Although fewer than 1,000 Swazis are directly employed in the mining sector, many workers from Eswatini processed timber from the country's extensive pine populations for mines in South Africa, and around 10,000–15,000 Swazis were employed in South African mines.
斯威士蘭直接從事採礦業的國民少於一千人，但許多工人參與運往南非礦場的松木加工程序，另有約一萬至一萬五千名工人受聘於南非礦場。