GOVERNMENT has finally released a minimum wage gazette that will see factory workers earn improved salaries for the fis…
TENANTS renting space at the Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO) complex in Sebaboleng, Maseru are distr…
ABOUT 150 residents of Ha Ramarothole in Mafeteng have stalled the construction of a multi-million maloti solar power p…
MOZAMBIQUE’s publicly owned Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), will for the next 12 months supply between five and 35 m…
A GERMAN solar company is stepping up efforts to seize assets from Lesotho as it pursues the country for damages after …
THE community of Ha Ramarothole in Mafeteng is at loggerheads over a controversial solar power generating project situa…
TRADE unions have vowed to deal with perpetrators who shot and killed two factory workers who were part of a series of …
AN estimated M600 million in Lesotho’s wool and mohair sales goes to the middlemen who sell the fibre on behalf of loca…
IN a bid to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho on Wednesday donated…
LOCAL bean farmers have secured a reliable market at Taste Food Packers in Maputsoe, Leribe, Metro has learnt.
LESOTHO Migrant Workers Association (LMWA) has embraced the recently launched Lesotho's first Diaspora policy, saying i…
“THE car you see on the picture was not drawn by a human! No! It was drawn using a pen by a robotic machine I made,” sa…
FINANCE service providers should do more to understand different business sectors in order to have a clear picture when…
REMITTANCES have had a significant impact on Lesotho’s economy over the past years, at one point, accounting for 25.8 p…
VODACOM Group has appointed Mohale Ralebitso as the new Managing Director of Vodacom Lesotho with effect from June 1.
MEMBERS of the public have been warned to stop investing with companies purporting to offer pension funds but not regis…
says winter cropping is running smoothly as inputs which include seeds and fertilisers are readily available.
ONCE again, the Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB), with a value chain that supports 25 000 livelihoods, insists that the go…
THE Governor of the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane says the global economy has shown some si…
ADVOCATE Molise Ramaili has been appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Lesotho National Development C…
THE government of Lesotho holds 60 percent shareholding in partnership with Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) after the…
THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged, at 3.50 percent. Set at this level, the …
THE government has still not released the much awaited gazette for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 salary increment for fac…
FACTORY workers in Maputsoe remain in the dark as to whether or not to return to work, following their week-long demons…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has again left the repo rate unchanged at …
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has commended the Chairperson of Bophelo Bioscience, 'Maliako Mojela for her dedicati…
ACCOUNTABILITY and strengthening of the financial management are key pillars towards the success of the second Millenni…
FOLLOWING a series of protests by factory workers in the past three weeks, the government has finally pledged to publis…
IN a year inevitably shaped by the devastating impacts of the global health crisis, Vodacom Lesotho has registered a 16…
THE current state of trade and investment climate in the country are at a low web and have been exacerbated by the ragi…
AFTER acquiring Maluti Mountain Breweries’ interest in the soft drinks business, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has …
A protracted legal scuffle in which a former representative of the British American Tobacco company (SA) in Lesotho Tha…
PROTESTS continue to escalate in Maseru and Maputsoe as thousands of factory workers take to the streets, demanding the…
CABINENT has approved the introduction of the Deposit Protection Policy to protect depositors against the loss of their…
FORMER employees of the dissolved Lesotho Agricultural Development Bank (LADB) have their appeal for payment of termina…
Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has singled out tourism as one of his administration’s top priorities earmarked for econ…
FACTORY workers unions have cancelled their demonstration that was scheduled for Friday, after police turned down their…
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro says poor tourism product development is the main reason why the sector remains untap…
AT-least 1 951 wool and mohair farmers who do not own bank accounts shall be paid a total sum of more than M6million ov…
MATPIT Farm in Sehlabeng sa Thuathe, Maseru covers about 60 000 metres squared of land! At its peak this year, it produ…
TROUBLES in the textile industry keep mounting, with the sector overshadowed by a chain of strikes while at the same ti…
CREDIT unions are willing to take charge of the M50million Partial Credit Guarantee Fund (PCGF) that was introduced by …
IN a bid to improve agriculture in Lesotho, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has engaged in three key proj…
THE National Clothing Textile and Allied Workers Union (NACTWU) has approached the High Court seeking for an interventi…
THE agriculture sector in Lesotho remains subdued despite efforts by African development banks and partners to try and …
WOOL and mohair farmers who did not receive payments for their fur since 2018 started getting paid this week, the Minis…
IN yet another groundbreaking development, Standard Lesotho Bank has introduced instant loans for Small and Medium Ente…
SHORTLY after announcing Rosalind Kainyah MBE as the new non-executive director of its board, Gem Diamond on Tuesday al…
LESOTHO will host a two-day International Investment Conference from June 30 to July 1.
