Lubombo District

Southern Africa: More Boreholes, No Water

Mbabane — In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours. According to the director of the Department of Water...

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MEN TO HELP REDUCE MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY

MBABANE, (Aug. 28, 2009) IPS/GIN - "Getting men involved in maternal and child health care is a serious challenge because of cultural dynamics and practices," said Rejoice Nkambule, the health department's deputy director of...

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Swazi products popular in Taiwan

I am yet to see an ambassador, who leaves the ambience of his office not only to visit all media houses to familiarise himself with what they do but to further make a meaningful contribution to their trade in a form of material...

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Swaziland: Bringing Men On Board to Reduce Maternal And Child Mortality

Mbabane — Swazi men have very little involvement in caring for newborns and mothers, yet they are critical partners in ensuring their well being. "Getting men involved in maternal and child health care is a serious challenge...

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Bringing Men On Board to Reduce Maternal And Child Mortality

Mbabane — Swazi men have very little involvement in caring for newborns and mothers, yet they are critical partners in ensuring their well being. "Getting men involved in maternal and child health care is a serious challenge...

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Good news! A star is born today!

Welcome to the world: Possible Dreams International! Regular bloggers may have met Maithri of The Soaring Impulse. This young Australian physician is one of those amazing people you rarely encounter. Gifted in many ways–perhaps...

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SWAZILAND: Sugar prices tempt small farmers away from food production

Observers are divided on the merits of cash crops in favour of subsistence food production, which are challenging long-held views about food security. "It is simplistic to say that cultivating export crops robs starving people...

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Farmers Change From Food to Sugar Growing

MbabaneSwaziland's small-scale farmers are succumbing to the temptation of soaring sugar prices, cultivating cane at the expense of edible crops in the food-stressed country. Raw sugar prices have reached a 28-year high,...

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Trans-Frontier Arrives to Market Brand

The Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) delegation arrived in Botswana at the weekend through the Pont's Drift border post in Bobirwa on a brand marketing expedition that will continue until August 20.

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Charity gets children into school

The £5 rucksacks enable children in Swaziland to attend school A charity set up by the family of a Somerset man who died in the Asian tsunami in 2004 is helping African children get an education. Piers Simon from Chilthorne...

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