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'How will we survive?' Lesotho factory that made Trump golf shirts hit hard by US tariffs
BBC
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July 28, 2025
Khanyisile NgcoboBBC News in Maseru ShareSave Production at garment factories in Lesotho, such as TZICC, have ground to a halt in the wake of the US tariff threat A garment factory in Lesotho, which has produced Trump-branded golf shirts, may have...
U.S.-imposed tariffs spelled disaster for this factory that exported clothes to American stores
BNN Bloomberg
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July 30, 2025
MASERU, Lesotho — The deafening roar of hundreds of sewing machines has gone silent. Spools of thread in every color are covered in dust. The warehouse is dark and empty. In the tiny African nation of Lesotho, clothing manufacturer Tzicc’s...
Saving Lesotho's Textiles
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) ONCE a beacon of industrial hope and regional competitiveness, Lesotho's textile and garment sector now stands at a critical crossroads. After decades of steady growth and hard-earned global market share, the country's largest...
Boxers To Represent Lesotho At Continental Games
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) MASERU – Two of Lesotho's rising boxing talents have departed for Algeria to compete in the inaugural African Schools Games, scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 5 in Annaba. The historic event, being held for the...
SA police: No evidence of Lesotho rebel army
African Insider
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July 28, 2025
Commissioner of Police Borotho Matsoso said on 18 July that a group called Malata Naha was giving military training to Basotho youths on South African farms. Photo from Lesotho Mounted Police Service Facebook page The South African Police Service...
Lesotho battles to avert 50% Trump tariff calamity
BusinessLIVE
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Lesotho is engaging with the Trump administration in the hope of clinching a last-minute trade deal to avert what would be a catastrophic 50% tariff on its exports to the US, due to begin this Friday. Lesotho's minister of trade, industry & small...
SA-Lesotho relations | Police probing Basotho 'military' camps
eNCA
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JOHANNESBURG - Police are intensifying investigations into reports of military training camps involving Basotho nationals. Last week, Lesotho police claimed Basotho youth are being recruited for military training in South Africa. Its National...
Sports7 minutes ago FIFA Confirms Nigeria Vs South Africa World Cup Qualifier Venue, Date The world football governing body, FIFA has confirmed that South Africa’s 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria will take place at the Toyota Stadium…
Naija News
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July 28, 2025
According to a communication from FIFA’s Head of Qualifiers and International Matches, Gordon Savic, through the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the Group C encounter will kick off at 5:00 p.m. Nigerian time. The 46,000-capacity Toyota Stadium,...
Lesotho at risk of economic collapse after aid cuts and Trump’s tariffs
South Africa Today
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July 26, 2025
The African Development Bank is urging swift economic diversification, regional trade expansion, and other measures to save Lesotho from economic collapse. In its latest report, the bank says Lesotho’s economic growth could shrink to just 0.5%...
Where are the Basotho military-style camps in South Africa? SAPS has found no evidence
IOL
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The South African Police Service (SAPS) said it has not found any military-style camps training Basotho within South Africa's borders, following assertions by authorities in Lesotho. Last week, IOL reported that authorities in the Kingdom of...
Cries of a nation overwhelmed
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 31, 2025
South Africans are bearing the brunt of undocumented migration, overwhelmed services, and a government slow to respond. Poet Robert Frost in Mending Walls said that good fences make good neighbours. South Africa keeps finding itself in situations...
No trade deal? Trump to slap more tariffs on countries without deals by August 1: Report
The Economic Times
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July 31, 2025
US President Donald Trump is set to authorise a wave of new tariffs on countries that have not secured fresh trade deals with the United States. The orders, due to be signed on Thursday, will impose steep penalties from Friday, targeting nations...
Lesotho sends duo to inaugural African Schools Games
Lesotho Times
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July 25, 2025
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) has only sent two athletes to the 2025 Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) African Schools Games. The inaugural games are scheduled from 26 July to 6 August...
Government, EU Partner to Establish Rwanda as Regional Public Health Leader
KT Press Rwanda
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July 25, 2025
1 Rwanda, in partnership with the European Union and the Team Europe Initiative, has launched the TRIBE-HUB Project, a major initiative aimed at advancing the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC)’s role as a Regional Centre of Excellence (CoE) in public...
Illegal military training | Hawks find no evidence of military camps
eNCA
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JOHANNESBURG - South African intelligence agencies are probing alarming claims about the presence of illegal Lesotho military bases on local soil. READ | Thailand warns of war with Cambodia as 138,000 flee fighting This follows allegations made...
SA, Lesotho investigate Lesotho military camps in SA
East Coast Radio
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Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the issue came up during Saturday's national crime meeting led by National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. The allegations were first reported by IOL earlier this week, and are said to come from...
Lesotho Alleges Illegal Military Training Camps in South Africa, Warns of National Security Threat
South Africa Today
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July 25, 2025
Lesotho’s security forces have raised alarms over alleged illegal military training camps operating on South African farms, where Basotho nationals are reportedly being trained in what authorities describe as a potential threat to the kingdom’s...
Lesotho and India sign digital deal
Lesotho Times
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July 24, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto IN a significant step toward bolstering its digital transformation agenda, Lesotho has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of India to collaborate on the development of Digital Public...
Basotho military-style camps in SA? Police launch investigation
African Insider
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July 27, 2025
Pretoria – The South African Police Service (SAPS) says its intelligence units are on the ground investigating allegations of military-style training camps for Basotho on some South African farms. This follows explosive claims made by Lesotho’s...
Lesotho insists its citizens undergoing military-style training to reclaim land in South Africa
IOL
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Authorities in the Kingdom of Lesotho insist they have credible information about Basotho undergoing military-style training in certain farms within South Africa, as part of the growing campaign to fight for the contentious land in South Africa's...