LESOTHO is the latest southern African country to ban poultry products from South Africa, after a second outbreak of av…
MICRO and small business holders have a strong desire to grow and develop their businesses, but their ambitious motives…
AFTER announcing the biggest loss of M17.4 million about two weeks ago, the First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho has opene…
LESOTHO has opened its borders to the world from Wednesday as the country remains in blue colour code, restoring most o…
THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has warned its clients to be tax compliant during the current filing season, which …
THE First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho on Tuesday announced the top 10 winners of the COVID-19 business funding competit…
CONTROVERSIAL Chinese businessman, Stone Shi has signed an acknowledgement of debt in the amount of M10 530, 766 to the…
THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) should be capacitated with necessary laws and regulations to be in a position to im…
THREE people were shot by police on Wednesday during a protest in which factory workers from Maseru demanded that gover…
THE informal sector, which supports a greater part of the population, is one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic, h…
THE National Assembly on Monday adopted the Customs and Excise Bill 2021 following the motion that was moved by the Min…
SEMONKONG – The Minister of Tourism Advocate Lekhetho Rakuoane on Friday handed over a cheque worth M14 000 to the Semo…
LESOTHO’s environmental ecosystem has been deteriorating overtime, resulting in long-spells of droughts, floods and sei…
FOLLOWING the government’s decision to introduce a restriction on importation of commodities such as tomatoes, green be…
THE government has received a loan and grant to the tune of UA 7.22 million (M 105. 08 million) from the African Develo…
GOVERNMENT’s intensions to increase VAT rate on electricity to enhance revenue collection efficiency measures has been …
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro says the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on countries' socio-economic balanc…
SIX factory workers unions have joined forces to highlight their great distaste for the workers’ salaries which have no…
THE Implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of Africa’s flagships projects for achieving …
FINANCIAL inclusion is central to the country’s strategies towards reducing poverty and unemployment while building a s…
THE Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Thabiso Molapo says Lesotho should diversify the textile industry since the Afric…
LEGAL action will be taken against entities or persons who fail to comply with the pension fund registration and licens…
WITH the challenges that came with the 2020 financial year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, local commercia…
THE Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has come out with guns blazing, slamming the government for budget …
NOTWITHSTANDING the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has registered a…
THE Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Tefo Mapesela has encouraged Basotho farmers who are interested in govern…
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro says he is satisfied with the manner with which the government operates in monitoring…
A group of Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) staffers is under fire and faces disciplinary action after the author…
BANK loans and advances extended to business enterprises decreased by 0.9 percent in February, compared to a 0.9 percen…
THE government has pledged to settle an outstanding balance of over M10 million due to the 2 710 wool and mohair farmer…
THE Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Thabiso Molapo says the government is going to revive the ceramic tiles firm in M…
THE government is set to subsidise farming inputs for the upcoming winter cropping season with 60 percent, the Minister…
LETŠENG Diamonds Mine is in the process of developing a five-year Corporate Social Investment Strategy from 2022 to 202…
MOTOR Dealers who sell imported Japanese vehicles are not happy with the decision by the Ministry of Trade and Industry…
IN a move to promote local productivity and capacity to supply local market and for potential future exports, Standard …
THE case in which Letšeng Diamond Mine is challenging an amended tax assessment it was issued in December 2019 by the L…
ECONET Telecom Lesotho has partnered with a locally owned chain store called Enrich Stores, through a point of sale int…
INCREASE in government expenditure on wage bill and health care has widened the country’s fiscal deficit projected to r…
THE expansion project at the Mothae Kimberlite Mine has been completed and the mine is set to operate at new expanded c…
AND the preferred are...! Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has unveiled the winning operators for projects that will plug…
THE Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture Advocate Lekhetho Rakuoane has embarked on an offensive charm to visit…
DESPITE the significant uncertainty regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the diamond market, Gem Diamonds Limited - a co…
AIR navigation fees and regulations of 2004 are on the verge of being repealed and replaced by the new 2020 regulations…
THE recently launched Lesotho Academy of Science and Technology (LAST) is expected to play a critical role towards addr…
THE glaring disparity in the financial records between stakeholders in the wool and mohair saga is scary and may result…
ANTON Nicolaisen has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Standard Lesotho Bank effective from March 1,…
BASOTHO Meat Enterprise (LTD) PTY has indefinitely shut down its operations, after three of the company’s shareholders …
A bumper harvest is imminent in Southern Africa following the heavy rainfall the region has received during the 2020/21…
THE M5.1million worth Telu-Khunoana Bridge whose refurbishment was officially launched last week is projected to recrui…
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has appealed to Basotho to unite and engage in successful fruit farming in order to o…
