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Lesotho bans key food imports to boost local farming
Food For Mzansi
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August 13, 2025
Lesotho’s government, through the agriculture ministry, has announced restrictions on the importation of eggs, cabbage, and potatoes. The directive, communicated by the minister of gender, youth and social development, Pitso Lesaoana, on behalf of...
Lesotho Confronts Economic Storm: U.S. 50 % Tariff Surge Sparks Uncertainty
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August 13, 2025
By: Abubacar Jabbie Lesotho is facing a new wave of economic uncertainty following the imposition of a 50% tariff on its exports to the United States, introduced under a broader protectionist policy revival by the Trump administration. The policy...
From vision, straight into the music industry
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…The rise of Moeketsi Sephelane in the music genre By: ‘Moelo Motsiri MASERU Moeketsi Sephelane has become one of the best hip hop artist rising stars in the music industry. He is popularly known by his stage name Markz. Sephelane indicated that...
Kingdom of Lesotho
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August 13, 2025
Kingdom of Lesotho Ministry of Natural Resources Specific Procurement Notice Invitation for Bids [IFB] Small Works (One-Envelope Bidding Process) IFB Number: AfDB/LRWSSP/W02B Employer: Ministry of Natural Resources (Commission of Water) Project:...
Ntsebeng’s launch into the Public Relations industry
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By: Mpho Shelile MASERU In a world where job opportunities are shrinking and artificial intelligence is taking over tasks once performed by people, the call for innovation and empowerment has never been louder. While some believe innovation is...
Meet Boiphihlelo, a Lesotho dairy industry key player
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August 13, 2025
…Insights on how Makoae is building Lesotho’s dairy industry By: Mpho Shelile When Ntšiuoa Makoae walked into a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrepreneurship training in 2015, she had no idea it would...
Tselane’ breakthough in the music industry
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August 13, 2025
By: ‘Moelo Motsiri MASERU – Her music journey started from humble beginnings, she rose, making waves in to the music industry while fearlessly marking her breakthrough. She is proudly known by her stage name TseLz. Meet Tselane Metjeea, a talented...
Lesotho Launches 2025 Human Development Report, Focusing on AI’s Role in Development
South Africa Today
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August 12, 2025
The Government of Lesotho, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has unveiled its 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) under the theme “A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI.” The report, a...
Lesotho charts AI future
Public Eye
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August 12, 2025
National strategy aims to harness technology for human development MOSA MAOENG MASERU – At the launch of Lesotho’s 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a resounding message...
Lesotho launches Regulatory Forum
Public Eye
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August 12, 2025
BOKANG MOSHOESHOE MASERU – In a momentous move towards strengthening regulatory cooperation in the country, Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) has joined hands with nine of the country’s leading regulatory and enforcement institutions to officially...
Lesotho power utility under scrutiny for irregular purchase of R1.2-million cable from SA
African Insider
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August 12, 2025
The headquarters of the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) at Industrial Area in Maseru. The LEC has suspended a supply manager amid allegations of repeated procurement violations. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi The Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC), the...
Textile industry remains in peril – economists
Lesotho Times
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August 8, 2025
. . . Reduction from 50 to 15% won’t change trajectory . . . Kenya and Ethiopia enjoy 5% lower tariff at 10% . . . Logistical costs add more hurdles on Lesotho Mathatisi Sebusi/Mohloai Mpesi DIRE consequences a set to imperil the country’s textile...
Hemp Battery Factory Fails; Intel Project in Jeopardy; Tesla's Brand Loyalty | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 231
Food Manufacturing - Wisconsin
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Editor's note: Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast. The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News...
What consumers can expect from new tariffs on imported goods
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - Washington State
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August 11, 2025
Subscriber content preview August 11, 2025 Recent government data indicate that retail prices for groceries, furniture and appliances started creeping up in June. By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers American businesses and...
Invitation for Bids
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August 13, 2025
Invitation for Bids Maseru, Lesotho August 6, 2025 Re: Supply and Delivery of Fire Management Equipment- Ref No: LSO- 2000002340-0145-G-NCB The Government of Lesotho has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
Lesotho trade minister calls US tariffs unfair to developing countries
Star
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Mokhethi Shelile, Lesotho's minister of trade, industry, business development and tourism, speaks during an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Maseru, Lesotho, July 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen) The U.S. tariff regime is unfair to developing...
Free digital skills training for young Basotho men
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By: Mpho Shelile MASERU – To tackling unemployment and enhancing digital literacy in Lesotho, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has partnered with Digital School and Skilled Academics, operating under the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum...
Feature: Steep U.S. tariff hits Lesotho's textile industry hard
Xinhua News Agency
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by Xinhua writers Yan Ran, Bai Ge MASERU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- As winter grips Lesotho, a landlocked country in southern Africa, groups of textile workers roam the industrial zone in the national capital of Maseru, knocking on factory doors in...
Mocheko hunts quality education in SA
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August 13, 2025
By:’Moelo Motsiri MASERU At just 23, Thapelo Mocheko, a student from Lesotho is chasing his dreams abroad. He made a bold move of going to the Republic of South Africa (SA) to hunt for better education. He is Mechatronics Engineering student at...
US tariff reprieve comes too late for Lesotho textile industry
Ecotextile News
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August 5, 2025
Lesotho’s textile industry says the US tariff reprieve from 50% to 15% has come too late to prevent damage it deems irreversible. US President Trump threatened the country with a 50% tariff in April– the highest of any US trading partner. Textile...