{"id":85685,"date":"2026-02-25T07:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/cabinet-concludes-retreat-on-national-development-agenda"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:18:01","slug":"cabinet-concludes-retreat-on-national-development-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/cabinet-concludes-retreat-on-national-development-agenda","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Concludes Retreat on National Development Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini says Cabinet is aligned to a unified vision for governance while embracing a whole-of-Government approach that guarantees coordinated action and upholding collective accountability.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As reported by Government online platforms later on Monday afternoon, the PM addressed the media and expressed Cabinet\u2019s commitment to maintain agility while swiftly adapting and responding to changing circumstances with sharpness and flexibility. He further expressed Cabinet\u2019s commitment to champion innovation, fostering creative thinking and pioneering solutions to meet the challenges of the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCabinet will champion flagship programmes that drive Eswatini\u2019s transformation agenda geared towards achieving ambitious commitments as directed by the Speech from the Throne and the POA, taking bold decisions to enable positive impact to the lives of emaSwati. For all flagship priority areas highlighted from the Speech from The Throne, Cabinet will employ measures that will circumvent bottlenecks and enhance efficiency in achieving the desired outcome,\u201d said the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Eswatini<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini says Cabinet is aligned to a unified vision for governance while embracing a whole-of-Government approach that guarantees coordinated action and upholding collective accountability. As reported by Government online platforms later on Monday afternoon, the PM addressed the media and expressed Cabinet\u2019s commitment to maintain agility while swiftly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-85685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Cabinet Concludes Retreat on National Development Agenda - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Eswatini. 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