THE Managing Director of Paramount Equipment Lesotho, Hubbard Monaheng says preparations are on track to build the mini…
TSHIAMISO Trust - a body which has been established to carry out terms of settlement agreement reached between six mini…
INFORMAL cross border trade and commerce between Lesotho and South Africa have been severely reduced due to the restric…
PRIVATELY owned regional airline - Airlink, will resume daily scheduled air services between Johannesburg and Maseru fr…
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has appeal to Basotho to consider producing their products in large scale as it is es…
THE M25 million agricultural census that was launched in July last year finally roars into life on Sunday, the Ministry…
THE Lesotho Migrant Workers Association is vexed by the government’s decision that Basotho in the diaspora should not c…
THE government is yet to receive data from a total of five districts in order for them to receive their COVID-19 relief…
POOR maize production in the past season has caught up with local farmers as they are failing to meet the demand requir…
WITH just a Standard Seven Certificate to his name, Maseru businessman Motlomelo Motlomelo took just 29 days to build a…
CHINESE contractor, Shanghai Construction Company will begin the construction of the state-of-the-art, 200-bed Maseru D…
SUCCESS of the second phase of the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) is in doubt as the government has show…
TRADE unions for factory workers are hopeful that the Ministry of Labour and Employment will implement the allocated bu…
VODACOM is still eagerly awaiting for the judgement over a hefty fine imposed on it, as well as the revoking of its lic…
THE government will rehabilitate the Moshoeshoe I International Airport so that it meets International Civil Aviation O…
GOVERNMENT expenditure is projected to increase drastically to 60.3 percent of GDP against slower revenues while the fi…
’MAMARAME Matela, who heads Lesotho’s telecommunications watchdog, is on a drive to hold Vodacom accountable over alleg…
SINCE the first national lockdown that was implemented in March 2020, the manufacturing industry has experienced lowest…
THE total revenue collection for the financial year 2021/22 is expected to decline by 7 percentage points, lower than t…
CONSTRUCTION of diversion tunnels at the Polihali dam has resumed after it was disrupted by heavy rains and high water …
LESOTHO’s tax revenue GDP ratio is high compared with those in Sub-Saharan African countries overall, but low in compar…
LESOTHO's share of agriculture in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in percentages from 2009 to 2013 seems be stagnant, the …
HALO Labs, a Canadian based international leading cannabis company that cultivates, extracts, manufactures and distribu…
WITH challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the manufacturing sector, Prime Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro led a ses…
MPILO Boutique Hotel, an entity that has been operating for the past five years has been forced to close shop permanent…
EMBATTLED Lesotho Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) boss Futho Hoohlo, who has been under investigation since November…
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has relaxed lockdown restrictions, moving the country from the dangerous red colour c…
DUE to shocks that stunned the country in recent years, Lesotho has a high social protection programme spending relativ…
THE decision by the government to ban the importation of selected fresh vegetables including tomatoes, green beans and …
EMPLOYEES of the Nien Hsing International Lesotho (Pty) Ltd factory are expected to resume operations on Monday after t…
THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has increased the Net International Reserves (NIR) target floor from US$635 million t…
THE newly appointed Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) Managing Director Mohato Seleke who was recently fired from the L…
WHILE South Africa’s wool market declined by of 0.5 percent last week, the industry’s players in Lesotho believe the lo…
THE conclusion by street vendors to take the government to court challenging its decision to prevent them from trading …
WHILE the year 2020 came with all sorts of challenges for many people, the end results were not as disappointing for th…
LESOTHO will have to wait for Botswana to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in order to star…
THE Ministry of Small Business and Cooperatives has introduced an urgent stimulus and backstop market access smart phon…
BOTH the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) and the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe …
CENTRAL Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has taken a firm stand to prevent illegal and unregistered companies from violating finan…
AT LEAST 25 textile factories are still open after they convinced the Minister of Employment and Labour, Keketso Rantšo…
MOTHAE Diamond Mine which is managed by Lucapa Diamond, has suspended operations for 14 days in response to a nationwid…
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has plenty of scope to pull the trigger again…
THE Executive Director for Africa Group 1 Constituency, Dr Taufila Nyamadzabo says his visit to Lesotho this week is ai…
JOHANNESBURG - The battle between the government and trade unions over salary increases for South Africa’s 1.2 million …
MASERU - Thousands of Basotho migrant workers, both formal and informal are at the risk of losing their jobs as they st…
DISGRUNTLED members of the Micro, Macro and Medium Enterprises Association based in Berea, Leribe and Botha-Bothe have …
Dr Ibrahim Mayaki is the CEO of the African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NE…
IN a move to enhance the sluggish economy and create employment, Prime Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has called for the o…
LIMPOMPO - A chrome mine in Limpopo, potentially one of the richest in South Africa, has sat idle while a series of arc…
NUL Innovation Hub scientists make tiles from Lesotho stones
When they hit the markets, these will be some of the best…
… From poverty management to a development management approach.
