Category : Business

  Rethabile Pitso THE Vodacom Foundation has opened up applications for the second group of its business incubation hub Vodacom Innovation Park (VIP) which is...

  Bereng Mpaki The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has tabled the draft of a new legislation in parliament in an attempt to go...

    Rethabile Pitso THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has revised its CBL rate from 6.25 percent to 6.75 percent in response to the...

  LESOTHO National Development Corporation (LNDC) Chief Executive Officer Kelebone Leisanyane recently completed his first year at the helm of the government-owned investment and trade...

  Bereng Mpaki THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast economic growth of only 2.5 – 3 percent for Lesotho in 2016, which it said...

  Bereng Mpaki BUTHA-BUTHE – The Butha-Buthe branch of the Basotho Poultry Farmers Association (BAPOFA) received a grant of M473 500 from South African mining...

  JOHANNESBURG – Years of rapid economic growth across sub-Saharan Africa fuelled hopes of a prosperous new era. To many, the continent was emerging with...

  Staff Reporters Lesotho faces possible economic paralysis in 2016 due to a combination of political and environmental challenges saddling the country as well as...

JOHANNESBURG – In the next year, given the choice, one in four global Millennials would quit his or her current job and do something different,...

  Rethabile Pitso Trade expert Nkareng Letsie believes decisions made early this month during the 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Kenya would...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli Trade and Industry Minister Joshua Setipa has hailed the 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held in Nairobi, Kenya...

  Rethabile Pitso FINANCIAL Intelligence Unit (FIU) Legal and Information Officer Mofokeng Ramakhala says there are working on a draft law to compel financial institutions...

  By Nkau Matete Christmas time always brings hype and irrational expenditure. For the lucky few who work in the private sectors, bonuses are paid...

    Rethabile Pitso A CALL has been made for government and other stakeholders to create an enabling environment for the sale of horticultural products...

  Staff Writer PARAGON Diamonds says it will negotiate directly with the government of Lesotho to keep its proposed acquisition of Mothae Diamond Mine alive....

  Rethabile Pitso LESOTHO is set to establish its first stock exchange on the 22 January 2016, Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) Senior Marketing Developer...

  Rethabile Pitso Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) Public Relations Manager Masilo Phakoe says a database facility aimed to foster partnerships between Lesotho and South...

  NEW YORK – Three finance ministers in five days: those two numbers just aren’t adding up for traders of South Africa’s rand. Firing one...

  Rethabile Pitso THE Vodacom Foundation on Monday officially launched its business incubation hub, Vodacom Innovation Park (VIP), which is meant to mentor up-and-coming entrepreneurs....

  Rethabile Pitso THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) on Monday donated 166 computers to the National University of Lesotho (NUL) in a ceremony held...

  Rethabile Pitso THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has set the newly-introduced CBL Rate at 6.25 percent to align the cost of borrowing and...

  Rethabile Pitso SHOPRITE has partnered with Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) to offer a domestic money transfer service through the supermarket chain’s outlets countrywide. The...

  Rethabile Pitso THE Bankers Association of Lesotho (BAL), on Monday, launched a fraud awareness campaign in Maseru to alert depositors in particular and the...

  By Hu Dingxian THE long awaited sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), to be held from 4 -5 December 2015...

  Gaborone – Arid Botswana has finalised a deal with South Africa and Lesotho to tap some of the water from the Lesotho Highlands Water...

  THE festive season beckons, which is a time characterised by a surge in retail transactions. Unfortunately, cases of card fraud also increase during the...

  . . . launches localised credit card facility Rethabile Pitso NEDBANK Lesotho has become the first bank in the country to offer a localised...

  Staff Writer ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) and Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) will today launch a new mobile money platform that enables their customers to...

  Rethabile Pitso QHOKO Masokela drove away from Masianokeng Service Station in Maseru with a brand new Totoya Etios on Saturday after winning a Total...

  Staff Writer PARAGON Diamonds on Monday warned of “material uncertainty” over its financial position until a funding package is secured. The Alternative Investment Market-listed...