Countries Basotho, Mozambicans, Zimbabweans top illegal crossing list Cape Town – The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it intercepted 8 135 people attempting to enter South Africa... Read more 8 Dec
Countries Lesotho and South African organisations at loggerheads after USAID funding cuts Adolescent girls under the USAID-funded component of the Bokamoso Project implemented by Mosepele Foundation Development Forum (MFDF) in Lesotho.... Read more 26 Nov
Business ‘No fire, no flights!’ — Airlink grounds Johannesburg–Maseru route over safety fears Cape Town — Regional airline Airlink has announced the temporary suspension of its daily flights between Johannesburg and Maseru,... Read more 6 Nov
Countries Call to scrap passports between Lesotho and SA Basotho Action Party leader Nqosa Mahao addressing the media in Maseru. Photo supplied By Sechaba Mokhethi A Lesotho opposition... Read more 23 Oct
Countries S. Africa lose World Cup qualifying points over ineligible player Lausanne – South Africa have forfeited a 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho for fielding an ineligible player,... Read more 30 Sep
Business Trump’s tariffs could cost Lesotho 30,000 jobs, IMF warns Lesotho’s coat of arms at Makoanyane Square in Maseru. Tariff changes could halve the country’s exports to the United... Read more 26 Sep
Countries Lesotho health minister says his country must be less reliant on SA and ‘stop being beggars’ Lesotho’s Minister of Health Selibe Mochoboroane says measures are underway to improve Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital to provide the... Read more 18 Aug
Business Lesotho power utility under scrutiny for irregular purchase of R1.2-million cable from SA The headquarters of the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) at Industrial Area in Maseru. The LEC has suspended a supply... Read more 12 Aug
Countries Hundreds of Lesotho diamond mining jobs to be axed following US tariff threats Lesotho’s largest diamond mine, Letšeng Diamonds blame a weakening US dollar and uncertainty over US trade tariffs for its... Read more 30 Jul
Countries SA police: No evidence of Lesotho rebel army Commissioner of Police Borotho Matsoso said on 18 July that a group called Malata Naha was giving military training... Read more 28 Jul