Category : Business

  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...

  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...