2019 BUDGET SPEECH
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JUDICIARY MOURNS JUSTICE HLAJOANE
Members of the judiciary on Friday gathered at the High Court in a judicial memorial service to mourn the death of Justice ‘Maseshophe Alidah Hlajoane who passed on in March 02, 2019 after a long illness. Speaking at the event surrounded by a full bench of Judges of the High Court and President of the […]
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO INCREASE AGAIN
Following the increase in petroleum products last month (February), Petroleum Fund has announced yet another increment of such products from Friday. This is according to the press statement from the fund which states that the pump price of both grades of petrol (petrol93 and petrol95) will increase by 80 cents per Litre and the pump […]
FREE STATE PREMIER PAYS COURTESY CALL ON HIS MAJESTY
The Free State Premier, Mrs. Sefora Ntombela on Wednesday paid courtesy call on His Majesty King Letsie III and the Prime Minister, Dr Motsoahae Thomas Thabane. In a brief interview, the Prime Minister’s Press Attaché, Mr. Thabo Thakalekoala said the Premier had come to inform and invite His Majesty and the Prime Minister to the […]
MINISTER COMPLIMENTS PBF IN HEALTH FACILITIES
The Deputy Minister of Health, Mrs. Manthabiseng Phohleli says ever since they adopted Performance Based Financing (PBF) strategy in 2014 targeting some of the hospitals, they have witnessed improvement in team work and effective service delivery among the employees. Mrs. Phohleli said this on Thursday during a one day workshop held at Blue Mountain Inn, […]
LESOTHO ACQUIRES CHAIMANSHIP OF AU-STC8 BUREAU
The Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship of the Kingdom of Lesotho has acquired Chairmanship of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralisation (AU-STC N0.8). Accepting the Chairmanship at the handing over ceremony held in Maseru on Thursday, the Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship, Mr. Litṥoane […]
TTTFP FOR SDGs ACHIEVEMENT-DEPUTY MINISTER
The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Mr. Mokherane Tsatsanyane says implementation of Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme (TTTFP) will go a long way to assist Lesotho reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially SDG 9. Mr. Tsatsanyane said this when officially opening a three-day National Stakeholders Workshop on TTTFP […]
JUSTICE MOSENEKE URGES BASOTHO TO REACH A BROADER GOAL
In every democratic process, there will always be conflict and this should not stop the Basotho nation to reach their goal regarding reforms. These are the views of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Facilitator Justice Likgang Moseneke during a one-day Extension of First Plenary of the Multi Stakeholders National Dialogue held in Maseru on […]
MCC GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNED
A Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Development Grant Agreement worth $5.78 million equivalent to M82 million was signed at the Ministry of Finance Headquarters in Maseru on Wednesday. The Minister of Finance, Dr Moeketsi Mojoro signed on behalf of Lesotho government while the United States of America (U.S.A) Ambassador to Lesotho, Mrs. Rebecca Gonzales signed […]
GOVERNMENT, JAPAN AND WFP SIGN AGREEMENT
The government of Lesotho together with the government of Japan and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday signed the Exchange of Notes for the two food aids. Speaking at the event, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. Lesego Makgothi said the agreement is a commitment that the food donation in the form […]
