18 October 2023 by Pascalinah Kabi Acting Director of Lesotho Meteorology Services, Mokoena France. Credit: Internet On 6 September 2023, African leaders passed a landmark Declaration that calls on the world’s largest polluters to fulfil their financial commitments to Africa. The Nairobi Declaration also calls on development partners to intentionally [...]
17 October 2023 by Pascalinah Kabi Ho ea ka mokhatlo oa loanelang litokelo tsa basali naheng ea Lesotho (WILSA), ke basali ba 470 ba phelang le kokoana-hloko ea HIV, ba ileng ba ntšoa lipopelo ba sa tsebe, kapa ba hapelletsoe ke lingaka ho ntša lipopelo ka lebaka la boemo ba [...]
On 12-13 October 2023, Lesotho hosted a water and hydrogen conference in its capital Maseru. The two-day gathering brought together local and international stakeholders to explore possible economic opportunities for Lesotho, with a particular focus on how Lesotho can better monetise its abundant water resource. 2 0 [...]
12 October 2023 by Pascalinah Kabi From left to right: National Assembly Speaker Tlohang Sekhamane, Naturals Resources Minister Mohlomi Moleko, Prime Minister Samuel Matekane and Metsi ke Bophelo Director Mashudu Ramano sit together during the opening of Water Expo in Maseru today. Credit: Ramafahla Thamae. As the number of people with [...]
09 October 2023 by Pascalinah Kabi The whir of a tractor roars into life in Ha Raliile, a small village nestled in the Sehlabeng plateau in Berea. The tractor belongs to farmer and businessman Thabiso Mokone. Mokone trades in renting the tractor to other farmers in the area and, selling fresh [...]
09 October 2023 by Teboho Lebesa International Women’s Peace Group on Peace Committee chairperson, ‘Malejaka Letooane, and member, ‘Mantopi Lebofa, attended the Summit in South Korea in September 2023. Credit: IWPG According to 2018 Lesotho survey on violence against children and youth, one in seven women aged 18 years and older [...]
Parliament’s Natural Resources Committee finds MoU between government and Metsi ke Bophelo grossly flawed, recommends postponement of linked Water Expo pencilled for 12-13 October 2023. 6 October 2023 by Pascalinah Kabi Natural Resources Minister Mohlomi Moleko says his ministerial team will meet on Monday to decide the future of Water Expo. [...]
One a hotheaded young man who did not believe in the power of medicinal plants, Thabo Letele is now a renowned traditional healer encouraging his peers to engage in a climate smart harvesting of traditional medicines in Lesotho. 1 0 [...]
18 August 2021 by Pascalinah Kabi At least twelve life-saving medicinal plants face extinction in Lesotho. The twelve are Othonna natalensis, Othonna natalensis (Elephant’s root), Hypoxis hemerocallidea (African potato or star flower), Dicoma anomala (stomach bush), Pentanisia prunelloides (broad-leaved pentanisia), Bulbine narcissifolia (star-leaved bulbine), Eriocephalus tenuifolius (wild rosemary), Alepidea amatymbica [...]
As African countries grapple with effects of climate change, African leaders met in Nairobi, Kenya and signed a Nairobi Declaration, 2023. The Declaration, among others, calls on African Union Commission to develop an implementation framework and roadmap for this Declaration and to make Climate Change an AU theme for the [...]