By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo                                                               Widely touted as the genuine removal of barriers to accessing agricultural land in eSwatini, King Mswati III’s 2017 move to lease out 23 underutilised farms measuring 12 803,0145ha for agricultural activities has, however, proven not beneficial to emaSwati citizens Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo The more King Mswati III deprives the ordinary citizens of the important natural resource – land, the more the eSwatini monarchy betrays the trust that iNgwenyama or iNdlovukazi (King or Queen Mother) holds the land in trust for the benefit of all emaSwati. Eswatini is one country where the land rights are […]Read More

By Nimrod Mabuza Reigning women farmer of the year (2022/23), Nomsa Mngomezulu is from the impoverished drought-prone Nkalashane area under the Lomahasha chiefdom in the Lubombo region. What is not known to many emaSwati is that the latest winner of the competition, Mngomezulu neither has land for farming nor running water for irrigation. She farms […]Read More

Poor mismanagement and the abuse of funds is what has really brought down the University of Eswatini, once a prestigious institution in the region and the pride of emaSwati. Today, judging from how management conducts itself, all that matters is that the staff gets paid lucrative salaries while its core function as a learning institution […]Read More

By Nimrod Mabuza The University of Eswatini is insolvent. That means it is bankrupt. All indications are that it is non-functional. However, it strides on despite the impossible situation it finds itself. In truth, this means every student who enrols at the university cannot say, with certainty that he or she will complete whatever course […]Read More

By Vuyisile HlatshwayoElection fever is gripping eSwatini. And King Mswati III has used the opportunity to command emaSwati to elect the marginalized groups constituted by women and people with disabilities. But groups representing women and people with disabilities are sceptical. They have heard all this before and are now challenging the monarch to put his […]Read More

By Inhlase Reporter “Hot dog E10, E10 hot dog!” “E1 Banana, banana E1!” Vendors shouting out to customers at the market square in downtown Manzini, no, not quite, this is at the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital early in the day. Staffers take time around the tea break to sell snacks, including fruits and sweets […]Read More

By Nimrod Mabuza For the people of Sikhuphe, who were moved from their land in the early 2000s to make way for a new international airport, life has become a horrible nightmare. After being promised improved lives under a new settlement scheme, many of the residents now regret that they did not negotiate better deals […]Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Three years after Mkhiweni-Dvokodvweni residents in eSwatini’s drought prone areas were promised piped potable water through a new solar-powered water supply project, the taps in the kiosks supplying clean water have run dry and they are once more having to trek long distances to fetch daily water.  However, WaterAid Eswatini, which partnered […]Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Seventy-five-year-old Margret Sukati, an elderly resident of Sikhuphe area, was overjoyed when her community got access to a reliable source of potable water, especially in an area that increasingly battles with drought and water scarcity. However, the promise of easy access to clean water was short lived. The solar water project in […]Read More