{
  "id": 19607311,
  "title": "Eswatini gives illegal foreign businesses 12 months to leave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/eswatini-gives-illegal-foreign-businesses-12-months-to-leave",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T05:14:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/eswatini-gives-illegal-foreign-businesses-12-months-to-leave"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Businesses owned by Asian nationals are being closed across Eswatini, previously known as Swaziland, as the government cracks down on foreign-owned enterprises. It follows parliament’s approval of a law that seeks to increase ownership and participation by emaSwati, as citizens of the kingdom are known. The legislation comes after complaints from local traders that foreign-owned […]",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-11T11:15:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-11T13:12:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "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-19529701",
        "published": "2026-11-11T17:02:55.000Z"
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  "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."
}