SA to help pay for Swazi road upgrade

MBABANE – SA will pick up some of
the tab for the upgrading of a key road in
Swaziland into a highway, King Mswati
said last week.
“Very soon the gravel road between
Hlatikhulu (in the southern Shiselweni
region) and Siphofaneni (in the central
Manzini region) will be a thing of the
past. The EU and SA government have
agreed to fund the project,” King Mswati
told a group of Shiselweni business
people.
The king did not say how much
the project would cost or the amount
committed by SA. He suggested work
would commence next year.
“This will assist in terms of improving
business in the Shiselweni region as we
all know development in infrastructure is
key to business success,” the king said.
The highway’s terminus at Siphofaneni
will put it close to the new international
airport under construction in Sikhupe.