Na Leruo la Linotsi ke Khoebo e Nang le Phaello e Ntle?
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Every M1.00 Spent Preparing for Severe Weather Saves M4.00 in Disaster Response for Lesotho
1 September 2026 by Limpho Sello Extreme weather is changing lives across Lesotho, but a major shift in how the country prepares for severe weather aims to save lives, protect property, and reduce the heavy costs of emergency response. This is according to the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) Emergency Response [...]
Corruption Causes You More Than Just Poor Service. It Costs You Money
1 September 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi Lesotho’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will on 2 September 2026, continue its investigations into the operations and financial management of the country’s only tertiary hospital – Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital – after a break that lasted for about three weeks. Before the break, the [...]
More Than 2,800 Basotho Died From Drug-Resistant Infections in One Year
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 [...]
Lesotho Spent M535 Million Importing Chicken from South Africa. Can RSDA Put Local Chicken on Basotho Plates?
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 [...]
Lesotho Electricity Prices to Go Up Slowly to Improve Service – LEWA
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Granny Left Distressed After School Principal Forced Her to Pay M5,000 for Allegedly Stealing Two Free Exercise Books
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 [...]
Lesotho Must Look Beyond Weather Accuracy to How Forecasts Affect People’s Lives – Mohloki
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 [...]
Maqhaka Poultry Farmer Losses 28 Chicks Overnight
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 [...]
Will Basotho Know What to Do When Disaster Is Coming?
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 [...]