Consumer Safety Recall: Lesotho’s National Consumer Commission has warned shoppers to check Woolworths’ recalled w.beauty complete clarifying shampoo (250ml), sold in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, after tests found a rod-shaped bacterium linked to rare opportunistic infections for people with weakened immune systems. Textiles & Jobs: The Ministry of Trade and Industry says Lesotho must strengthen its textile and apparel value chain to grow market participation, highlighting CAFI-supported enterprises and urging young people to build sustainable businesses. Agriculture Innovation: A Lesotho aeroponics advocate is promoting soil-free farming as a year-round, land-saving option for crops like herbs, lettuce and tomato seedlings, with a push for farming as a business. Food Security Procurement: The Disaster Management Authority will register grain from Basotho farmers under the Local Purchase Programme until Sept 4, then buy from Sept 9–18, with strict bag and documentation rules. Energy & Industry Linkages: Eskom says it is working to bring back industrial demand, including possible Mozal electricity use, while increasing exports of surplus power. Regional Infrastructure Risk (South Africa): Reports warn illegal mining is damaging Johannesburg’s roads, power and water systems, with residents describing collapses and rising violence. Digital Infrastructure Investment: WIOCC secured a $300m investment to expand Africa’s open-access fibre, data centres and subsea assets. Vehicle Safety (Regional): South Africa’s NCC issued a recall for 2,275 Ford Ranger Double Cabs over a side-curtain airbag/B-pillar trim defect; some units were exported to Lesotho. Mining Health Payouts: A report on the Tshiamiso Trust highlights that silicosis and TB compensation is still far from reaching all potential claimants, including many in Lesotho.