Business Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite The future of garment factories in Thetsane industrial area in Maseru hangs in the balance as the United States... Read more 14 Jun
Countries Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts The Ministry of Health’s headquarters in Maseru, Lesotho. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi By Sechaba Mokhethi Despite previous assurances by Lesotho’s... Read more 2 Jun
Countries Big US-funded chicken project shuts down in Lesotho A major US-funded project aimed at boosting Lesotho’s chicken farming industry has been canned. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi By Sechaba... Read more 28 May
Business Lesotho grants licence to Musk’s Starlink Maseru – Lesotho on Monday granted a licence to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service, hours after... Read more 15 Apr
Business Agoa in limbo: 90-day pause won’t save SA cars & Lesotho jeans Johannesburg – Washington’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse... Read more 12 Apr
Business Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence Batch of Starlink test satellites stacked atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Photo: Official SpaceX photos via Wikimedia (public domain) By Sechaba... Read more 10 Apr
Botswana Prince Harry resigns from Africa charity after ‘devastating’ row London – Prince Harry said he had quit as patron of a charity he founded in southern Africa almost 20... Read more 28 Mar
Countries Lesotho fears Trump shake-up could tear threadbare economy Maseru – In a sweltering factory in Lesotho, rows of workers hunch over thrumming sewing machines churning out piles... Read more 27 Mar
Countries The ‘biggest trout farm in Africa’ and the failed R5,000 community fund The Katse Dam in the Lesotho Highlands, where SanLei Trout has its farm. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi By Sechaba Mokhethi... Read more 14 Mar
Countries Elon Musk is trying to do business in Lesotho, the country Trump says ‘nobody has ever heard of’ US President Donald Trump has cut aid to Lesotho, a country “nobody has ever heard of”. But US companies,... Read more 7 Mar