the appointment of a new Sihlangu coach. #Eswatini