THIS week, Maseru Metro held a meeting with the Lesotho Post Bank financial planners to discuss how best Basotho could …

THE newly appointed governor of the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL), Dr Maluke Letete should develop wisdom in handling p…

THE recent launch of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA)’s e-tariff platform is expected to enhance cross border trade …

GOVERNMENT has set aside M30 million a month for the next six months to subsidise the ever skyrocketing fuel prices, a …

GEM Diamonds Limited has announced the recovery of an exceptional quality 245 carat white Type II diamond from its Mokh…

THE World Food Programme Lesotho (WFP) has revealed that its overall actual expenditure for the year up to 2021 stood a…

DR Maluke Letete has been appointed governor and chairman of the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) with effect from the Jun…

ONLY M15 million of the M50 million government’s Covid-19 relief fund has been disbursed to beneficiaries, a cause for …

THE South African government on Monday said that law enforcement authorities in the UAE have arrested Rajesh Gupta and …

LESOTHO is failing to train and equip its citizens with the latest technologies that its migrant mineworkers are contin…

GOVERNMENT owes local businesses a whopping M200 billion, the Minister of Finance, Thabo Sophonea has said.

THEY call their coffee brand Kofi Khafetsa. After graduating from the National University of Lesotho (NUL), both Litšit…

THE culture of saving remains one of the main challenges in Lesotho, a way of life that many Basotho need to practice i…

SOUTH African bakery franchise, Blue Ribbon has announced that the price of bread will increase by M1.30 effective June…

BASOTHO spend a whopping M272 million year-on-year on imported South African vegetables, says the latest statistics fro…

THE Diamond Amendment Bill 2021 that was rejected by Senate earlier this month is expected to be gazetted by Friday, ac…

VODACOM Lesotho (VCL) here this week launched a payment digital platform, Patala Ka Mpesa, which will see consumers buy…

THE second cohort of the Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO) business plan competition has officially b…

THE Government has come under fire for late payments, a bottleneck that frustrates the growth of the private sector.

LESOTHO on Thursday signed the US$300 million (M4.8 billion) second US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant.

MINING heavyweights convened in Cape Town this week for yet another bout of mining industry offerings in opportunities …

THE Consumer Protection Bill will not interfere with other institutions but it will set clear standards for a body in w…

LESOTHO’s external debt is expected to maintain an upward trajectory, surging from 42.5 to 43.9 percent in 2022, says t…

STORM Mountain Diamonds, that operates Kao Mine has recovered the biggest pink diamond ever to be found in Lesotho.

CONSUMER prices in Lesotho are expected to average 6.1 percent year-on-year, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

GOVERNMENT has tightened the noose on the importation of livestock and its products following an outbreak of the foot a…

AN undisclosed number of employees working on the M1.8 billion Mpiti-Sehlabathebe Road in Qacha’s Nek stand to lose the…

THE Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in South Africa has hamstrung Lesotho meat businesses, says Secretary General of th…

TRADE unions remain uncertain about the future of Lesotho’s garment industry given that over 15 000 of the country’s 50…

LESOTHO’s foreign direct investment (FDI) has plummeted from $118 million in 2019 to $102 million 2020, a six percent d…

LESOTHO has recorded massive price volatility in essential goods hurting mostly the poor, says Consumer Rights Protecti…

THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded the tender for the construction of the Polihali Operatio…

COLLABORATION between the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) and the Treasury Department in the Ministry of Finance is key…

MY customers complain that I keep raising the prices of fat cakes, fish and chips, says Maipato Lehoko, one of the fas…

THE Russia/Ukraine war is going to have a devastating impact on this year's winter cropping season, says acting Ministe…

LESOTHO is one of the top five travel destinations in Africa but local players are not engaged in a meaningful way, say…

THE Made-in-Lesotho Cooperative (MILCO) has received a M101 000 donation from STANLIB Lesotho to set up business at Sef…

LESOTHO Revenue Authority (LRA) has defied the odds, exceeding the revenue target with a surplus of M638 million, colle…

LESOTHO will sign the second compact of the US-Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in May this year, following the a…

LESOTHO is already feeling the heat of the Russia-Ukraine war, says economic issues commentator Lerata Pekane.

DESPITE tough budgetary constraints resulting from the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, the Bacha Entrepreneurship Project …

THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has increased the repo rate to 4.25 percent per annum from 4.00 percent.

LESOTHO Post Bank has maintained a resilient performance and registered a pre-tax profit of M74 million in 2021.

STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) has invested M650 000 into the newly launched bursary fund targeted at needy high school le…