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Corruption and fraud leave Anglican church M5m in the red
Lesotho Times
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August 8, 2025
…Former DPM Metsing fingered in scam …while police boss Matsoso denies involvement Mohloai Mpesi THE Anglican Church of Southern Africa is said to be embroiled in a M5 million debt saga stemming from alleged financial mismanagement and corruption...
NUL CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE REAPS BENEFITS
Lesotho News Agency
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August 21, 2025
Maseru, Aug.21—With less than a year of its establishment, the National University of Lesotho Confucius Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (NUL-CIAST) is reaping the benefits as on Thursday 11 students were awarded Chinese...
Lesotho to Engage South Africa Over Alleged Xenophobic Treatment and Healthcare Denials
South Africa Today
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August 2, 2025
The Lesotho government has announced plans to send a high-level delegation to South Africa to address growing concerns over the treatment of Basotho nationals, including alleged xenophobic incidents and denial of healthcare services. The decision...
Legendary Artist Meshu Mokitimi to Fly Lesotho’s Flag at Austria’s Afrika Wien Tage Festival
Lesotho Times
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August 8, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto RENOWNED 99-year-old Mosotho artist, Meshu Mokitimi, is set to participate in the prestigious Afrika Wien Tage Festival in Vienna, Austria, from 8 to 18 August 2025. Speaking to the Lesotho Times at Moshoeshoe I International...
Lesotho gears up for Africa Cultural and Trade Expo
Lesotho Times
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August 1, 2025
Seithati Motsoeneng LESOTHO is set to become the epicenter of African culture and commerce this September as it prepares to host the inaugural ‘Africa Cultural Exchange and Trade Expo’ from 3 to 7 September 2025 in Maseru. The event, which...
Women Leaders Forum at UN Conference Highlights Gender Equality for Sustainable Development in LLDCs (updated with photos)
News Central Asia
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August 7, 2025
Elvira Kadyrova and Ravilya Kadyrova, Awaza, Turkmenistan On 7 August 2025, the Women Leaders Forum convened on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), bringing together prominent figures to address...
Why the revolution ate its children, and others
Daily News
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August 7, 2025
Letters to the editor Why the revolution ate its children The most humiliating aspect of post-independence and post-colonialism Africa, or even Latin America, is that the former struggle stalwarts never won a war against the former colonial...
Children raise their voices at 2025 National Children’s Parliament
Informative
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July 30, 2025
…“As youth, we are aware, awake, and ready to participate in shaping our nation” By: Mpho Shelile MASERU Children from across Lesotho gathered in Maseru this past week for the 2025 National Children’s Parliament, an inspiring event created to give...
Support The Road to Hope 600km run for hungry children
George Herald
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August 6, 2025
Andrew Lusk's aim is to collect R100 000, which will be enough to provide food for 400 children for a year. Andrew Lusk as he passed over the Outeniqua Mountain. GEORGE NEWS - Andrew Lusk, an ultra-endurance athlete from Ballito, is out on a cause...
Lesotho factory that made Trump golf shirts hit hard by tariffs
Star
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Aletta Seleso is now working just two weeks a month, meaning her pay has been cut in half/BBC A garment factory in Lesotho, which has produced Trump-branded golf shirts, may have to soon shut down following the massive import taxes, or tariffs,...
Lesotho's jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing
IOL
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Swathed in vibrant woollen blankets against the biting winter chill, jockeys - some no more than boys - thundered down a dusty track carved between the undulating hills of the tiny kingdom of Lesotho. Spectators lining the ridges cheered on the...
MASIA GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
Lesotho News Agency
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August 22, 2025
by LENAAugust 22, 2025August 22, 2025023 Share0 Mohale’s Hoek, Aug.22- The court of the Magistrate has slapped a forty-five-year-old man Thabang Masia from Mpharane Ponts’eng with fifteen years imprisonment without an option of a fine, after...
T-Connect Lesotho: Bridging the digital divide, one connection at a time
Public Eye
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August 5, 2025
KEISO MOHLOBOLI In an era where digital access defines economic opportunity, one company is reshaping what is possible in Lesotho. T-Connect Lesotho, a proudly Basotho-owned digital transformation company, is laying the groundwork for a more...
Prince Harry cleared in Sentebale row but warns ‘children will bear the cost’ in scathing rant
GB News
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August 5, 2025
Prince Harry has been cleared of any wrongdoing following an internal dispute at Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in 2006 to support vulnerable children in southern Africa. A new report by the Charity Commission has concluded its compliance...
Who Will Feed Lesotho?
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) Xi'an, China – IN 1995, an American researcher, Lester R Brown published a controversial paper titled, Who will feed China? A wake-up call for a small planet. In that paper, which attracted massive international scrutiny, Brown...
Inside Uganda-US deal on unwanted migrants
GhanaWeb
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August 21, 2025
Uganda has agreed to accommodate a yet-to-be-specified number of migrants from other African countries deported from the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Daily Monitor broke the story on August 4...
Over 9,000 Immigrants Intercepted and Deported, Says Border Management Authority
South Africa Today
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August 4, 2025
Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner Dr. Michael Masiapato revealed today that more than 9,000 individuals attempting to enter South Africa illegally were intercepted, apprehended, and deported in the latest reporting period. During a...
South Africa deports 10,000 illegal immigrants
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 3, 2025
The Border Management Authority (BMA) of South Africa has deported nearly 10,000 illegal immigrants who attempted to cross into the country during the first quarter of 2025. This was revealed in a statement issued by BMA Commissioner Dr Michael...
Lesotho and India sign digital deal
Lesotho Times
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July 24, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto IN a significant step toward bolstering its digital transformation agenda, Lesotho has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of India to collaborate on the development of Digital Public...
DISABILITIES COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
Lesotho News Agency
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August 21, 2025
by LENAAugust 21, 2025August 21, 2025034 Share0 Maseru,Aug.21 — The Ministry of Gender, Youth and Social Development has introduced the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Council in an event held in Maseru on Thursday. In his opening remarks, the...