Category : Business

Nthatuoa Koeshe SCENERY Guest Houses launched a new application which allow guests to do their bookings from where ever they are while at the same...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO businesses have expressed mixed reactions to the 1 percent value added tax (VAT) increase effected on 1 April in response to Finance...

Lijeng Ranooe THE World Bank has ranked Lesotho 10th on the list of African countries in its recent Ease of Doing Business 2018 report. The...

Bereng Mpaki REPRESENTATIVES of the Maseru Securities Market (MSM) have bemoaned the fact that there is still no registered company on the bourse despite road...

Bereng Mpaki THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lesego Makgothi says Lesotho and Turkey are committed to implementing the Economic Cooperation Agreement that the two countries...

Article by Maletsie Letsie (Labour Inspector- Industrial Relations Section) SEVERANCE PAY AN employment relationship is bound to end; either at the initiative of an employee...

Bereng Mpaki THE Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Mahala Molapo, says the government has made progress towards the expansion of orchards around the country...

Mohalenyane Phakela A COALITION of seven trade unions is demanding a minimum wage of M2000 for all workers. This translates into a 47 percent salary...

Bereng Mpaki PRELIMINARY results of the ongoing coal explorations in Qhalasi in the district of Mohale’s Hoek suggest that Lesotho could soon have its first...

Lijeng Ranooe THE Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing has signed an agreement with Meraka Lesotho Abattoir (Pty) Ltd that seeks to guarantee...

Bereng Mpaki THE 910 carat diamond that was recovered at Letšeng Diamond Mine in Mokhotlong in January this year, was this week sold for a...

Bereng Mpaki THE Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB) is seized with the unification of the industry to ensure that farmers arrest production costs, Chief Executive...

THE restructuring of Econet’ Sales and Distribution department under the new leadership is now bearing sweeter fruits.  Victor Mashape, Econet’s General Manager Sales and distribution,...

Bereng Mpaki A LOCAL mining company led by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s son, Potlako, is in the final stages of prospecting for gems and expects...

Nthatuoa Koeshe LOCAL retailers including the franchises of South African retail giants, Shoprite and Pick ‘n Pay, were this week forced to remove from their...

Nthatuoa Koeshe VODACOM Lesotho Managing Executive, Rashid Tar-Mahomed, has said the organisation is committed to ensuring that Basotho access world class technology and services with...

 SOMETHING exciting has been happening at the Econet Call Centre in recent months. With more agents, it now takes just a few rings for your...

Bereng Mpaki REEZWANA Sumad, a research analyst from the Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank in South Africa, says Lesotho’s cost cutting measures presented in the...

Pascalinah Kabi THE government has increased Value Added Tax (VAT) from 14 to 15 percent as part of measures to increase its revenue base in...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE government has introduced several measures, among them the launch of a standards institution to certify local products for the domestic and international...

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government has slashed the budget for international trips and cabinet ministers will now be required to submit to Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane,...

Bereng Mpaki THE Chief Executive Officer of Lesotho Postbank, Molefi Leqhaoe, has welcomed the move by government to consolidate its financial assistance towards development of...

..as some ministries’ budgets are increased and others slashed Mohalenyane Phakela THE national budget for the fiscal year 2018/19 which was presented by the Minister...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE government is committed to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda by ensuring that the health sector offers universal health coverage to all...

’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION parties have expressed their disappointment with the budget presentation for the 2018/19 financial year. Former Prime Minister, Pakalitha Mosisili, said the budget...

Tsitsi Matope THE Lesotho mining industry remains a preserve of a few foreign investors, half a century after the country gained independence in 1966. In...

Bereng Mpaki THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a bleak picture of Lesotho’s short-term economic prospects characterised by slower than expected growth on the...

 Mohalenyane Phakela THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Keketso Rantṧo has accused the garment factory operators of failing to improve the working conditions at the...

Bereng Mpaki SMARTEL Money is set to make history as the first ever locally developed mobile money issuer company in Lesotho when it launches operations...