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July 03
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Lesotho: Moloantoa Mokhomphatha - Builder, Lesotho
Name: Moloantoa Mokhomphatha Read more »
July 02
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Lesotho: 'Mammuso Lebakeng - Crafts Trader, Lesotho
Name: 'Mammuso Lebakeng Read more »
March 27
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Lesotho: Fishing for Jobs
Tsotleho Befole, 24, travelled from the highlands of Lesotho to neighbouring South Africa twice in the past year, searching for work in the mines. Both times it proved fruitless. Read more »
March 25
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Lesotho: Mixed Picture for Food Security
It's a chilly autumn morning and Ntja Mphale, 62, and his wife, Malehlohonolo, are hoeing a dew-covered field just outside their village of Machache, 43km from Lesotho's capital,... Read more »
December 06, 2012
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Lesotho: Surviving Tough Times - A Crafts Trader
'Mammuso Lebakeng has been making and selling crafts in Maseru, Lesotho's capital, for five decades. But in recent years, sales have been poor and her income from farming has... Read more »
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Lesotho: Surviving Tough Times - A builder
Moloantoa Mokhomphatha is a well-known house builder in his community, 45km from Lesotho's capital, Maseru. In addition to pay from his construction work, he earns a small income... Read more »
September 07, 2012
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Southern Africa: Locals Target Chinese Traders
In the last decade, Asian migrants have fanned out through southern Africa, opening shops in small towns and rural backwaters. While consumers in countries facing increasing... Read more »
July 17, 2012
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Lesotho: Ex-Mineworkers Search for New Livelihoods
With few domestic resources or job opportunities, Basotho men have been migrating to neighbouring South Africa to work in the country's gold and platinum mines for generations. In... Read more »
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Africa: Uncertainty Over U.S. Trade Law Hurts Workers [analysis]
The African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) was enacted by former President Bill Clinton in 2000 with the aim of boosting trade and development in eligible African countries by... Read more »
February 09, 2009
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Lesotho: Cross-Border Health Crisis Hits Mineworkers
Two years ago Mopeli Mofoka, 39, left his wife and child in Maseru, Lesotho's capital, and joined the more than 50,000 men pushed by poverty and unemployment in their home country... Read more »
July 16, 2012
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Lesotho: Illegal Migrant Miners Risk Lives for Riches
Mohau Raphoka left his village, about 50km outside Lesotho's capital, Maseru, with high hopes of striking it rich in South Africa. "I was so unlucky; I should be driving a flashy... Read more »
June 28, 2012
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Lesotho: Traffickers Prey On Desperate Job Seekers
At the age of 15 and with no money for school shoes or a uniform, Linda* was forced to accept that her education was over and it was time to look for a job. In Lesotho's southern... Read more »
June 26, 2012
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Lesotho: Major Decline in Crop Production Predicted
Initial estimates of the damage to Lesotho's already ailing agricultural sector - caused by a year of too much rain followed by a year of too little - suggest that an unprecedented... Read more »
February 24, 2012
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Lesotho: Weather Extremes Threaten Food Security
Lesotho is facing a food security crisis as changing weather patterns and poverty leave some smallholder farmers with no option but to abandon farming and sell their land. Read more »
January 06, 2012
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Southern Africa: Floods Leave Returnees Stranded
Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of... Read more »
December 01, 2011
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Lesotho: Pastoralists Fear Land 'Modernization' Act
Livestock herders in Lesotho are suspicious of the government's motives for "modernizing" the land tenure system, fearing it will bring about a radical change in their way of life... Read more »
November 24, 2011
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Lesotho: Textile Industry Gets a Lifeline
The Lesotho Government plans to spend 100 million maloti (US$12.7 million) over the next two years in an effort to breathe life into the crucial textile industry. Read more »
November 17, 2011
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Lesotho: Boys Quit School to Become Men
A lack of legislation stipulating a minimum age at which boys in Lesotho can attend an initiation school and be circumcised has seen boys as young as 12 dropping out of school and... Read more »
November 11, 2011
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Lesotho: Dam-Building Continues Despite Controversy
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is building a third major dam, despite concerns about the welfare of thousands of villagers who lost their homes or land after... Read more »
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