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BASOTHO URGED TO KEEP MOMENTUM BEYOND AUGUST
Lesotho News Agency
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August 25, 2025
by LENAAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025041 Share0 MASERU – A few days ahead of Spring, a Local Historian has called Basotho locally and diaspora to celebrate the Basotho New Year beyond the month of August. “We owe it to ourselves to keep the...
SADC, OCHA ATTEND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDUCTION
Lesotho News Agency
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August 25, 2025
by LENAAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025040 Share0 Maseru, Aug. 25 — The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), have convened the induction...
US flags Lesotho human rights situation
Public Eye
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August 26, 2025
2024 Country Report criticizes “slow and unconstitutional” reforms and highlights impunity for state security forces MOSA MAOENG MASERU – The United States’ 2024 Human Rights Report on Lesotho has found no significant improvement in the country’s...
Despite high-level talks, Basotho denied healthcare in SA
Public Eye
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August 26, 2025
LINEO MALATALIANA MASERU – A crucial meeting between Lesotho and South African health ministers has failed to halt the rampant denial of healthcare to Basotho nationals in South Africa, with reports of xenophobic sent-aways continuing unabated....
Vodacom Lesotho, UNFPA forge landmark alliance to confront GBV epidemic
Public Eye
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August 26, 2025
LIAPENG RALIENGOANE MASERU – In a powerful response to Lesotho’s severe gender-based violence (GBV) crisis, Vodacom Lesotho and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have solidified a three-year strategic partnership. A Memorandum of...
Mixed reactions greet SADC’s decision to drop Lesotho from Troika agenda
Public Eye
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August 26, 2025
‘MATHATO SEBOKA MASERU – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has removed Lesotho from the agenda of its Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, citing “positive progress” in the kingdom’s political and security situation – a...
How Lesotho is fighting to secure sexual and reproductive rights for its youth with disabilities
Public Eye
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August 26, 2025
LIAPENG RALIENGOANE “I was devastated. My life has totally changed. I couldn’t cope.” Refiloe-Hape Sesinyi’s voice is quiet but unwavering as she recounts the moment her greatest fear materialized. For her, blindness was not just a personal...
India’s IT industry outpaced by business process outsourcing
Sunday Independent
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August 29, 2025
Phapano Phasha|Published 2 hours ago 5min IN a boost for India's economy, business process outsourcing (BPO), which involves companies handing over routine tasks like customer service or back-office operations to specialised providers, exports are...
Govt accused of deceiving SADC
Lesotho Times
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August 25, 2025
Mathatisi Sebusi THE government stands accused of misleading the Southern African Development Community (SADC) into removing Lesotho from the Organ Troika’s agenda during the 45th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, held last...
LESOTHO ON TRACK WITH CONSTITUENCY DEMARCATION, VOTER REGISTRY
Lesotho News Agency
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August 23, 2025
Maseru, Aug. 23 – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says Lesotho is on the right path in preparing for the 2027 general elections, with notable progress made in constituency demarcation and the maintenance of a credible voter’s registry....
All set for 3rd edition of the Econet Expo
Lesotho Times
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August 25, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto TELECOMMUNICATIONS powerhouse and leading digital services provider, Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL), will host the Econet Expo 2025, the nation’s premier digital innovation showcase, from 26 to 30 August 2025 at Maseru Mall. Now in...
Ramaphosa pushes economic diplomacy amid tariff pressures from US and global trade disruptions
IOL
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to advancing its national interest through strategic economic diplomacy and principled engagement on the global stage. In his weekly letter to the nation on Monday, he highlighted...
Amid tariff pressures, Ramaphosa calls for economic diplomacy and multilateralism
Engineering News
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Back from his trip to Japan, where he attended the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit (TICAD9), President Cyril Ramaphosa underscored the importance of the forum to strengthen trade and investment, amid global trade...
Lesotho’s outdated laws fail to protect threatened plant species
South Africa Today
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August 22, 2025
An unregulated trade in pelargonium, a protected species, is causing environmental destruction across Lesotho. Five people were recently found guilty of illegally dealing in pelargonium. They were fined M200 (equivalent to R200). In a scathing...
WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PAINT GLOOMY PICTURE – TICAD
Lesotho News Agency
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August 24, 2025
Maseru, Aug. 24 — Heads of State and Government and delegations of Japan and African Union Member States, together with representatives of Co-organizers, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations (UN), the United Nations Development...
Lesotho king receives credentials of Qatar's envoy
Gulf Times
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August 21, 2025
King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho received the credentials of Mubarak bin Nasser al-Khalifa as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar (non-resident) to the Kingdom of Lesotho. The ambassador conveyed the...
WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT KEY TO PROTECTING LESOTHO’S ECOSYSTEM
Lesotho News Agency
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August 24, 2025
by LENAAugust 24, 2025August 24, 2025033 Share0 Maseru, Aug. 24 — Government officials are sharpening their skills in monitoring and evaluation to better track the state of Lesotho’s water, land, and biodiversity, as part of a drive to strengthen...
Lesotho’s Sannere Honors His Ancestors on New Album, 'Sehopotso'
OkayAfrica
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August 21, 2025
On his new album Sehopotso, which translates to “remembrance” in Sesotho, Lesotho’s Sannere builds on the sonic blueprint he laid with the wildly successful Pha-Balimo EP in 2024. The six-track project meditates on the power of dreams, the weight...
FOREIGN AFFAIRS ISSUES CREDENTIALS FOR AGREEMENTS – MPOTJOANE
Lesotho News Agency
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August 29, 2025
by LENAAugust 29, 2025August 29, 2025061 Share0 Maseru, Aug.29–Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations says whoever represents the Kingdom of Lesotho in any deals or agreements with foreign countries gets credentials from the said...
Appeals court finds Trump's sweeping tariffs unconstitutional
Albany Democrat-Herald Newspaper - Oregon
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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy. The U.S. Court of Appeals...