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Yanga, Simba SC to miss key players in crucial CAF fixtures
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s football giants, Young Africans (Yanga SC) and Simba SC, have both departed for their crucial CAF Champions League second preliminary round first-leg matches this weekend, with both sides missing key players due to...
SADC electoral observation mission arrives
DAR ES SALAAM: THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) has arrived in Tanzania ahead of the General Election scheduled for October 29, 2025, underscoring the regional bloc’s commitment to promoting...
EXPOSED:Home Affairs Minister awards over R5million ‘one day’ grandstands tender to King’s Interpreter Sihle Dlamini’s company, Finance Minister warns amid looting of public funds through companies allegedly linked JC church syndicate.
By Zweli Martin Dlamini MBABANE:Princess Lindiwe, the Minister of Home Affairs allegedly awarded an over R5million scaffolding tender to a company with linked to King’s Interpreter Sihle Dlamini. Eswatini Scaffolding was awarded the tender to...


Simba SC, Singida close in on CAF Group Stage qualification
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s football giants Simba SC and Singida Black Stars took major steps toward the group stages of their respective CAF club competitions after posting impressive results in the first-leg matches played yesterday. In the CAF...
Madagascar new military President Colonel Michael Randrianirinan sworn in after ousting Andry Rajoelina, pledges to restore national unity and respect human rights.
By Bongiwe Dlamini MBABANE:Madagascar’s new military President Colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in, pledging to promote national unity and respect human rights, the South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC) reported on Friday....

HIV experiment rollout in Zimbabwe sparks debate
Zimbabwe has been chosen as one of 10 countries globally to roll out lenacapavir, the world's first twice-yearly injectable drug for HIV prevention, a move hailed as a "transformative step" in the fight against the virus. The announcement was made...
Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala heads to Johannesburg High Court for bail appeal
Controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is set to appear in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday to appeal his bail denial. Matlala was denied bail last month. Matala is charged with the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend, actress and...

COMESA watchdog steps up oversight with tougher action on mergers
CEO of CCC, Willard Mwemba The agency has reviewed more than 480 mergers and acquisitions, 50 restrictive business practices, and 60 consumer protection cases Nairobi, Kenya | Julius Businge | The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has reaffirmed...


An explosion of joy: how Cape Verde reached the World Cup
Except for the day Cape Verde obtained its independence from Portugal on 5 July 1975, the explosion of rapturous joy on the streets of Praia on Monday, after the Blue Sharks’s historic qualification for next year’s World Cup, following a 3-0...

Cabo Verde plugs its diaspora to score historic World Cup entry
Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes, a defender for Irish football team Shamrock Rovers, this week helped Cabo Verde make history by qualifying for next year’s World Cup. The island nation of around 525,000 people became the second-smallest nation to reach the...


Calls for poverty eradication to strengthen disaster resilience
Reading Time: 2 minutesGovernment and private sector leaders have jointly emphasised that Eswatini must uproot poverty if the nation is to effectively withstand and recover from disasters. This call was made during the commemoration of the...
BREAKING NEWS:Anti Corruption Commission(ACC) approaches Supreme Court, wants to arrest SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff for allegedly stealing about R1billion taxpayers money amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals.
By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:The Anti Corruption Commission(ACC) has approached the Supreme Court seeking an order overturning a judgement delivered by Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala who protected his alleged friend SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff....

Search for missing aircraft intensifies in harsh weather near Barberton
Search and rescue (SAR) teams continue their mission through tough winds, mist and rain between the Lebombo Mountains to find a missing Cessna 206 aircraft. Lowvelder reports that a Cessna 206 that departed from King Mswati III International...

Search and rescue under way in Mpumalanga for missing aircraft
JOHANNESBURG - Search and rescue teams are racing against time to locate a light aircraft that went missing on the way to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. The plane took off from King Mswati III International Airport in eSwatini and was...
OPINION:Tourism and Environmental Affairs Minister Jane Mkhonta-Simelane, is this the R2million eBet bribery Parliament cabal you are talking about?.
By Zweli Martin Dlamini Tourism and Environmental Affairs Minister Jane Mkhonta-Simelane frustrated the awarding of a license to eBet for months and, the investors were on the verge of closing as their business was collapsing. Perhaps after being...

Five-star Mamelodi Sundowns Crush Remo Stars in Abeokuta
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, Remo Stars, were humiliated 5-1 by South African side, Mamelodi Sundowns in a CAF Champions League clash at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta. The visitors opened scoring after just 12 minutes by...

Sundowns cruise, Pirates crash in CAF Champions League
Mamelodi Sundowns scored five goals in Nigeria and Orlando Pirates conceded three in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday in a mixed day for South Africa in CAF Champions League qualifying. Sundowns cruise, Pirates crash in CAF Champions...