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GOVERNMENT TO SPEAK ON SIXTY YEARS LOGO
by LENAOctober 17, 2025October 17, 2025034 Share0 Maseru, Oct. 17 — The Government Spokesperson, Mr. Thabo Sekonyela says Cabinet will give an account of unveiling of the sixty years Lesotho logo next week. Speaking with the Agency on Friday, a...

Lesotho project aims to stop gender-based violence
Women and queer people face violence and discrimination across Lesotho LGBTI pride marchers in Lesotho in 2014. (Cath Mouogo photo courtesy of Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Matrix Support Group / The Hub) An international commission of...

Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in wake of US cuts
HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn’t available. Centers catering to the most vulnerable are shutting...

We are going to the World Cup; Points Deduction Issue is closed- South African FA President
South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan has slammed the door shut on the Association’s of a legal appeal against FIFA’s decision to deduct points from the country’s qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. South Africa...

Bafana Bafana risk FIFA ban following latest move by South Africa's sports minister
South Africa risks FIFA sanctions following the latest move by the Minister for Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie Bafana Bafana have qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, even after forfeiting three points and three goals in the process...

Video: South Africa's sports minister upset with Nigeria: "They must not go to the World Cup"
Nigeria heads to the play-offs, and South Africa's sports minister, Gayton McKenzie, has wished doom for the Super Eagles Bafana Bafana have confirmed their place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, having finished top of CAF group C ahead of Nigeria and...

South Africa's sports minister upset with Nigeria: "They must not go to the World Cup"
Nigeria heads to the play-offs, and South Africa's sports minister, Gayton McKenzie, has wished doom for the Super Eagles Bafana Bafana have confirmed their place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, having finished top of CAF group C ahead of Nigeria and...

Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of U.S. cuts
HA LEJONE, Lesotho -- In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn't available. Centers catering to the most vulnerable are shutting their...

Lesotho's HIV Meltdown: Apparently, Uncle Sam Is the Only Uncle Who Can Afford to Play Global Lifeguard
Yesterday, the Corporate Media and Leftists (but we repeat ourselves) told America children in Myanmar were starving because America is cutting back on USAID. Today, the failure of an HIV program in a small African nation is being blamed on cuts...

Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of United States cuts
HA LEJONE, Lesotho – In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn’t available. Centers catering to the most vulnerable are shutting their...

LESOTHO PARTICIPATES IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE
by LENAOctober 16, 2025October 16, 202508 Share0 Maseru, Oct. 16 — Lesotho is represented at the capacity building on higher education conference known as Potential of Micro-Credentials in Southern Africa (PoMISA) currently going in Mauritius. At...

The AP Blames President Trump's USAID Cuts for Lesotho's Healthcare Struggles
As part of President Trump's "America First" agenda, his administration worked to dismantle USAID and its billions of dollars of wasteful and unnecessary spending. For years, American taxpayers were footing the bill for insane programs across the...

LEFA PRESIDENT PROUD OF LIKUENA
by LENAOctober 16, 2025October 16, 2025031 Share0 Maseru, Oct. 10 — The Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) President, Advocate Salemane Phafane has expressed his gratitude to the Senior National Team Technical staff and players for digging deep...
US Aid Cuts Leave Lesotho’s HIV Care in Crisis, Patients Desperate Amid System Collapse
In Lesotho’s snow-capped mountains, people living with HIV are struggling for survival after sweeping U.S. aid cuts crippled the country’s once-robust health network. Clinics are closing, workers laid off, and patients forced to ration life-saving...

US aid cuts deal a massive blow for the small African nation of Lesotho: Takeaways from AP's report (World)
In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the small country of Lesotho, in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents. Lesotho long had the world’s second-highest HIV infection rate. Over years, with...

Cuts in US foreign aid has left people in Lesotho living with HIV in limbo
A devastating health crisis is unfolding in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho for citizens living with HIV. In the wake of massive United States cuts to foreign aid, women are being forced to trek for hours with their babies only to find...

SAFA’s administrative blunder will not be swept under the carpet – Minister Gayton McKenzie
While South Africans continue to sing Bafana Bafana’s praises, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie says the South African Football Association’s (SAFA) administrative blunder will not go unchecked. The team qualified for the 2026 FIFA...

ZMG-ISUZU LESOTHO OFFICIALLY OPENS
by LENAOctober 16, 2025October 16, 2025011 Share0 Maseru, Oct. 16 — Zakhura Motor Group (ZMG) – Isuzu Lesotho on Thursday officially opened its doors to Basotho at an event held at Ha-Thetsane. The event was officiated by Prime Minister Mr....

International break: How your team's players performed... and who got injured
The October international break has come to an end, with clubs back in action in the Premier League this weekend. It has been a genuinely important international break-- and the last October international window as we know it -- with teams across...

MINISTER OFFICIATES PUBLIC SERVICE DAY
by LENAOctober 15, 2025October 15, 2025045 Share0 Maseru, Oct. 15 — The Minister of Public Service, Mr. Stephen Mputi officiated the 2025 Public Service Day (PSD) games held in Maseru on Wednesday. This after the government stopped holding this...