Earning a top place on the medal stand next Saturday isn’t the only thing on the minds of the kids who make up the Strivers, the YMCA’s Gymnastic Team. The teammates also hope to see an outpouring of blanket donations for Patty Tebon’s passionate ministry to Swaziland as well. The Strivers are collecting fleece blankets [...]
Major South African staple foods manufacturer Premier Foods has acquired a controlling stake in two Swaziland-based bread and confectionary businesses, Mr Bread and Swaziland United Bakeries, for R85-million. The acquisition will give the Premier Foods, which is known for brands such as Iwisa maize meal, Snowflake flour and Blue Ribbon bread a major foothold in [...]
The International Monetary Fund has warned that Swaziland’s fiscal crisis has reached a critical point and there is a high risk that the kingdom will be unable to pay its civil servants’ wages for the next few months. The report also says that Swaziland’s gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by 2% during 2012 and, [...]
The government is intensifying efforts to improve border management in an attempt to deal with cross-border crime syndicates and to curb poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday “In that regard we will be deploying a further four military companies on the Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho borders as of April 2012 bringing the total [...]
(AFP) – 2 hours ago PRETORIA — South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday. “We will be deploying a further four military companies on the Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho borders as of April [...]
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The kingdom’s fiscal situation unravelled in 2009 due to a 60% drop in its Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) revenue share because of the global financial crisis. But because previous windfall revenues had been used to fund a bloated civil service, its budget deficit exploded. It now exceeds 10% of GDP. In August last year, [...]
The speech by His Majesty at the opening of Parliament is a glimmer f hope and shows that he is aware of the situation. Long live the King! If only government could deliver, then perhaps Swaziland would avoid the negative international attention we have been getting such as at the AU annual summit in Ethiopia, [...]
OLD Mutual Swaziland on Friday launched a Funeral Care Plan that targets the lower income earning group.Chief Executive Officer Dantago Nico //Hoabeb said this would be the second funeral cover product the company was bringing to the market since Old Mutual was launched in 2008. He said the first was the Value Plus Funeral Plan, [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]