Lesotho: Lesotho Village With Solar Farm Has No Power

Villagers say they gave up grazing land for solar panels in 2022, but they have not seen any reward Read more »

Lesotho: Why People From Lesotho Cross the Border Illegally

Document offices across the country overwhelmed over the festive season with long queues Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Army Admits Teenagers Were Sexually Harassed

Opposition MP says there are more cases and calls for independent inquiry Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho's Parliament Blocks Debate On Explosive Hospital Report

The wife of the foreign affairs minister features prominently in the report Read more »

South Africa: Lesotho Regulator Finds Vodacom Guilty of Unfair Market Practices

Communications authority says the company altered contract terms without prior communication Read more »

South Africa: Payments to Sick Miners in Lesotho Resume After Fraud Scare

Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases reports fraud of R1.4-million Read more »

Lesotho: Maseru Dump Site to Be Closed After Community Goes to Court

Ha Tšosane residents have lived next to mountains of waste for years Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho and South African Organisations At Loggerheads After USAID Funding Cuts

The Mosepele Foundation Development Forum has accused Mothers2Mothers South Africa of withholding funds but the latter says it has no choice Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho to Release Hundreds of Prisoners to Reduce Overcrowding

The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions Read more »

Lesotho: Court Orders Lesotho Dams Authority to Pay 600 Villagers Compensation

Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built Read more »

Lesotho: U.S. and Lesotho Strike 5-Year Health Funding Pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the nation's health system Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Community Left in Ruins By Highway Project

The road, built by a Chinese company, has improved access to Qacha's Nek but also caused damage and displacement Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Sheds Textile Jobs Amidst U.S. Trade Uncertainty

Hippo Knitting has laid off 295 workers and plans to retrench another 420 in January Read more »

Lesotho: Workers March in Maseru As AGOA Uncertainty Threatens Thousands of Jobs

Protest, originally banned, proceeded after police minister gave it the go-ahead Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho's Asset Recovery Unit Shut Down After Implicating Top Officials

The task team had begun exposing questionable state land allocations and widespread corruption Read more »

Lesotho: Police Block Protest By Textile Workers in Lesotho

Unions accuse police of acting unlawfully by denying permission for a protest march against job losses Read more »

Lesotho: Call to Scrap Passports Between Lesotho and SA

Lesotho's opposition Basotho Action Party has launched a campaign to ease cross-border travel using national identity cards Read more »

Lesotho: Former Leaders of Lesotho Women's Rights Organisation Accused of Corruption

Two senior office-bearers of Women and Law are accused of misappropriating R5.6-million in donor funds Read more »

Lesotho: Hundreds of Jobs At Stake At Lesotho Diamond Mine

25% state-owned Kao Mine could shut down "within weeks" Read more »

South Africa: Zimbabwe and Lesotho Permits Extended to May 2027

Helen Suzman Foundation urges Home Affairs minister to fast-track talks with the public over the future of the permits Read more »

Lesotho: Factory Workers to March As Lesotho's Textile Jobs Hang By a Thread

Unions demand the renewal of AGOA and lower tariffs on exports to the US Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Families, Moved to Make Way for a Dam, Lose Court Battle

20 years after they were displaced by the Mohale Dam, court tells families to share their compensation payout Read more »

Africa: AGOA Likely to Be Renewed for One Year, Says Lesotho Trade Minister

African Growth and Opportunity Act has previously been renewed for a decade at a time Read more »

Lesotho: Trump's Tariffs Could Cost Lesotho 30,000 Jobs, the IMF Warns

Garment exports make up 80% of the country's exports to the United States Read more »

Lesotho: Malawian Politician, Fired in 2022, Appointed to Lesotho Highlands Water Commission

Helen Buluma's appointment as deputy CEO of the National Oil Company of Malawi was declared invalid in 2022 Read more »