Category : Business

Kaleen Chikowore ECONET Telecom Lesotho this week hosted a one-day media workshop in Maseru to sensitise journalists on the need to adapt to technological advancements...

Bereng Mpaki THE ongoing ban on the importation of poultry products is killing the industry, farmers have said. Farmers told the Lesotho Times this week...

Nthatuoa Koeshe STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) on Monday partnered Forestry, Range and Soil Conservation Ministry for a tree planting exercise in Butha-Buthe. The event also...

Bereng Mpaki MERGENCE Lesotho, a diversified financial services company, this week announced the launch of its two new unit trust investment products for individuals. These...

  Bereng Mpaki VODACOM Lesotho has established VCL Financial Services, an independent company to provide financial services to customers. Vodacom’s popular M-Pesa mobile money platform...

  MOBILE communications giant, Vodacom Lesotho, has launched the VCL Financial Services company. The company is an independent entity which has been licensed by the...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO Electricity Company (LEC) will turn to local suppliers for its electrical supplies, LEC’s public relations manager, Makhetha Motšoari, has said. The move...

Bereng Mpaki AT least 6064 workers in the clothing and textile sector lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 induced economic meltdown. This is according...

Bereng Mpaki Lesotho could be on the verge of losing its ranking as the second largest exporter to the United States (US) under the African...

Bereng Mpaki Lack of independent diamond evaluators is costing the government potential huge revenue earnings, the mining principal secretary (PS), Tšokolo Maina, has said. Advocate...

Bereng Mpaki THE Institute of Directors (IoD) Lesotho will next month launch the country’s first corporate governance code. Dubbed the Mohlomi Corporate Governance Code, the...

Nthatuoa Koeshe NEDBANK Lesotho this week donated personal protective equipment (PPE) worth M6000 to the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). The donation is part of...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) recently introduced a new investor who is now managing the Visitors’ Comfort Facility (VCF) to the Butha-Buthe...

  Bereng Mpaki A MASSIVE jobs carnage is looming in the textiles and garment factories as employers are considering laying off workers to manage their...

Staff Reporter WOOL and mohair cottage industries were established in the late 1800s.  The major objective of their establishment was to conserve the original art...

Bereng Mpaki MOST factory workers have ended their three-week-old strike and returned to work after their employers threatened to fire them. They returned to work...

No matter where you go, it’s becoming increasingly clear that entertainment is heading very much online. Here in Lesotho, it’s no different. People here are...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO can fast-track its energy security aspirations by embracing renewable energy through mini-grid power production, local renewable energy company Mos-Sun Clean Energy Technologies...

  Staff Writer Lesotho relies mainly on rain-fed agriculture and in recent years, the agricultural economy has suffered from extreme weather conditions such as prolonged...

Bereng Mpaki VODACOM Lesotho has been voted the most popular brand in the 2021 Brand Africa 100 survey. The Brand Africa 100 survey ranks the...

Bereng Mpaki THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has maintained the repo rate at 3, 50 percent, giving consumers a reprieve in interest costs for loans....