DEPARTMENT INCREASES MEASURES TO ENSURE SAFETY
Following various campaigns in different parts of the country since the beginning of the year, the Department of Road Safety will once again engage in a national road safety campaign from December 04 2018 to January 04 2019. This was revealed by Chief Information Officer in the Department of Road Safety, Mrs. Ntumeleng Nts’ekhe-Moloinyane in […]
SADC Launches Competition For Public Outreach Song To Promote Regional Integration
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LHWP PHASE II COMMENCES IN NOVEMBER
Construction work of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is underway following awarding of the first construction contract for Polihali North-East Access Road (PNEAR) to Sinohydro and Nthane Brothers Joint Venture by Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). Speaking at a media briefing held at the Authority’s boardroom on Wednesday, the Minister of […]
UNHCR DONATES EQUIPMENT TO HOME AFFAIRS
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday handed over Population Registration and Identity Management Eco System (PRIMES) to the Ministry of Home Affairs in Maseru. The system which included laptop, printer, biometric machine and iris detector is intended to provide refugees and other forcefully displaced persons with a digital identity that allows […]
US EMBASSY, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING SIGN AGREEMENT
The American Embassy and government of Lesotho through the Ministry of Development Planning on Wednesday signed bilateral Development Objective Grant Agreement in Maseru. The agreement which is for five years is intended to provide Framework for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) funding for Lesotho. Speaking at […]
YOUNG WOMAN’S FUTURE IS BLEAK DUE TO OBSTETRIC FISTULA
“My dream of becoming a journalist was shuttered almost a year ago after giving birth to my cute baby boy,” a 24 year-old Mosotho living with Obstetric Fistula reveals with teary eyes. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), an obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that is caused by […]
AFRICAN COMMISSIONER IN LESOTHO
The Minister of Law and Constitutional Affairs, Mr. Lebohang Hlaele says, visit of the African Commissioner in Lesotho comes at an opportune time when Lesotho is undergoing constitutional reforms. Mr. Hlaele said this when welcoming the African Commissioner on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Mr. Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen in Lesotho on Monday. He […]
HIS MAJESTY URGES COUNTRIES TO RENEW COMMITMENT ON NUTRITION
His Majesty King Letsie III has urged countries in Southern Africa to renew their commitment to improve early childhood nutrition for proper human capital development in the Continent. His Majesty said this when officially closing a high level forum on early childhood nutrition forum in Southern Africa hosted by him in his capacity as the […]
NUTRITION AFFECTS ALL – MINISTER TŠOLO
The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office says there is need for African countries to invest in nutrition in order to address challenges of malnutrition and stunting facing the continent. Mr. Temeki Tšolo was addressing delegates at the High level forum on Early Childhood Nutrition in Southern Africa held at Thaba-Bosiu in Maseru on Tuesday. […]
PM LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
The Prime Minister, Dr Motsoahae Thomas Thabane and his delegation left the country on Thursday for New York to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Speaking in an interview, the Prime Minister’s Press Attaché, Mr. Thabo Thalalekoala said the UN General Assembly is an annual event and one of the […]
