HOUSING DISSEMINATES NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY
The National Housing Policy elaborates on the policy objectives, which are aimed at addressing the key issues and challenges in the housing sector. The Director of Housing, in the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, Ms. Mamphaka Mabesa said this on Tuesday when officially opening on behalf of the Principal Secretary of […]
MINISTER DONATES SCHOOL UNIFORM
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police, Mr Lebona Lephema donated school uniforms and sanitary towels to 107 students in celebration of National Back to School Day. Speaking at the event, Mr Lephema said the Prime Minister urged all the ministers to go to their hometowns to give back to the community. […]
MINISTRY OF FINANCE PRIORITIZES SYSTEMS SECURITY
The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has launched a 72-hour solutions development event, where developers, programmers, and sector practitioners in the sub-Saharan Africa region are invited to register and produce an integrated solution that will allow users to authenticate transactions and manage documents in the integrated financial management information system (IMFS). Speaking at the […]
PM TOURS CLOSED FACTORIES
Prime Minister Mr. Sam Matekane took a tour of two factories, which had closed, leaving over 5000 Basotho jobless. The factories Glory situated at Tikoe Industrial were closed in March 2020, while C&Y found at Thetsane closed shop in December 2021. Both factories retrenched 3,000 and 2,600 workers respectively. The factories closed due to a […]
APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION GRANTS OPEN
Applications for education grants for Orphaned and Vulnerable children for the 2023 academic year are now open. According to a press release from the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports, Arts, Culture and Social Development, applications are open from Monday (02/01/2023 until January 31. The release shows that grants are both for Secondary and High school […]
THE PRIME MINISTER VISITS LERIBE
The Prime Minister, Mr Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane on Monday visited Likocheng, Khanyane, and Peka in the Leribe district to inspect gravel roads and footbridges which have been destroyed by heavy rainfalls. This was revealed by the Prime Minister’s Press Attaché Mr. Thapelo Mabote in an interview with LENA, where he said the Prime Minister was […]
HOUSING DONATES WATER TANKS
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police, Mr. Lebona Lephema handed over water tanks to 10 primary schools at the event held in Maseru on Wednesday. Handing over the tanks, Mr. Lephema said UN habitat with the support of the African Caribbean Pacific countries and the European Commission pledged to help developing […]
POLIHALI DAM CONTRACTOR INTRODUCED TO STAKEHOLDERS
The Contractor for the construction of the Polihali Dam was introduced to various stakeholders at a meeting held at the Mokhotlong District Administrator’s office premises on Wednesday. The contractor and a team of consultants were introduced to stakeholders by the Polihali Branch Operations Manager, Mr. Gerard Mokone and the introduction is a follow-up to the […]
LOCAL GOVT LAUNCHES PLANS TO UPGRADE SLUMS
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police, Mr. Lebona Lephema says the intention of the Global Action Plan Framework merges and strengthens efforts for the acceleration of the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and New Urban Agenda (NUA). He said this when officially launching the Global Action Plan, National Slum Upgrading […]
EWC LESOTHO ON FINALS
The Lesotho chapter of the global business coaching contest, the Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC), will enter its final decisive stage from 21-24 November 2022. The tail end of this competition consists of Bootcamp and the selection of the best national projects to be pitted against the best in the world. The EWC Organiser, Mr. John […]
