31 August 2026 by Limpho Sello Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)—which happens when tiny germs like bacteria and viruses adapt so that standard medicines can no longer kill them or stop their growth—has quietly turned into one of the Lesotho’s deadliest health threats. When these germs become resistant, everyday infections become much [...]
28 August 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi The fire crackled. Then came a sudden, unmistakable hiss. In 2024 alone, Lesotho spent M535 million (US$33million) importing 9,781,170 kilograms of chicken meat and other edible poultry offal. South Africa supplied the bulk of it, accounting for M522 million of the imports, followed by [...]
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25 August 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi When 65-year-old ‘Mamotšelisi Makoetlane gave her grandchildren two exercise books labelled “NOT FOR SALE”, she never expected to be forced to pay M5,000 after being accused of stealing them. Each exercise book has a market price of M5, meaning the two books would have [...]
20 August 2026 by Limpho Sello When a severe storm approaches or a heat wave, a fundamental question must be asked: “When an early warning message is issued, does everyone receive it? Understand it, and have the ability to act on it?” Mojabeng Mohloki, a Disaster Management Authority (DMA) Botha-Bothe [...]
17 August 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi The 61 two-week-old chicks were huddled tightly together, their tiny bodies pressed against one another as they cried for warmth. Still too young to regulate their body temperatures effectively, they appeared to be fighting the cold with the only means they had — clustering [...]
10 August 2026 by Limpho Sello The Lesotho Meteorological Services is warning that weather forecasts are of little use if ordinary Basotho cannot understand what the warnings mean and use that information to make informed decisions about what to do when disaster is coming. LMS Head of Research and Innovation [...]
10 August 2026 by Limpho Sello “Today, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 32 percent of all deaths in the Kingdom of Lesotho.” The words of Nhlanhla Ngomane, Technical Assistance for the Meatless Monday Project, hung over a quiet conference hall in Maseru. There public health officials, civil society leaders and [...]
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3 August 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi Lesotho’s only referral hospital, Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH), owes suppliers M150,074,277. The debt was disclosed when QMMH management, accompanied by Minister of Health ‘Mamokete Ntšekhe and senior officials from the Ministry of Health, appeared before Parliament’s Social Cluster Portfolio Committee on 31 July [...]