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Eswatini fears decades of progress in fight against HIV could be undone by US funding cuts
Africanews
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July 10, 2025
The HIV pandemic still claims a life every minute. While progress has been made, there were 1.3 million new HIV infections last year and 630,000 AIDS-related deaths. Now unprecedented US funding cuts have torpedoed the HIV response in many...
Eswatini man arrested after child’s burnt body found
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 9, 2025
Police arrested Sanele Fakudze after a woman was found injured and her daughter’s charred body discovered near Kaapmuiden. Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a suspect from Eswatini after a woman was found injured and her daughter’s burnt body was...
eSwatini man in court after 4-year-old girl’s half-burnt body found in Mpumalanga
Rising Sun Chatsworth
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A man from eSwatini appeared in court on Monday after the half-burnt body of a girl (4) was found in the Kaapmuiden area in Mpumalanga last week. Lowvelder reports Sanele Fakudze (37) appeared in the KaNyamazane Magistrate’s Court on charges of...
Stench in Alberton suburbs sparks health concerns, residents demand action
Alberton Record
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July 11, 2025
A lingering odour that has plagued parts of Alberton for years is again in the spotlight as frustrated residents call on the city to launch a thorough investigation into the ongoing air quality concern. According to residents, the smell has been...
OPINION:Parliament must question Prime Minister about the health budget recently approved to purchase drugs, the solution is money not ‘useless’ and endless debates.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini Parliament recently passed a national budget but no Member of Parliament(MP) is questioning Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini about the whereabouts of that money allocated to the Ministry of Health. The health crisis is...
Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini confirms situation in hospitals worsening amid shortage of drugs, appeals to Parliament to fully support efforts to address health crisis.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli LOBAMBA:Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini has appealed to Parliament to fully support the ongoing efforts to address the health crisis amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals. The PM made this appeal on Wednesday in...
OPINION:King Mswati must stop shifting blame, Health Minister cannot address shortage of drugs while Monarch spends millions public funds on useless international trips securing ‘batsakatsi’ ritual services in Ghana.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini King Mswati is fully aware that,this country is struggling with cash flow challenges and his lavish or extravagant lifestyle is contributing to this unfortunate situation. Cash flow problems in this context, occur when...
OPINION:National Commissioner Vusi Manoma Masango must declare his relationship with alleged thief SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff, recuse himself in receiving update reports multibillion drugs shortage investigation.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini National Commissioner Vusi Manoma Masango is an alleged close friend to SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff and has been receiving money from the alleged multibillion thief, evidence substantiating this, if need arise, will...
Mayflower Police Arrest Eswatini National in R1.1 Million Dagga Bust
South Africa Today
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July 7, 2025
Police in Mayflower arrested a 29-year-old Eswatini national for dealing in dagga following a shootout near the Waverley Port of Entry on Saturday, 05 July 2025. The incident occurred at approximately 04:30 when officers, conducting patrols near...
Sinceni Clinic nurse LaThring plays with her one(1)year-old child during work hours, health workers across the country grounded with no working equipment while emaSwati die amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals.
Swaziland News
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By Bongiwe Dlamini SINCENI:Mrs Ngwenya known as LaThring was found playing with her one(1)year-old child here at Sinceni Clinic on Thursday playing with her one(1) year-old child. Nurses and other health workers across the country are grounded...
OPINION:State controlled journalists defending SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff for a few ‘pieces of silver’ complicit in the killing of emaSwati amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini Credibility is one of the basic principles that every journalist must uphold and defend, we have journalists in this country who sold their independence to SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff and, they found themselves...
Eswatini’s Monarch Advocates for Traditional Leaders in African Governance
News Ghana
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June 26, 2025
King Mswati III of Eswatini has urged African governments to formally integrate traditional authorities into national development frameworks, calling them indispensable partners in addressing continental challenges. The monarch’s remarks came...
How Mission Hospitals Are Combating Africa’s Medical ‘Brain Drain’
The Dispatch
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June 29, 2025
Most of us are probably familiar with the term “brain drain” and how it’s affecting Africa, whose population is skewing younger and increasing rapidly. By 2050, 1 in 4 people on earth will be African, according to estimates by the United Nations....
EXPOSED:Eswatini Government now ‘forcing’ patients to sign discharge forms amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals to avoid being sued, document designed to exonerate State.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:The eSwatini Government is now forcing patients to sign discharge forms designed to exonerate the State amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals. The document has been designed to appear as if the patients who are...
Eswatini in shock as king Mswati’s health deteriorates
The Maravi Post
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June 20, 2025
In a shocking revelation, sources close to the Royal Family in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have confirmed that King Mswati III’s health has taken a significant turn for the worse. According to insiders, the monarch has been admitted to his...
Asantehene bemoans non-completion of 18-year-old stalled KNUST Teaching Hospital
Joy FM
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June 28, 2025
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has renewed calls for the completion of the KNUST Teaching Hospital, which has stalled for over 18 years. The medical centre, which was expected to be completed within 6 years of its commencement, currently...
Eswatini government determined to ban single-use plastic despite push back by pro-plastic lobbyists
Down to Earth
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Despite the Eswatini parliament’s suspension of the legislation banning single-use plastics for another seven years, the country’s Prime Minister Russell Dlamini has assured the recent Third United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC3) that the...
OPINION:Why King Mswati spends millions on international trips with his children while emaSwati die in public hospitals amid shortage of drugs?.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini King Mswati has once again showed emaSwati a middle finger, he took an international trip to Ghana with his children and, the trip comes at a huge cost for the country struggling with a health crisis. As usual, the King’s...
The future of global health, without the United States
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Towards the end of his first presidency, Donald Trump ordered a US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in a spat over its refusal to say that the COVID-19 virus was a Chinese laboratory leak. When the Biden administration came to...
GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cyprus to Eswatini
Global Investigative Journalism Network
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June 24, 2025
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