Supreme Court sceptical over legality of Donald Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs

The US Supreme Court justices expressed scepticism on Wednesday over the legality of US President Donald Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs, as oral arguments began in a case that will have far-reaching implications for his economic agenda. The...

Airlink suspends flights from Joburg to Maseru

Regional carrier Airlink has suspended flights from Johannesburg to Maseru due to a lack of regulated emergency response capability. The airline confirmed the suspension in a statement released on Wednesday. It said that the Moshoeshoe I...

WATCH | IEC unveils plan for 2026 Local Government Elections

The Electoral Commission (IEC) is unveiling its plans ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections (LGE) in November next year. The upcoming polls come as municipalities across the country face worsening service delivery challenges, including...

LESOTHO, UN WOMEN STRENGTHEN TIES TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUALITY 

by LENANovember 4, 2025November 4, 2025025 Share0 Maseru, Nov. 04 — The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. Matjato Moteane, on Tuesday received a courtesy call from Ms. Anna Mutavati, the United Nations (UN) Women...

Are Cuban doctors being trafficked around the world by their government?

Cuban doctors arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, June 8, 2020, after traveling to Italy to help with the COVID-19 emergency response. | Ismael Francisco / Pool via AP On July 4, 2025, Republican Rep. Mark Green of...

IEC prepares for 2026 local elections with 508 registered parties

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) deputy chief electoral officer, Masego Sheburi, says the Commission has registered 62 new political parties since the 2024 national and provincial elections, bringing the total number of registered...

Ramaphosa names new commissioners to lead IEC ahead of elections

The new commissioners will serve for seven years. President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The Presidency stated that Ramaphosa made the appointments in accordance with...

Kingston grandmothers helping African counterparts

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News According to Anne Richards, a retired nurse and cofounder of the Kingston Grandmother Connection, food insecurity and housing are issues in the fourteen sub-Saharan countries they support, and Lesotho is one...

Hundreds killed by Tanzanian police as youth lead uprising against the government

Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators have been killed by the police and the army after days of protests over Tanzania’s disputed election, which incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared to have won with nearly 87 per cent of the...

King of Kingdom of Lesotho arrives in Doha to participate in 2nd World Summit for Social Development

Doha: HM King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho arrived in Doha on Sunday to participate in the Second World Summit for Social Development, hosted by the State of Qatar from 4 to 6 November. His Majesty and the accompanying delegation were...

SADC: Tanzania elections were neither free nor fair

SADC Election Observers during a training on October 19, 2025./FILE The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) says the recently concluded Tanzania elections fell short of the threshold of being declared free and fair. The SADC Observer...

Tanzania president inaugurated as African observers point to 'intimidation'

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated on Monday, even as the opposition labelled it a "sham". This comes as African observers said Tanzanian citizens had not been able to "express their democratic will", citing intimidation,...

SADC poll observers term Tanzania elections flawed, voters denied democratic will

Supporters of ACT-Wazalendo (Alliance for Change and Transparency) party march during a protest in Kigoma on October 30, 2025 a day after Tanzania's presidential and legislative elections. Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout...

SADC says Tanzania voting did not meet bloc's principles for democratic elections

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard] Tanzanian citizens could not "express their democratic will" in elections last week, African observers said Monday in a first report citing intimidation, censorship, and lack of an...

Lesotho textile workers march against US-tariff job losses

Hundreds of textile workers marched in Lesotho's capital Friday in protest against massive job losses caused by US-imposed tariffs on exports. The Trump administration slapped the small southern African nation with 50 percent tariffs -- the...

Nigeria’s AI Vision Stumbles on Funding, Law Gaps as Africa’s Policy Divide Widens

Advertisements Nigeria has become one of Africa’s biggest countries with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Its engineers are building local language models, universities are opening robotics labs, and global partners, from Google to the...

The China Summit Revealed the Limits of Trump’s Tariff War

This commentary originally appeared in Fortune. The views expressed are the authors’ own. While President Trump’s unorthodox deal making style has intentionally resembled a “bull in a china shop,” it was more like a placid cow in a field last week...

Education and evidence: Building a numerate, responsible citizenry for the future

How do we change our environment, life situation and political economy? This change can be achieved through education. By training our minds and achieving capabilities and capacity not only to change the current but to project into the future we...

PENSION FUND UNIQUELY DESIGNED – RAPAPA

by LENANovember 5, 2025November 5, 2025056 Share0 MASERU – The Minister of Education and Training (MoET), Professor Ntoi Rapapa says, Public Officers’ Defined Contribution Pension Fund is uniquely designed. He said this when officiating the third...

Lesotho’s asset recovery unit shut down after implicating top officials

Lesotho’s asset recovery unit has been disbanded as “not properly gazetted”. The unit’s shut down comes a month after it revealed irregular land allocations to senior officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara, former ministers and...