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SA’s Interfile targets SADC as next frontier
ITWeb
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June 17, 2025
Kennedy Chinganya, CEO and executive vice-president of Interfile. Interfile, the company behind the South African Revenue Service’s eFiling platform, sees growth opportunities in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. So says...
Taxman, MISA partner to reinforce media relations
Public Eye
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July 10, 2025
BOKANG MOSHOESHOE MASERU – Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) in collaboration with the Media Institute of Southern Africa – Lesotho (MISA Lesotho) hosted a dynamic Press Club session on RSL Social Club in Maseru this week. The ground breaking move...
19th Chinese medical team sojourns Polihali
Public Eye
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July 10, 2025
LINEO MALATALIANA MOKHOTLONG – The 19th batch of Chinese (Hubei) Medical Team from the People’s Republic of China have assumed their annual responsibility Lesotho in style. The team attached to the ministry of health includes nine doctors and a...
Matekane calls for SDGs renewal, implementation
Public Eye
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July 10, 2025
MOSA MAOENG MASERU – Prime Minister Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane has emphasized the need for tailored, and equitable, capacity building oriented implementation of the international tax standards and concrete support towards tackling illicit financial...
Books & Culture: "Our parents were pretentious and hypocritical" now GenZs say Maillu's After 4.30 was ahead of its time
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 16, 2025
Author David Maillu. [Photo/Courtesy] When David Maillu happened on the scene with his racy books, he might have excited readers in Kenya and beyond, but certain quarters were not impressed. Scholars at the time felt that by putting pen on paper –...
World Horse Day Celebrated for the First Time
Montsame News Agency
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Ulaanbaatar, July 11, 2025 /MONTSAME/.The 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly discussed and adopted the draft Resolution on "Proclaiming July 11 as World Horse Day," initiated by President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, on June 3,...
Fee waivers kick in for youth businesses
Public Eye
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July 10, 2025
RETHABILE MOHONO MASERU – In a major move to boost entrepreneurship and economic participation across the country, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Business Development (MTIBD) has announced the implementation of sweeping exemptions on...
The perverse globalism of Donald Trump
The Business Times Singapore
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July 10, 2025
NO ONE has been more consistent in denouncing globalists and globalism than US President Donald Trump. If “tariff” is the favourite word of his dictionary, “globalist” is his preferred term of abuse. How ironic then, that Trump is turning himself...
Technology Transfer Is Rwanda’s Latest Pricey Export
KT Press Rwanda
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July 10, 2025
5 IREMBO is Rwanda’s national online service portal that allows citizens to apply and pay for government services electronically. It is a hot potato outside Rwanda is now exporting something new—and it’s not coffee, tea, or minerals. The country...
Youth given job-savvy skills
Public Eye
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July 10, 2025
MOSA MAOENG MASERU – Through its ‘GO Teach’ project, SOS Children’s Village capacitated 170 youth on business development, CV writing as well as interview skills on a two weeks boot camp that commenced on June 23 to July 2. Being the third boot...
Home Affairs Dept Budget Vote 2025/26 – Leon Schreiber
Politicsweb
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July 9, 2025
Thursday, 10 July 2025 10/07/25 POLITICS Home Affairs Dept Budget Vote 2025/26 – Leon Schreiber Leon Schreiber | 09 July 2025 Minister says if we can build a new reform model, then we will restore the hope that SA as a whole can work Minister Leon...
Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite
Eye Witness News
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On 2 April, Jane*, a worker at Leo Garments clothing factory in Lesotho was sent home. She is one of many workers left sitting at home as Lesotho faces a potential 50% tariff hike from the United States. Until the Trump administration introduced a...
African Central Banks weigh policy options amid Trump’s tariffs
Engineering News
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July 10, 2025
Key African economies are set to stake out different approaches to interest rates in the coming weeks as they gauge the impact of US President Donald Trump’s new tariff proposals and their domestic influences on their economies and inflation....
Lipholo In Trouble For 'Disrespecting' King
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) MASERU – Heavily armed police and soldiers yesterday arrested the self-styled“king of Basotholand” Dr Tšepo Lipholo at his home in Qoaling in Maseru. Dr Lipholo is set to appear before court today charged with violating...
Cabinet Approves Major National And Regional Policy Directions
Informative
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July 9, 2025
Cabinet decisions through Hon. Moorosi By: Mpho Shelile MASERU The Government of Lesotho, through the Minister of Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation, Hon. Minister Nthati Moorosi, presented the June 2025 Cabinet...
Namibia breaks hunger chains … govt’s drought efforts lauded
New Era
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Improved climate conditions, government policy and strategic interventions as well as strong drought-mitigating strategies played a crucial role in Namibia’s reclassification as a hunger hotspot. Namibia has since been removed from the Food and...
President Trump meets five African leaders: What commercial interests is he after?
CNBC Africa
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July 10, 2025
In a move that has raised eyebrows across the globe, President Donald Trump is set to introduce tariffs affecting key commodities, including copper, which could see a 50% tariff imposed on all imports. This decision is bound to have profound...
The Usual Suspects (and Some New) in the Senate Are Threatening to Kill Trump's Recissions Package
Townhall
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July 10, 2025
Nothing will ever be easy with congressional Republicans. The reconciliation package aged all of us 35 years, as Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to whip votes, hold the line, and make some phone calls. President Trump...
The Usual Suspects (and Some New) in the Senate Are Threatening to Kill Trump's Rescission Package
Townhall
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July 10, 2025
Nothing will ever be easy with congressional Republicans. The reconciliation package aged all of us 35 years, as Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to whip votes, hold the line, and make some phone calls. President Trump...
Discontinuing AIDS funding could trigger 4 million deaths by 2029, says report: What are implications for India?
The Indian Express
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July 11, 2025
A new UNAIDS report has cautioned that a permanent discontinuation of support from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for HIV treatment and prevention could lead to more than four million additional AIDS-related...