STEM Sisters, a new mentoring programme, teaches coding, robotics, engineering to young girls in rural areas; according to UNICEF, only 46% of girls complete secondary education, with pregnancy and poverty as major factors

Zweli Martin Dlamini, editor of Swaziland News, has collected over R40.000.00 from eSwatini businesspeople and senior Government officials to purchase shoes for orphans and vulnerable children in the LaMgabhi eTiyeni Primary School of his home area

Recently opened Magomba Coal Mine is allegedly failing to pay suppliers and sub-contractors; local media report that sub-contractors could halt operations if they are not paid within newly set dates

Rapper Oriiginelle released a new single ‘Nguwe’, together with South African rapper Jay Jody; the track, a fusion of local and foreign sounds, is gathering attention and is expected to become a favourite among Hip Hop fans

In recent years, Eswatini has achieved major milestones in snakebite management, reducing snakebite deaths to zero in the summer season of 2023; results are now threatened by funding cuts, exacerbated by the suspension of US aid