AllAfrica News: Lesotho

All of Africa Today - May 29, 2025

[allAfrica] Former Mauritanian Finance Minister Tah Elected President Of AfDB

Big U.S.-Funded Chicken Project Shuts Down in Lesotho

[GroundUp] Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%

Lesotho Highlands Water Commission Challenges High Court's Authority in Board Battle

[Lesotho Times] ...wants Chairperson Phakisi's application thrown out for lack of court's jurisdiction

M2.3b Set Aside for Roads Construction

[Lesotho Times] The Roads Directorate will spend a whooping M2.3 billion to construct and rehabilitate Lesotho's roads infrastructure in this 2025/26 financial year to improve connectivity, boost safety, and drive economic development across the country.

Lipholo Fights On

[Lesotho Times] THE Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Reverend Tšepo Lipholo's wife has escalated her spirited bid to block her husband's alleged looming arrest to the Court of Appeal.

RFP Lawmaker Says He Wishes Death On Prisoners

[Lesotho Times] IN a shocking statement, Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) legislator for Matsieng constituency, Moshe Makotoko, says he wishes all prisoners could just die as punishment for their transgressions and to save the State from looking after them.

Magistrate Murenzi's Disciplinary Hearing Stalls

[Lesotho Times] Moorosi Tsiane / Hopolang Mokhopi

Israeli Businessman Sues Police Commissioner for M26m

[Lesotho Times] AN Israeli businessman has filed a staggering M26,285,756 lawsuit against the Commissioner of Police, Borotho Matsoso, over the alleged destruction of his cannabis business during a police raid.

Former Minister, Daughter-in-Law Fight Over Late Son's Estate

[Lesotho Times] FORMER Minister of Forestry, Range and Soil Conservation, 'Mamotsie Motsie, is embroiled in a bitter dispute with her late son Motsie Motsie's widow over his estate.

625 Health Workers Lose Jobs

[Lesotho Times] --Due to USAID funding cuts

Chal Staffers Accused of Stealing Drugs

[Lesotho Times] ...and selling them privately

Morabo Morojele - Lesotho's Swinging Jazz Drummer Who Became a Literary Star

[The Conversation Africa] We use the term "Renaissance man" very loosely these days, for anybody even slightly multi-talented. But Lesotho-born jazz drummer, novelist and development scholar Morabo Morojele was the genuine article.

Lesotho Backs Global Effort to Protect Oceans By Joining WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

[Lesotho Times] LESOTHO has officially joined the global push to end harmful fishing subsidies by depositing its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies with the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Most Basotho See Worsening Drought, Crop Failure, Erosion

[Afrobarometer] Many citizens report having to adapt their work and personal lives to changing weather patterns.

Parliamentary Committee Reveals Corruption at M12 Billion Pension Fund

[Lesotho Times] ...Names corrupt trustees who have received kickbacks