Parliament passes small scale mining law
Bereng Mpaki THE National Assembly this week passed the Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which legalises artisanal and small scale (ASM) mining. The Bill...
Category : Business
Loti Brick lays off workers
Bereng Mpaki BRICK manufacturer, Loti Brick, has temporarily laid off the majority of its 150 workers on account of crippling cashflow challenges, a company...
Vodacom opens library for the visually impaired
Bereng Mpaki TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Vodacom Lesotho, this week opened a digital library for the visually-impaired in Maseru. Dubbed the Vodacom Insight Centre, the library is...
Econet launches EcoSure Group
Staff Reporter ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL’s) insurance arm, EcoSure, has introduced a new product, EcoSure Group. The new product is an upgrade of...
The real story behind a tech founder’s ‘tweetstorm that saves Christmas’
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Economic recession could render Lesotho insolvent — IMF
Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO’S recurrent financial challenges since 2017 could soon lead to insolvency if the situation is not urgently addressed, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Business Plan Competition returns
Bereng Mpaki THE Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO) run Business Plan Competition (BPC) is set to make a return following its successful pilot in 2019....
Sinogy to make Zim an energy hub in SADC
Staff writer Regional leading solar energy solution company-Sinogy is set to make Zimbabwe an energy hub for Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, The...
When mortgage shopping, does checking your credit scores lower them?
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Vodacom donates reusable sanitary towels
Staff Reporter THE Vodacom Lesotho Foundation this week delivered 1000 reusable menstrual towels to 10 schools in Mafeteng and Quthing in celebration of the...
Training tackles market access constraints for farmers
Bereng Mpaki EIGHTEEN farmers will today complete a five-day capacitation training on Global G.A.P (good agricultural practices) standards under the training of livestock farm...
ITC, Afreximbank launch export programme for SMEs
The International Trade Centre (ITC), in partnership with the African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank), this week launched a new training programme for small businesses on how...
U.S. economic growth slowed to a 2% annual rate last quarter in face of COVID
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Fresh produce market to stimulate agriculture — Majoro
Bereng Mpaki THE newly launched Maluti Fresh Market Centre in the Tikoe industrial area will stimulate Lesotho’s fresh produce farming, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has...
FNB launches #TheChangeables
Nthatuoa Koeshe FIRST National Bank (FNB) Lesotho yesterday launched its new, dynamic brand communications campaign, #TheChangeables. #TheChangeables is meant to celebrate Basotho who take...
Broad gains for stocks push S&P 500, Nasdaq to record highs this week
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Implement tobacco, alcohol levies gradually — parly
Bereng Mpaki THE parliamentary economic and development cluster committee has recommended that the proposed tobacco and alcohol levies be implemented gradually. This will be done...
Avani gambler wins Toyota Hilux
Bereng Mpaki MASERU’S Ralikoae Mohlatsane on Sunday drove home in a brand-new Toyota Hilux bakkie after winning the grand prize in Avani Lesotho...
Covid vaccination to boost tourism revival – Motsamai
Bereng Mpaki THE ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme will boost the revival of the ailing tourism sector, Tourism, Environment and Culture Minister, Ntlhoi Motsamai, has...
Funding imbalance preventing African NGOs’ effectiveness — report
Staff Reporter THE sustainable development of Africa’s civic society sector is being challenged by an imbalance in international investment, new research has shown. The research...
Back to the office: Bracing for the return of in-person work in business
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Indigenisation laws suspended
move aimed at facilitating revision of some of the contentious clauses Bereng Mpaki THE government has suspended the implementation of the indigenisation laws. Trade...
Vodacom, Mondia in maternal health partnership
Bereng Mpaki VODACOM Lesotho has partnered with international mobile commerce company, Mondia to roll out the mobile communications giant’s Vodacom’s Mum & Baby initiative countrywide....
Alliance partners C-Pay for “convenient premium payments”
Nthatuoa Koeshe ALLIANCE Insurance clients can now pay their premiums using the C-Pay mobile money platform. C-Pay is a product of technological company and electronic...
Runaway costs are difficult to swallow for catering firms in the pandemic
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Generation Z teach us a lesson in entrepreneurial flair for doing business
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Crews union reaches deal on film and TV contract for US workers
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For Fed’s Approval Rating to Go Up, It’s Obvious What Needs to Go Down
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Econet simplifies Ecocash payments
Bereng Mpaki ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) has simplified Ecocash payments by integrating them with different businesses’ point-of-sale (POS) devices. The innovation is meant to...
Letšeng’s diamonds defy Covid-19
Bereng Mpaki THE average price of Letšeng mine’s rough diamonds increased during the first half of 2021 despite the Covid-19 induced global economic slowdown. This...