30 September 2026 by Limpho Sello Healthcare workers who worked during the HPV vaccination campaign in 2024 and the measles campaign have not been paid their stipends, despite the Ministry of Health having funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to pay them. This emerged during a debriefing meeting of the [...]
The Chinese ambassador to Lesotho, Yang Xiaokun, says agriculture remains an important area of cooperation between Lesotho and China. Xiaokun says the signing of a protocol on the export of Lesotho’s wool to China has provided both countries with an important foundation for expanding bilateral agricultural trade. “Following the outbreak [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Social Cluster Chairperson Mokhothu Makhalanyane. [...]
29 July 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi Tšele Sehlabo, the Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital finance manager who was hired despite allegedly failing his job interview, struggled to provide a detailed account of a M30,000 petty cash withdrawal when the hospital appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 29 July 2026. [...]
21 July 2026 by Pascalinah Kabi A Mosotho Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Prof Lineo Thahane, who has been appointed the founding Dean of the Lesotho Medical School, has reflected on what it means for patients and their caregivers to be treated by a doctor who speaks their language and [...]
Ministry of Health Acting Director General, Dr Llang Maama. Photo Credit: Limpho Sello. [...]
26 June 2026 by Limpho Sello 10, 600 Basotho ex-miners and their families have received over M1 billion in compensation from Tshiamiso Trust, a South African organisation established to compensate former mineworkers who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis from dust exposure in qualifying gold mines. The figure was announced by the [...]