Category : Business

  Staff Reporter IN yet another ground-breaking development, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) this week introduced instant loans for small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs). The facility,...

  Staff Reporter THE government is implementing the Wool and Mohair Promotion Project (WAMPP) with financial support from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), OPEC...

  Staff Reporter ECONET Telecom Lesotho this week handed over reflective body vests worth M20 000 to Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) Commissioner Holomo Molibeli...

  BUSINESSMAN Kenny Soares, who runs Econo Foods Lesotho, epitomises the importance of hard work and perseverance. From selling sweets in his school days, he...

    THE Wool and Mohair Promotion Project (WAMPP) is a value-chain based project that is divided into three technical components. The first component is...

  Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) this week launched the ninth annual Money Month Campaign under the theme “take care of yourself,...

  Nthatuoa Koeshe THE MINISTRY of Agriculture, Marketing and Food Security has lifted the ban on vegetables imports. Imposed in February this year, the ban...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE Tourism, Environment and Culture Ministry yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Lerotholi Polytechnic (Fokothi) and DijonDesign to forge cooperation in...

Staff Reporter FOUR academically gifted children recently completed their LGCSE or O-level education will this week leave the country for a one-year programme at the...

Bereng Mpaki MASSIVE job losses are looming at leading textile manufacturer, Nien Hsing International. This amid revelations that the company will next month retrench at...

Nthatuoa Koeshe STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) yesterday handed over a M1, 1 million worth building to the Intellectual Disability Association of Lesotho (IDAL), a non-profit...

Lesotho like other African nations is affected by extreme weather conditions and as a result suffers from water supply instability. The country also suffers with...

  Bereng Mpaki THE implementation of the Lesotho Standards Institution (LSI) is set to be further delayed as the Ministry of Trade and Industry has...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO must prioritise research and development if it is to improve its socio-economic affairs, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has said. Dr Majoro said...

  THE Covid-19 pandemic has exposed Lesotho’s huge technological gap in different ways, the United Nations Technology Bank (UNTB) for Least Developed Countries has said....

  Bereng Mpaki PREPARATIONS are underway for the review of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) treaty signed between Lesotho and South Africa in the...

Nthatuoa Koeshe STORM Mountain Diamonds (SMD) has released the names of the eight Kao Mine workers who were killed in an accident in Butha-Buthe last...

  Bereng Mpaki FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea yesterday presented yet another static M23, 8 billion budget which reiterated his predecessor and current Prime Minister Moeketsi...

  Silence Charumbira ALCOHOL drinkers and smokers will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets after Finance Minister Thabo Sophonea proposed to finally implement...

Bereng Mpaki THERE is no joy for the country’s public servants after Finance Minister Thabo Sophonea proposed not to increase their salaries in the upcoming...

  Bereng Mpaki OPPOSITION Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, says he is shocked by the government’s failure to allocate funds to procure...

Bereng Mpaki THE completion of the Ha-Belo industrial estate in Butha-Buthe has been delayed to August this year after encountering a myriad of challenges midway,...

Bereng Mpaki THE Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing has temporarily banned the importation of selected fresh agricultural products to preserve their market...

  Staff Reporter ECONET Telecom Lesotho this week donated food packages worth M10 000 to Ministry of Hope, an orphanage in Katlehong, Maseru. The donation...

  Bereng Mpaki MINING minister Serialong Qoo has set his sights on delivering the long-awaited diamond centre to facilitate local processing of diamonds during the...

Bereng Mpaki MOTHAE Diamond Mine this week achieved the highest average diamond price on its first sale of 2021, according to its majority shareholder, Lucapa...

  Bereng Mpaki Liqhobong Mining Development Company (LMDC) on Tuesday donated food parcels to 97 villagers from surrounding communities. LMDC site manager, Ntsane Makhetha, told...

Bereng Mpaki THE introduction of the Woolworth’s foods section into the Lesotho market will give customers the convenience of holistic shopping is meant to give...