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Water project agreement up for review
Bereng Mpaki
PREPARATIONS are underway for the review of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) treaty signed between Lesotho and South Africa in the 1980s to ensure Basotho achieve maximum possible benefits from the…
Kao accident victims named
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 Monday.
The eight are four women namely: Limakatso Lelosa, Mamponakae Motake,…
Sophonea tables another static austerity budget
Bereng Mpaki
FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea yesterday presented yet another static M23, 8 billion budget which reiterated his predecessor and current Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s calls for reduced government expenditure to…
Govt to implement “crippling” alcohol and tobacco taxes
Silence Charumbira
ALCOHOL drinkers and smokers will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets after Finance Minister Thabo Sophonea proposed to finally implement the sin tax which will see alcohol and tobacco levies increased…
No salary hike for civil servants
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 2021/22 financial year.
Instead of salary increments, Mr Sophonea unveiled a…
Metsing “shocked” by lack of Covid-19 vaccine budget
Bereng Mpaki
OPPOSITION Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, Mothetjoa Metsing, says he is shocked by the government’s failure to allocate funds to procure Covid-19 vaccines for its citizens.
Mr Metsing was reacting…
Liqhobong upbeat about closing financing deal
Bereng Mpaki
LIQHOBONG diamond mine is confident of concluding a debt restructuring agreement with ABSA, which it says is crucial to its resumption of full-scale mining operations.
If concluded, the mine will suspend repayment of its…
Govt bans bottled water imports
Nthatuoa Koeshe
THE government has with effect from Monday banned bottled water imports for retailers, the Ministry of Agriculture, Marketing and Food Security said this week.
The move comes just a week after the responsibility of all…
Mpilo hotel shuts down permanently
Bereng Mpaki | Nthatuoa Koeshe
LUXURY hotel Mpilo Boutique has thrown in the towel and is shutting down as a result of economic pressures inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The classy hotel is in the property division of business…
Hundreds graduate at Limkokwing
Bereng Mpaki
EIGHT hundred and thirty-three students from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) graduated during the institution’s 10th graduation ceremony.
The pre-recorded footage of the event was later broadcast on…