Four countries in Southern Africa are coming together to manage the risk of TB among mineworkers in South Africa, where half a million miners are at risk.
His Majesty King Mswati III has urged soldiers to be committed in making the safety of the Kingdom a priority for the preservation of peace.
The King was speaking during army day celebrations held at the Army headquarters in Nokwane.
The Hon. Prime Minister Dr Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini says Governments holds the scouting movement in high esteem.
He was speaking when he met the Secretary General of the Regional Scouting Movement and his delegation at the Cabinet Offices in Mbabane.They are in Swaziland for a regional meeting of the International Scouting Movement.
His Majesty King Mswati the third says Swaziland is determined to achieve the vision of attaining first world status by the year 2022.
He believes the opening of the new King Mswati III International Airport is a move to the right direction, saying critics who challenged the construction of such a facility in a "jungle" should know that Swaziland means business.