Category : Business

  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....

  Bereng Mpaki THE Institute of Development Management (IDM) has launched a human resources consultancy which will assist employers with modern recruitment services. The IDM...

Bereng Mpaki PRODUCTION came to a standstill in the garment factories this week after workers embarked onto an indefinite nationwide strike over their demands for...

Bereng Mpaki MOTHAE diamond mine’s performance for the first quarter of 2021 is 36 percent lower than last year’s due to the lockdown imposed by...

  Bereng Mpaki POOR product development and inadequate financial investment are hampering the growth of Lesotho’s tourism sector, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has said. He...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO must embrace new partnerships and approaches to reconstruct the textile industry and help it recover from Covid-19. This is according to a...

  Bereng Mpaki COCA-COLA Beverages Africa (CCBA) has acquired a stake in the soft drinks section of the Maluti Mountain Breweries (MMB) through a new...

Nthatuoa Koeshe LETŠENG Diamonds has continued with its impressive performance of recovering top quality diamonds, with the latest find being a high quality 370-carat Type...

Bereng Mpaki LESOTHO’S ban on the importation of poultry products from parts of South Africa which have recorded cases of the deadly avian influenza is...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE government has started paying wool and mohair farmers owed by the Lesotho Wool Centre (LWC) for their fibre auctioned by the company...