{"id":22254,"date":"2023-02-18T07:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T07:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu"},"modified":"2023-02-18T08:14:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T08:14:33","slug":"king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu","title":{"rendered":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African Customs Union(SACU).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Taxes in eSwatini are used to sustain Mswati\u2019s lavish lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Parliament on Friday when delivering his speech from the Throne, the King said while SACU remains the main source of revenue, this source was volatile and uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SACU revenue formula is in the process of being reviewed and could result in decreased receipts going forward.With these projections in mind, it is important to ensure we utilize the gains to save for dry days. It is equally important to strengthen the collection of revenue internally, while pursuing cost-cutting measures,\u201d said the King.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African Customs Union(SACU). Taxes in eSwatini are used to sustain Mswati\u2019s lavish lifestyle. Speaking in Parliament on Friday when delivering his speech from the Throne, the King said while SACU remains the main source of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-22254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-18T07:10:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-18T08:14:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-18T07:10:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-18T08:14:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\"},\"wordCount\":144,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\",\"name\":\"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-18T07:10:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-18T08:14:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU - Eswatini","description":"King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU","og_description":"King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-02-18T07:10:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-18T08:14:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU","datePublished":"2023-02-18T07:10:40+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-18T08:14:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu"},"wordCount":144,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu","name":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-18T07:10:40+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-18T08:14:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"King Mswati has emphasized the importance of collecting more taxes internally instead of relying on the South African ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676691803.53.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswatis-speech-from-the-thronecollect-more-taxesdont-rely-on-sacu#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KING MSWATI\u2019S SPEECH FROM THE THRONE:Collect more taxes,don\u2019t rely on SACU"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}