AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoSADC Summit in Durban: Eswatini’s role in the SADC Organ Troika and the wider 46th Heads of State summit is in focus as leaders push regional peace, security and democratic governance, with Second Vice-President Enock Chihana stressing dialogue and solidarity amid crises in eastern DRC, Madagascar and Mozambique. Migration pressure in South Africa: The anti-migrant March and March movement plans a final-day march and picket at the SADC summit under “It’s time to fetch your people,” demanding stricter visa controls, asylum reviews, action against employers of undocumented workers, and limits on access to public services. Eswatini governance and accountability: ESCCOM investigations allege about E17m was diverted into a finance manager’s personal accounts through falsified invoice bank details, alongside alleged misuse of an ESCCOM card. Local policy and jobs: Government says it wants 80% local sourcing for construction materials in public projects to keep spending and jobs in Eswatini. Housing dispute: Nkaba MP Hope Shiba moves to halt evictions and demolitions of farm homes, seeking urgent parliamentary action and checks on farm ownership authenticity. Public finance direction: Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini tells the OPEC Fund borrowing should shift toward job-creating productive investment rather than budget support.
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