Public debt rose at E25.9 (€1,5) billion, 36.5% of GDP as at 30.6.2021 for higher domestic debt and currency depreciation; Central Bank of Eswatini is monitoring all internal and external factors to foster financial stability and economic development

Vice chair of the Committee on Industrial Relations and Social Business Policy Eswatini highlighted concern about an economy struggling to attract investment and generate job opportunities

Queen Ntombi Tfwala warned the nation about the rise in cases of gender-based violence in Eswatini, stating that it is disturbing to hear of cases of abused women and urging men to calm down and avoid being violent

Traditional medicine, muti, is an important part of Eswatini culture; however, the growing demand has put some of kingdom's animal species at risk of extinction, with conservationists and molecular biologists working to protect the animals from poachers

Eswatini denied reports that it had offered nationality to citizens of other southern African countries to make up for the population crisis