The national soccer team Likuena will face Cote d’Ivoire in the second game of group H TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers tonight, in Dobsonville, Soweto South Africa
The national soccer team Likuena will face Cote d’Ivoire in the second game of group H TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers tonight, in Dobsonville, Soweto South Africa. Likuena is expected to produce a sterling performance to at least earn a point, after losing opening match of the AFCON qualifiers 2-0 to Comoros […]
Qatar is being accused of under-reporting deaths in Gulf’s killer heat
Qatar is being accused of under-reporting deaths in Gulf’s killer heat. Reports say across the Gulf, extreme heat is affecting ever more people, especially millions of migrant workers who go there to support their families back home. Temperatures that go above 50C, due to climate change, can leave workers with life-altering illnesses including heart failure. […]
More than 1,000 monkeypox cases have been identified in dozens of countries where the disease is not endemic
More than 1,000 monkeypox cases have been identified in dozens of countries where the disease is not endemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cases are springing from community transmissions. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing yesterday that, more than one thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox have now been reported […]
Members of Parliament have given the greenlight to the Senate’s Amendments made to the referendum Bill, 2021
Members of Parliament have given the greenlight to the Senate’s Amendments made to the referendum Bill, 2021. The Minister of Law and Justice, Advocate Lekhetho Rakuoane presented this bill for consideration in the national assembly yesterday. The Senate had made nine amendments for consideration by the MPs, where they adopted all but one. Amongst those […]
Central Bank of Lesotho has a new governor. The bank says Dr. Maluke Letete, brings with him, significant experience of the CBL’s mandate to the role, having sat on the Bank’s Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director for more than five years
Central Bank of Lesotho has a new governor. The bank says Dr. Maluke Letete, brings with him, significant experience of the CBL’s mandate to the role, having sat on the Bank’s Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director for more than five years. It says he served as Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister […]
Lesotho has been branded a very unclean country in the African continent by the Environmental Performance Index 2020
Lesotho has been branded a very unclean country in the African continent by the Environmental Performance Index 2020. A Member of the Senate Mr. Mphonyane Lebesa asked the Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship Affairs Mr. Moshe Leoma, if he was aware that Maseru City is unclean, unhygienic and the streets are littered with filth and […]
Kenya’s Independent Electoral Commission-IEC says, an ongoing audit of its voters’ roll has found the names of nearly 250,000 deceased voters on the register
Kenya’s Independent Electoral Commission-IEC says, an ongoing audit of its voters’ roll has found the names of nearly 250,000 deceased voters on the register. Nearly half a million more voters were found to have duplicate records and more than 226,000 people were registered using documents that do not belong to them. IEC’s chairman Wafula Chebukati […]
SA Deputy President David Mabuza says there is no reason at the moment to ask President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign
SA Deputy President David Mabuza says there is no reason at the moment to ask President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. Mabuza said this in response to a parliamentary inquiry into reports of looting on Ramaphosa’s Limpopo farm. Ramaphosa is facing a criminal investigation after reports that he failed to prosecute a $ 4 million theft […]
Prof Olusola Isaac Fajana-The National University of Lesotho’s Vice Chancellor has warned against bringing the university into disrepute.
Prof Olusola Isaac Fajana-The National University of Lesotho’s Vice Chancellor has warned against bringing the university into disrepute. Prof. Fajana was addressing the media at the NUL campus in Roma yesterday, on allegations that the university’s management was hiring illegal migrants. He said freedom of expression should be exercised but within reasonable limits and that, […]
Lesotho Mounted Police Services and the Ministry of Health have appealed to Basotho to donate blood and to encourage others to donate.
Lesotho Mounted Police Services and the Ministry of Health have appealed to Basotho to donate blood and to encourage others to donate. Senior Inspector Phethisang Luka said they have joined forces with the Blood Transfusion Services- LBTS, to help create awareness about safe blood transfusions. Snr Insp. Luka said it is everyone’s responsibility to donate blood and […]