Lesotho News

Lesotho is shining once again. The worlds fifth largest diamond has recently been found at the Letseng Mine and is the largest to date in Lesotho’s history. This 6.4-ounce rough stone is about the size…

Lesotho is fast becoming a palaeontologists haven with already 6 major Dinosaur finds between the years 1970 and 2016. Just recently, massive footprints of a mega-carnivore that was said to be roaming around Southern…

Farmers Defy The Odds In Lesotho   After the support they were receiving from WFP ended in November 2013, the farmers of Ha-Mohapi village defied the odds and worked to produce a flourishing fruit tree plantation. The…

Dinosaur With Bones Shaped Like A Cross Gets Sesotho Name   According to Senior Researcher Jonah Choinier e, Ph.D. of the University of the Witwatersrand Sefapanosaurus would have looked similar to Aardonyx. Image by:…

Public-Private Partnership Improves Health Care in Lesotho Clinical services and patient outcomes improved at a hospital network in Lesotho after its operations were shifted from the government to a public-private partnership, a new study…

Lesotho Garden wins People’s Choice Award at Chelsea Flower Show   Lesotho inspired garden ‘Hope in Vulnerability’ has been voted by the British public as their favourite garden awarding Matt Keightley the People’s Choice…

Lesotho Launches Women Leader’s Sports Development Programme Lesotho’s Minister of Sports Mathibeli Mokhothu on Tuesday launched Future Olympic Women Leaders’ Development (FOWLD) programme in Maseru as part of empowering women through sports.…

International School Meals Day: When Two Meals A Day Matter Most WFP provided school meals to nearly 250,000 children in preschools and schools in Lesotho in 2014 while 190,000 children received two meals a…

German Varsity Launches Students’ Empowerment Project     The Leuphana University in Germany has, in collaboration with the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) and the Lesotho National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific…

Local Students’ Idea Improving Lesotho Technology     CLEVELAND — Two college classmates are discovering that a good idea can really take you places. Their desire to help people in underdeveloped countries is already…

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Trout farming in Lesotho an export success   Roderick Macleod IF you were thinking of an ideal location on which to base a commercial fish farm, you wouldn’t necessarily think of the mountainous land-locked…

Vodacom Launches LTE Connectivity In Lesotho   Vodacom has launched the Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in Lesotho. According to Vodacom, the service will bring high-speed mobile internet to the people of the Mountain…

Glyndwr Uni To Develop Netball & High Altitude Training In Lesotho     Glyndŵr University will play a major role in developing netball in Lesotho and its students will have the opportunity to spend…