2025 in Eswatini

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Events in the year 2025 in Eswatini

Incumbents

• Monarch (Ngwenyama): Mswati III
• Prime Minister: Russell Dlamini

Events

• January – The government announce a partnership with Google. ^[1]
• 24 March – Eswatini Mobile announces that it has 'entered the 5G era'. ^[1]
• 16 July – Five criminal deportees from the U.S. are received under a third-country agreement after months of diplomatic talks. ^[2]
• 25 July – Protesters demonstrate outside the US embassy in Ezulwini against the recent deportation deal. ^[3]
• 6 October – Eswatini receives 10 third-country nationals deported from the United States under an agreement with the Trump administration. ^[4]
• 18 November – Eswatini becomes the first African country to receive the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection drug lenacapavir. ^[5]
• 1 December – Eswatini begins administering lenacapavir. ^[6]
• 12 December – Eswatini and the United States sign a five-year health cooperation agreement focused on health system development with HIV prevention and disease monitoring. ^[7]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Eswatini

Source: ^[8]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 19 April – King's Birthday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 25 April – National Flag Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 22 July – King Father's Birthday
• 2 September – Umhlanga
• 6 September – Somhlolo Day
• 18 December – Incwala
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Deaths

• 29 June – Mabandla Dlamini, 94, prime minister (1979–1983). ^[9]

See also

• 2020s portal
• Current events portal
• Africa portal

• Music of Eswatini

References

1. "5G Goes Live in Eswatini, But Coverage and Access Still Limited". Ecofin Agency. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
2. Staff, Al Jazeera. "US deports immigrants to African country of Eswatini amid rights concerns". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
3. Savage, Rachel; Kakama, Savior Ngcebo (2025-07-23). "Eswatini opposition attacks US deal as 'human trafficking disguised as deportation'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-07-28.
4. Masuku, Lunga (2025-10-06). "Eswatini receives ten third-country deportees from US". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
5. Mutsaka, Farai (2025-11-18). "Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot". AP News. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
6. "🌟The Bright Side: African nations roll out groundbreaking HIV prevention shots". France 24. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
7. Jackson, Katharine (12 December 2025). "US signs health agreement with Eswatini". Reuters. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
8. "Eswatini Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
9. "King Mswati's Advisor and former Prime Minister Prince Mabandla dies, Spokesperson Percy Simelane says "he was the pillar of the Nation"". Swaziland News. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

External links

• Online calendar