Workers’ Rights Under Pressure: The ITUC’s 2026 Global Rights Index says labour protections are worsening worldwide, with 72% of countries denying workers access to justice and rights to strike and collective bargaining restricted in most places; Drug Bust Near Hoedspruit: Police arrested three suspected traffickers and seized about R11m worth of dagga after stopping two vehicles on the R527, with investigations suggesting the drugs originated in Eswatini; Regional Justice Talks: SADC justice ministers and attorneys general meet in Victoria Falls, with the proposed SADC Tourism UNIVISA on the agenda to ease travel for tourism and transit; Parliament Resumes: Eswatini’s National Assembly returns for its fourth session of the eighth Parliament as MPs continue oversight and regional/international engagements; Health Research Grant: The Thanzi Programme’s CHE Thanzi Konse project secures a new grant to expand health systems research and capacity-building into Namibia and Zambia; Energy Security Deal Questioned: A World Bank-linked poverty and unemployment backdrop raises concerns over Eswatini’s USD 300 Taiwan-backed Phuzumoya Strategic Oil Reserve plan; Diplomacy and Visas: Eswatini and the UAE sign a mutual visa exemption MoU, while the Prime Minister sends congratulations to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Independence Day; Local Economy Boost: MTN Bushfire Festival wraps up, with the Prime Minister urging organisers to double its economic impact by 2027.