Lesotho

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:26:40 GMT
Major Win for DPP Motinyane
[Lesotho Times] As court throws out Tšukulu's discharge bid

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:02:03 GMT
U.S. Cuts Food Aid to 36,000 Children in Lesotho
[GroundUp] About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:36:41 GMT
Security Company Owner Found Guilty of Unlawful Possession of Guns
[Lesotho Times] A 22-year-old man from Qoaling, Lehlohonolo Tsekoa, has been found guilty of operating his security company, Right Security, using unlicensed firearms.

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:13:08 GMT
Lesotho Fishing Company's Strange 'Error' On Donations
[GroundUp] Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth R2.9-million, but actually gave less than R450,000

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:03:08 GMT
Phafane Welcomes New FIFA Governance Committee Role
[Lesotho Times] --But he remains optimistic about the potential success of Lesotho football

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 05:51:44 GMT
South Africa, Lesotho Enhances Trade and Investment Relations
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) and the Lesotho Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development have agreed to enhance trade and investment to advance shared interests.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:25:24 GMT
Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso Opens Up in Rare Interview
[Lesotho Times] AS Her Majesty Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso prepares to celebrate her 49th birthday on Monday, she has granted Basotho an exclusive look into her life and work.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:54:46 GMT
Govt Amends LDF Recruitment Age
[Lesotho Times] ...after call from DC youth

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:59:39 GMT
DCP Makharilele Named in M32m Fokothi Fraud
[Lesotho Times] ...but trial stalls as he takes his fight to the Constitutional Court

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:30:17 GMT
Senate Accused of Holding National Reforms Process Hostage
[Lesotho Times] The upper house of Parliament, the Senate, has been accused of stalling the completion of the long delayed national reforms process.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:30:14 GMT
5,000 Textile Jobs At Risk
[Lesotho Times] ...as two textile giants mull shutdown over US tariffs

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:06:29 GMT
Tau Defends Business Dealings With State-Owned LEC
[Lesotho Times] Refutes 'claims' his Cell Power owes LEC over M1 million Blames discrepancy on LEC's "flawed systems"

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:59:57 GMT
Soldiers Deployed At LEC
[Lesotho Times] -to protect forensic auditors

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:28:10 GMT
Lesotho's Health System Has Been Decimated By U.S. Funding Cuts
[GroundUp] 60% of the country's HIV counsellors have been laid off and the country's TB programme is faltering

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 05:11:25 GMT
'Muela Up and Running Again
[Lesotho Times] ...as LHDA resumes Polihali construction works

Thu, 29 May 2025 09:32:14 GMT
All of Africa Today - May 29, 2025
[allAfrica] Former Mauritanian Finance Minister Tah Elected President Of AfDB

Thu, 29 May 2025 05:52:35 GMT
Big U.S.-Funded Chicken Project Shuts Down in Lesotho
[GroundUp] Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:47:24 GMT
Lesotho Highlands Water Commission Challenges High Court's Authority in Board Battle
[Lesotho Times] ...wants Chairperson Phakisi's application thrown out for lack of court's jurisdiction

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:29:27 GMT
M2.3b Set Aside for Roads Construction
[Lesotho Times] The Roads Directorate will spend a whooping M2.3 billion to construct and rehabilitate Lesotho's roads infrastructure in this 2025/26 financial year to improve connectivity, boost safety, and drive economic development across the coun...

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:28:55 GMT
Lipholo Fights On
[Lesotho Times] THE Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Reverend Tšepo Lipholo's wife has escalated her spirited bid to block her husband's alleged looming arrest to the Court of Appeal.

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:27:53 GMT
RFP Lawmaker Says He Wishes Death On Prisoners
[Lesotho Times] IN a shocking statement, Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) legislator for Matsieng constituency, Moshe Makotoko, says he wishes all prisoners could just die as punishment for their transgressions and to save the State from looking after...

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:27:15 GMT
Magistrate Murenzi's Disciplinary Hearing Stalls
[Lesotho Times] Moorosi Tsiane / Hopolang Mokhopi

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:26:44 GMT
Israeli Businessman Sues Police Commissioner for M26m
[Lesotho Times] AN Israeli businessman has filed a staggering M26,285,756 lawsuit against the Commissioner of Police, Borotho Matsoso, over the alleged destruction of his cannabis business during a police raid.

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:13:48 GMT
Former Minister, Daughter-in-Law Fight Over Late Son's Estate
[Lesotho Times] FORMER Minister of Forestry, Range and Soil Conservation, 'Mamotsie Motsie, is embroiled in a bitter dispute with her late son Motsie Motsie's widow over his estate.

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:13:48 GMT
625 Health Workers Lose Jobs
[Lesotho Times] --Due to USAID funding cuts

Fri, 30 May 2025 14:28:18 GMT
Chal Staffers Accused of Stealing Drugs
[Lesotho Times] ...and selling them privately

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:38:08 GMT
Morabo Morojele - Lesotho's Swinging Jazz Drummer Who Became a Literary Star
[The Conversation Africa] We use the term "Renaissance man" very loosely these days, for anybody even slightly multi-talented. But Lesotho-born jazz drummer, novelist and development scholar Morabo Morojele was the genuine article.

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:13:49 GMT
Lesotho Backs Global Effort to Protect Oceans By Joining WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement
[Lesotho Times] LESOTHO has officially joined the global push to end harmful fishing subsidies by depositing its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies with the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Fri, 16 May 2025 04:40:23 GMT
Most Basotho See Worsening Drought, Crop Failure, Erosion
[Afrobarometer] Many citizens report having to adapt their work and personal lives to changing weather patterns.

Thu, 15 May 2025 15:35:30 GMT
Parliamentary Committee Reveals Corruption at M12 Billion Pension Fund
[Lesotho Times] ...Names corrupt trustees who have received kickbacks

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