In a moment that turned vision into victory, the Honourable Deputy Prime Minister Thulisile Dladla returned to Paradise Farm, not as a guest, but as a witness to a promise fulfilled.

Back in May, she pledged to come back and harvest the beans alongside the farmers who planted them. Yesterday, she did exactly that.

40 hectares of dry beans, cultivated under the Hamba-Ubuye initiative by EWADE in partnership with NDMA and the Ministry of Agriculture, are now ready for market, yielding an estimated 43 metric tons, valued at E1.2 million, and projecting a profit of over E500,000 for local producers.

Despite erratic rainfall, the soil delivered. Despite economic uncertainty, Eswatini planted anyway. And with institutions like EWADE and NDMA at the forefront, Eswatini is proving that food security is not just a policy it’s a reality we’re building.

“When I said I would return to harvest with you, I meant it,” said the DPM. “This is the future communities producing, institutions supporting, and leaders showing up.”

From policy to plough, from promise to produce EWADE is proud to power the recovery.