Eswatini Labour Insight

An image depicting the EEC. Source Online  Written by Fundizwi Sikhondze The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) has made an application of an additional tariff increase of 13.67% over and above the already awarded 7% tariff increase for the 2026/27 financial year. In total the EEC'c application, if successful, will lead to the electricity tariff to be adjusted 20.67% higher on 1st April 2026, the commencement period for the 2026/27 financial year. The application was submitted to the energy regulator, the Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA) around the 29 th December 2025. ESERA is a regulatory authority in the energy sector that was established by the Energy Regulatory Act 2007 to regulate ethe energy industry including the setting of the tariffs.  In their application the EEC indicated that they were encountering difficult conditions, particularly, the costs associated with the importation of energy from South Africa, from Mozambique, from the Southern African P...

  Workers attending the TUCOSWA International Workers Day rally in Bigbend on 1st May 2023 (photo credit: ELI) Written by Fundizwi Sikhondze The year 2026 has arrived and with it are the usual bells and whistles that are a norm with each new year. A new year always presents an opportunity to reflect and trace the steps taken in the previous year with the intention to do better in the new year. If looked into in proper context it is quite evident that the year 2026 will be another where immense challenges will persist and will continue to stand before workers progress. In the midst of the challenges however there are also grand possibilities that major victories may be recorded by workers in their endeavour for better lives.  In this piece some reflections will be made on selected key milestones of year 2025 and then selected projections for 2026 from trade unions will be presented as well. Public service labour market In the year 2025 victories celebrated include the impleme...

  The logo of the CSC (Source:Online) Written by Fundizwi Sikhondze The restructuring process for the Civil Service Commission (CSC) appears to have gained full speed after the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Eswatini introduced a consultant to the CSC to help drive the restructuring work. The Ministry of Public Service and Administration social media page reported on the 19 th December 2025 that the consultant, Ms Sharon Maziya, was introduced or handed over by the UNDP Eswatini to the CSC to commence her duties. Ms Maziya is a human resources expert who according to her LinkedIn profile boasts over 25 years’ experience in leading significant, enterprise-wide change management and holds a Master’s degree in Leadership and Change Management amongst several qualifications. The UNDP Eswatini had posted the advert for an Individual Consultant for the organisational Restructuring of the Civil service on their website ( https://ungm.org ) on 9 th  October 2025. The...