News Lesotho: Roof blows off Lesotho airport — after MPs raised red flags
Wind ripped through ongoing renovations at Moshoeshoe I International Airport on New Year’s Eve, tearing off sections of newly installed roofing and laying bare not only the building’s structure but ...
News Lesotho: Lesotho insulted after Trump says nobody has heard of the country
Lesotho’s foreign minister said on Wednesday he was shocked and insulted by US President Donald Trump saying nobody has heard of the African country, and invited him to come visit. Trump mentioned ...
News Lesotho: Polihali Dam in Lesotho reaches full-section fill design elevation
Construction of the Polihali Dam in Lesotho continues to progress steadily with the project reaching its first major contractual milestone ...
News Lesotho: How Lesotho is left reeling from US aid cuts
When the USA froze all foreign aid, Lesotho's fragile HIV support network collapsed overnight. The consequences, as this story shows, were immediate – and devastating ...
News Lesotho: No extension for R53bn Lesotho water project — govt
South Africa confirms no further extensions for LHWP Phase II; Polihali Dam construction to boost water supply to Gauteng and other provinces.
News Lesotho: No more delays for Lesotho water project, Majodina warns stakeholders
Speaking to stakeholders during the first day of an oversight visit to the project on Sunday, Majodina acknowledged progress made to date but made it clear that continued delays would not be tolerated ...
News Lesotho: Lesotho: Rape Charges Against Former Minister Withdrawn
A former minister accused of raping a 17 year old orphan is now free after negotiating an out of court deal to build a house for the victim and pay her M1000 in monthly maintenance in a seemingly corrupt judicial settlement condemned by top legal experts.
News Lesotho: Lesotho Politician Demands Justice After 'Assassination Attempt'
Barely a week since her horrific knife attack in her home, All Basotho Convention Deputy Spokesperson, Matebatso Doti wants her assailants to be swiftly brought to justice for the brutal "assassination attempt" which almost ended her life. It's not yet clear if the attack was politically motivated but the two factions of Prime Minister Tom Thabane's party have been at loggerheads, fighting for control of the party since February this year.
News Lesotho: Over 200 stolen cattle and goats confiscated at Lesotho border
Over 200 stolen cattle and goats were found during a three-day police operation aimed at combating transnational or cross-border crimes affecting both South Africa and Lesotho. "Operation Servamus" ...
News Lesotho: From herding cows in Lesotho to working for company that does work for NASA
JOHANNESBURG - Dr Puleng Makhoalibe is one of 20 women globally, selected to participate in the 2019 Women Leaders for the World (WLW) programme - and has been recognised as a global leader in the ...
News Lesotho: African Nations Championship: South Africa beaten by Lesotho
Morocco won the 2018 African Nations Championship on home soil South Africa suffered a shock 3-0 loss to visiting Lesotho on Sunday to bow out of qualifying for the 2020 African Nations Championship ...
News Lesotho: Lesotho Seeks to Export Power, Renewables to Drive Development
Lesotho’s Minister of Energy and Meteorology will present Lesotho’s energy investment opportunities at Africa Oil & Power 2019 on October 9-11 in Cape Town ;Wind and hydro projects will provide basis ...
News Lesotho: Lesotho wool farmers dismiss anthrax outbreak as govt plot to scare buyers
Lesotho wool and mohair farmers allege that their government is faking the outbreak to scare South African and international markets from buying their products. Sheep grazing. Picture: Wikimedia ...
News Lesotho: Lesotho prime minister Thabane suspended from own party amid bitter political row
“We hereby move a motion that this honourable house has no confidence in a government of Lesotho led by the Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahe Thabane,” read a motion filed by ABC’s Motebang Koma and ...
News Lesotho: He was once homeless and sleeping in a bus station. Now, he’s collaborating with Beyoncé on ‘The Lion King.’
“Music became my refuge from the streets,” he said. He began singing jazz professionally and recorded his first single in 1977, when he was 14. Two years later, he followed a migration of young people ...
News Lesotho: Fighting graft: The challenge for African nations
The topic of corruption and its prevalence in society always elicits passionate responses. Corruption is a global phenomenon yet it often hits home at individual level and can have a devastating effect on African communities throughout, from the southern parts of the continent such as South Africa to the northern parts of our continent such as Ethiopia.
News Lesotho: Chan 2020: Heavyweights Senegal, South Africa stunned
Lesotho led twice in Maseru before snatching a 3-2 triumph ... plays for top-flight club Bantu in a town 75 kilometres (47 miles) south of Maseru, stole the show. Jackson is also 22 years old and ...
News Lesotho: Lesotho boot South Africa out of Chan competition
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa crashed out of the African Nations Championship (Chan) after a 3-0 defeat to Lesotho in a second-leg qualifying match played at the Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Sunday ...
