OPENING REMARKS BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE AT THE SECOND UN DIGITAL COOPERATION DAY 2025 IN NEW YORK
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, It is my honour to open the first substantive session of this Digital Cooperation Day: Introducing the AI Strategy Blueprint: Turning National Ambition into Action. Artificial intelligence is spreading faster than any general-purpose technology in history. Lesotho welcomes its potential. We are not […]
COUNTRY STATEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO AT THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN PALEXPO INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION CENTRE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — 6–7 July 2026
Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to address the first United Nations Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance on behalf of the Kingdom of Lesotho. Lesotho aligns itself with the statements of the Group of 77 and China, and the Africa Group, and adds these observations. Lesotho welcomes this […]
LESOTHO AT THE 80TH UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
September 26, 2025 – The Right Honourable Prime Minister Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane addressed the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York yesterday. Below is the full statement delivered by the Prime Minister: Madam President of the 80th Session of the General Assembly, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Mr. […]
PRIME MINISTER MATEKANE ADDRESSES AFRICA LEADERS SYMPOSIUM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE PRIME MINISTER MR. SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE AT FORWARD AFRICA LEADERS SYMPOSIUM 2025 Thank you, Programme Director: Excellencies, Fellow Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to address this esteemed gathering convened by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)—an institution that has, since […]
PRIME MINISTER MATEKANE SPEECH AT AFRICA DOWN UNDER MINING CONFERENCE
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting today; I would also like to pay homage to the elders past and present, as well as those emerging. It is indeed an honor and privilege to address you today on behalf of my delegation and I. May I […]
FINANCE MINISTER PRESENTS 2025/26 BUDGET
For 2025/2026 financial year, the government projects total spending to 65 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with recurrent expenses at 48.8 percent of GDP. This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning Dr Rets’elisitsoe Matlanyane when presenting 2025/2026 budget estimates in Parliament on Wednesday. She said a significant development in the […]
MOLAETSA OA MOTLOTLEHI LETSIE III OA SELEMO SE SECHA-2024
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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER MR. SAMUEL N. MATEKANE DURING THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIQUID OXYGEN HUB AND CYLINDER FILLING STATION LAUNCH IN MAFETENG
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER MR. SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE DURING THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIQUID OXYGEN HUB AND CYLINDER FILLING STATION LAUNCH IN MAFETENG
POLELO EA ’MUSO KA MOHLOMPHEHI TONA-KHOLO, SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE 16TH OCTOBER, 2023
POLELO EA ’MUSO KA MOHLOMPHEHI TONA-KHOLO, SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE 16TH OCTOBER, 2023
NATIONAL STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE DELIVERED DURING THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – 22 SEPTEMBER, 2023
NATIONAL STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. SAMUEL NTSOKOANE MATEKANE DELIVERED DURING THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – 22 SEPTEMBER, 2023
