{"id":39976,"date":"2023-12-13T18:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious"},"modified":"2023-12-13T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:48:48","slug":"we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious","title":{"rendered":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay-South Africa.<\/b><\/p>\n

Responding on Monday evening,after businessman Mavela Sigwane of the Federation of Eswatini Business Community(FESBC) reported the forestry company to the Eswatini Competition Commission(ECC)for allegedly blocking indigenous businesspeople from selling timber in South Africa,the Montigny Spokesperson described the claims by FESBC as spurious.<\/p>\n

\u201cMontigny rejects outright the spurious claims made by FESBC,and welcomes any investigation by the Eswatini Competition Commission.Montigny is proud of 20 years of empowering LiSwati-owned businesses and contractors, paying hundreds of millions of Emalangeni in taxes,and transforming the previously failed Usutu Forest operations into one of the most successful sawmilling operations in Southern Africa-now directly responsible for the employment of almost 10 thousand people.Any LiSwati is free to trade and sell their timber in South Africa, but because of border,logistics and import\/export challenges,Montigny has facilitated the sale of hundreds of thousands of tons of community timber, benefitting thousands of informal growers,who would have no other option.One has to wonder how many jobs Sigwane has created,as he can\u2019t even seem to hold down his own employment in the mining and sugar industries,and has been accused of harassing and scamming poor students with empty promises of non-existent jobs.I would have expected better from FESBC,\u201dsaid the Montigny Spokesperson.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay-South Africa. Responding on Monday evening,after businessman Mavela Sigwane of the Federation of Eswatini Business Community(FESBC) reported the forestry company to the Eswatini Competition Commission(ECC)for allegedly blocking indigenous businesspeople from selling timber in South […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-39976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nWe never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses f ...\" \/>\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\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\" \/>\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=\"2023-12-13T18:36:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-13T18:48:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"664\" \/>\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\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T18:36:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-13T18:48:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\",\"name\":\"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T18:36:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-13T18:48:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses f ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":664,\"caption\":\"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious\"}]},{\"@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":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious - Eswatini","description":"Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses f ...","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\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious","og_description":"Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses f ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-12-13T18:36:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-13T18:48:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":664,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.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\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious","datePublished":"2023-12-13T18:36:53+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:48:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious"},"wordCount":263,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious","name":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-13T18:36:53+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:48:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Sihle Mavuso,the Spokesperson of Montigny Investments says,the forestry company never stopped emaSwati\u2019s businesses f ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/12\/sm_1702480398.261247.jpg","width":1000,"height":664,"caption":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/we-never-stopped-emaswati-businesses-from-selling-timber-at-richards-bayfesbc-claims-spurious#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"We never stopped emaSwati businesses from selling timber at Richards Bay,FESBC claims spurious"}]},{"@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\/39976","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=39976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}