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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

Countries

‘We were told to stop everything immediately’: Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision

On Friday the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation announced the termination of three USAID agreements covering HIV programs in... Read more

6 Mar, 2025