The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Contingent Force will start deployment into the Kingdom of Lesotho between the 20th to 27th November 2017 for an initial period of six months. The deployment will be officially launched on the 28th of November 2017, at Press Conference in Maseru, Lesotho.

The Chairperson of the Oversight Committee and Head of Mission held a Press conference PRESS RELEASE 18112017 at Avani Lesotho Hotel, Maseru on 19thNovember to brief the Media on the objective of the mission. “The objectiv...

The SADC Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government has approved the deployment of a contingent force comprising of military, security, intelligence and civilian personnel who are expected to support the government of Lesotho.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government was held in Pretoria on Friday to discuss the political and security issues of Lesotho. The summit was chaired by President Jacob Zuma as the Chairperson of regional bloc.

“In the interim,...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is encouraged by the progress towards peace, stability and reforms in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. On Wednesday, the Deputy President, who is also the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Facilitator, visited Ma...

Lesotho’s former prime minister Tom Thabane says the mountainous kingdom is not ready for elections, citing security concerns.

Thabane’s remarks came after the country’s King Letsie moved to dissolve parliament this week after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, who is also the leader of the Democratic Congress (DC) party lost a confidence vote. This, consequently, paved was for an election within three months.

Mosisili had headed a coalition government since a snap election in 2015 that was called in an e...

MINISTRY of Labour and Employment Deputy Principal Secretary Pitso Makosholo says coordination among stakeh...

LESOTHO and other southern African states have been urged to consider switching from secondary to tertiary sector reliance in order to leapfrog the global development cycle

The call was made by the Head of Strategic Research at Nedbank Group, Mohammed Nalla during Tuesday’s corporate breakfast meeting organised by Nedbank Lesotho.

The annual event, which was attended by captains of industry and representatives from the public sector is meant to provide an opportunity to deliberate on the latest busine...