Category : Business

  Rethabile Pitso THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) held a consultative meeting with various stakeholders on Monday to gather views ahead of a rebranding...

  GABORONE — Botswana’s mining industry faces further job losses as it reels from the global slump in commodities, with copper miner BCL set to...

  Bereng Mpaki NEDBANK Lesotho has opened a new branch in Teyateyaneng, Berea as part of its ambitious plan to widen its reach to customers...

Ratings agency Moody’s has placed South Africa on review for downgrade, which could lead to it being declared a junk country. While Finance Minister Pravin...

  Bereng Mpaki THE government is in the process of revoking nine mineral prospecting licenses after the holders failed to begin exploration work, Minister of...

  Rethabile Pitso METROPOLITAN Lesotho showered top-performing students and schools in the 2015 academic year with prizes worth M250 000. The prizes, which were handed...

  Bereng Mpaki FIRST National Bank Lesotho (FNBL) Chief Executive Officer Martin Knollys says he has a “personal mission” to ensure Basotho derive maximum benefit...

  Bereng Mpaki RETIREMENT planning is an area most people tend to overlook during their time of employment yet it is an inevitable part of...

  Barclays said it will sell down the stake in its Africa business and reorganise the company into two divisions, as fourth-quarter profit fell by...

  . . . as govt explores alternative sources of income Bereng Mpaki SOUTH African Customs Union (SACU) revenues to the fiscus are set to...

  Rethabile Pitso MOSHOESHOE I International Airport is set for a major upgrade following the inking of a M232.56 million financing agreement between the government...

  Rethabile Pitso AVANI Lesotho hotel group has received an award for sales excellence in 2015 from its parent company Minor Hotel Group (MHG). This...

  Bereng Mpaki THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has introduced a new M200 bank note which will go into circulation in April this year....

  Bereng Mpaki MALUTI Mountain Brewery (MMB) Managing Director Tom Mpedi says the company’s youth entrepreneurship development programme Kickstart has made a significant impact in...

  Bereng Mpaki THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Lesotho’s economy is “speeding towards a fiscal cliff”, adding that the Mountain Kingdom still...

  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....