Eswatini Observer
Daily newspaper founded in 1981 as the Swazi Observer and owned by Tibiyo TakaNgwane, the royal conglomerate held in trust for the king. Published in Mbabane with weekend editions, it covers national politics, courts, business and sport, and is broadly supportive of the monarchy, standing alongside the Times group as one of Eswatini's two main newspaper houses.
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