{
  "id": 19503752,
  "title": "Eswatini gives illegal foreign businesses 12 months to leave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/eswatini-gives-illegal-foreign-businesses-12-months-to-leave-19503752",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T13:12:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/africa/eswatini-gives-illegal-foreign-businesses-12-months-to-leave/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Businesses owned by Asian nationals are being closed across Eswatini as the government cracks down on foreign-owned enterprises. The crackdown follows Parliament’s approval of the Citizen Economic Empowerment Act, which seeks to increase ownership and participation by emaSwati, as citizens in the kingdom are known. The legislation follows complaints from local traders that foreign-owned…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}