Africa faces its worst economic recession in 25 years,…
DEALERS who will be found in possession of diamonds without proper documentation after January 27, 2021 will be arreste…
THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has warned the public not to buy shares in a company called Bohlale Ba Bohloa Ltd bec…
New security scanning equipment of international standard have been installed for use at Lesotho’s Moshoeshoe I Interna…
ALL traders and individuals who are not registered with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) face complications whe…
…It’s time to end the plunder of Africa’s resources
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) re…
…Exciting times ahead for traders despite anticipated teething problems and COVID-19
One day in February 2020, Accra-b…
DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu says it only through unity that Basotho can overcome issues of corruption whil…
THE upward trend in African countries liberalising their visa regimes and welcoming African travellers continues, the 2…
REPRESENTATIVES of scores of former miners in Lesotho are calling for the immediate release of compensations for miners…
CONSTRUCTION work at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is in top gear despite a slow start in May due to the C…
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) Mohato Seleke has filed an urgent ap…
AS part of government’s initiatives to advance the country’ development for all investors both, domestic and foreign, t…
THE Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has launched an online VAT-11 certificate that will allow clients to apply online w…
A NEW mining town financed to the tune of M1 billion by a local company - Paramount Equipment Lesotho will be construct…
THE Minister of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing, Keketso Sello has encouraged small stock farmer…
MASERU - The textile and mining industries - the two pillars of the domestic economy, are the main reasons behind the 6…
ECONOMIC activities have finally been unlocked, with the government announcing on Sunday that the country is moving fro…
THE Kao Mountain Storm Diamonds (MSD) Mine has spent M28 million on the construction of 15 news houses belonging to res…
DIED, 56, Kenrick Cockerill, the chief executive officer of Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB), died on 20 October in South Af…
LOCAL trade unions have piled pressure on government to address issues of human trafficking, police brutality and other…
THE decision by government to increase ministers’ salaries is indefensible and gives a wrong imprint about Dr Moeketsi …
THE Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing is in the process of establishing an independent…
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Water and Sewage Company (WASCO), Futho Hoohlo has been slapped with a 28-day suspen…
OWNERS of local hotels and guest houses whose establishments were used by the government as quarantine facilities final…
MASERU – Dr. Moeketsi Majoro administration has been accused of nepotism and advocating for police brutality following …
MASERU – The government has lost more than M3.5 billion in the treatment of cancer patients over the past seven years. …
LESOTHO’s first coal mine is expected to start operations in Qhalasi, Mohale’s Hoek before the end of the year, the Min…
THE Country’s key economic sectors have been undermined severely with agriculture expected to contract by 5.2 per cent …
A NEW small plant called The Village Factory has been formed in Maseru, to manufacture Maritšoana – a tasty sorghum bev…
ESTEEMED Gauteng hotel magnate Thabiso Tlelai who died on Sunday in a horrific car crash together with his wife Ayanda …
MASERU - A 100% BASOTHOowned business called Mon-Foods, which runs a poultry farm and an abattoir, with the capacity to…
MASERU - In a continued effort to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho, Lesana Financial Services on Tu…
MAFETENG – Growing up, Mookho Taleng did not have a good education to help her secure a better paying job today, becaus…
MASERU - The Minister of Finance Thabo Sofonea has demonstrated that fiscal consolidation and structural reforms are re…
JOHANNESBURG - IT is difficult to see how Eskom will continue as a going concern without enormous tariff increases desp…
A 100% BASOTHO-owned business called Mon-Foods, which runs a poultry farm and an abattoir, with the capacity to produce…
SHENANIGANS in the multi-million maloti wool and mohair industry continue, leaving the Ministry of Small Business, Coop…
SCORES of disgruntled business owners have taken issue with the government on its intention to increase tax on tobacco …
MASERU – THE Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Small Business Development and Marketing (MSDM) Tankiso Phapano has…
BASOTHO nationals working and living in South Africa have teamed up to form an association that will help them fight th…
BASOTHO believe that the export of their natural resources that include diamonds, water as well as wool and mohair do n…
MASERU - FIVE local farmers have pooled their resources together to form a company called ‘Lecholi’ in a bid to meet me…
STREET vendors provide essential services in towns across the world, particularly in Africa where people rely on them f…
