Est. Read Time: 4m 52s Letšeng Diamonds Mine, a leading mine in Lesotho, has constructed two water pipelines following extensive media investigations into its alleged water pollution. These investigations were supported by the Bertha Foundation and the Pulitzer Center. The water infrastructure projects have been completed in two villages located downstream [...]
4 September 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Did you know that every time you buy antibiotics over the counter without a prescription or do not finish the full course, you are making germs stronger and harder to fight? This is known as Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)—when bacteria, viruses, and fungi become resistant [...]
28 August 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 5m 57s Listen to this article: Boitumelo Marake, a young man from Quthing, holds up a pair of black, laced panties, demonstrating how to attach a pad to the gusset. Marake is giving a public demonstration on the correct use of a [...]
…as the Africa Centre for Disease Control calls for effective mpox messaging 26 August 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 5m 50s Listen to this article: Nearly thirteen days after the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security—the first such [...]
19 August 2024 by Monyane Khau Est. Read Time: 2m 51s Listen to this article: Liqhobong Mining Development Company will tomorrow meet with its 550 employees to discuss potential retrenchments due to poor diamond sales in May and July 2024. In a letter sent on August 15, 2024, Liqhobong Mining Development [...]
16 August 2024 ka Limpho Sello Moetapele oa Basotho Patriotic Party, Tefo Mapesela, o re ekaba bohlokoa hore bakhethoa ba banna ba hlahlobele HIV phatlalatsa, ‘me ba phatlalatse sephetho sa lihlahlobo tseo e le ho khothatsa banna ba Basotho ho hlahloba le ho tseba boemo ba bona ba HIV. Tlhahiso [...]
14 August 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 5m 49s Listen to this article: It is approximately 10:40 a.m. on July 16, 2024. 50-year-old Tsotang Tsibela last ate malebota—papa fried with cooking oil and salt—on July 14, 2024, and does not know where his next meal will come from. To [...]
…As Prof Marake warns of a water management crisis 12 August 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 3m 33s Listen to this article: In an unprecedented admission, the Lesotho government has acknowledged that it does not know the value of the country’s underground water. Essentially, the government is admitting that [...]
8 August 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 3m 55s Listen to this article: Ha Moqathinyane, a village of 370 households, is facing a crisis of a high number of young mothers in Mahobong, Leribe district. Amohelang Mabathoana, an intern at Sesotho Media and Development Psychosocial Support, told Uncensored News [...]
7 August 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 6m 7s Listen to this article: A steep road leads to a yard adorned with two old huts, a modern house, a kraal, and a fireplace in Mjanyane in the Quthing district, Lesotho. In the yard, Nokhaya Tyhali, the Queen of Mjanyane, [...]