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Chinese Yuan to Become Reserve Currency of Lesotho?

Chinese Yuan to Become Reserve Currency of Lesotho?

LESOTHO is among 14 eastern and southern African countries that are considering the adoption of the Chinese yuan as a reserve currency to facilitate the repayment of loans being advanced by the Asian economic giant for infrastructural developments. A team of Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) officials recently joined their eastern and southern African counterparts […]

Lesotho Local Contractors Cry Foul Over Chinese Dominance

Lesotho Local Contractors Cry Foul Over Chinese Dominance

LOCAL contractors have ganged up to fight what they describe as the “glaring bias” which has seen major government construction tenders being awarded to Chinese companies. Two major local companies, Sigma Construction and LSP Construction penned a joint letter to parliamentary Public Accounts Committee chairman, Selibe Mochoboroane, on June 7 2018 registering their “serious concerns […]

Why Lesotho’s in Such a Mess and What Can Be Done About It

Why Lesotho’s in Such a Mess and What Can Be Done About It

In an interview following his recent return as Prime Minister of Lesotho, Tom Thabane has blamed the army for the country’s chronic political instability. Stating that his previous administration (after an election in 2012) was “scuttled” by the army, he went on to say that he now intended to neutralise the Lesotho Defence Force, even […]

Lipolelo Thabane Wife of New Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane Shot Dead

Lipolelo Thabane Wife of New Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane Shot Dead

The estranged wife of Lesotho’s incoming prime minister Thomas Thabane was shot dead on Wednesday night in a village in the outskirts of Maseru. Reports say Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was about to enter the gate of her home when a gunman opened fire, killing her instantly. A friend she was with was seriously injured and […]

Everything You Want to Know About the Lesotho Election

Everything You Want to Know About the Lesotho Election

LESOTHO will hold its third National Assembly elections in five years on 3 June 2017 after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s seven-party coalition government lost a parliamentary no-confidence vote sponsored by four opposition parties on 1 March 2017. Apart from Dr Mosisili’s Democratic Congress (DC) the outgoing governing coalition consists of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy […]

I’ll Emerge Victorious, Says Lesotho’s Ex-PM Tom Thabane

I’ll Emerge Victorious, Says Lesotho’s Ex-PM Tom Thabane

Lesotho’s former prime minister Tom Thabane says he is confident that he will emerge victorious in the upcoming elections. Speaking during an interview with News24 on Monday, Thabane said he expected to win at least 60 of the 80 constituencies in the mountain kingdom. “The major part of the campaign has been very successful. We […]

Visa-free African Union Diplomatic Passport Launched: Everything you need to know about it and how to get it

Visa-free African Union Diplomatic Passport Launched: Everything you need to know about it and how to get it

It’s official—the African Union has launched its continental e-passport program Sunday as part of the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda. But unless you’re Rwandan President Paul Kagame or Chadian President Idriss Eby, who are already carrying their fancy-looking red and gold document, an […]

South Africa Advance to Cosafa Semi-Finals

South Africa Advance to Cosafa Semi-Finals

A Bafana Bafana squad comprising almost an entire u23 side that is going to the Rio Olympics beat Lesotho 4-2 on penalties in the first quarter-final of the 2016 COSAFA Cup at Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia. This was after the match had ended 1-1 in normal time. Lesotho played the counter attacking football […]

SAP: Africa Code Week 2016 – S’attaquer à la fracture numérique sur le continent Africain

SAP: Africa Code Week 2016 – S’attaquer à la fracture numérique sur le continent Africain

SAP s’engage à former cette année plus de 150 000 jeunes dans 30 pays africains pour favoriser l’alphabétisation numérique et ainsi offrir aux jeunes générations du continent des compétences numériques pour améliorer leur employabilité. Africa Code Week 2016 se déroulera du 15 au 23 octobre 2016, avec des milliers d’ateliers de programmation gratuits et des […]

Southern Africa Energy & Infrastructure Summit, 4-6 May 2016 in Maputo, Mozambique

Southern Africa Energy & Infrastructure Summit, 4-6 May 2016 in Maputo, Mozambique

For the last 23 years, EnergyNet has worked closely with the governments and pivotal stakeholders of Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Malawi. Regional development is the key to unlocking Africa’s energy investment potential – it is with this in mind that EnergyNet are delighted […]

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