08 April 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi This investigation was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Centre. Est Read Time: 8 min(s) 33 sec(s) Listen to this article: Infants who consume water from Maloraneng Stream could face a potentially deadly threat – suffocation induced by hemoglobinemia disease. This is according to a government [...]
05 Mesa 2024 ka Pascalinah Kabi Liphuputso tsena li entsoe ka thuso ho tsoa ho Pulitzer Centre. Morena oa Maloraneng, Lentsoete Mohai, o re le hoja metsi a phallang nokaneng ea habo ea Maloraneng a bonahala a hloekile matsatsing ana, ho thata ho lumela hore morafo oa Letšeng o ke [...]
03 April 2024 by Limpho Sello Est Read Time: 6 min(s) 8 sec(s) Listen to this article: Molikaliko Health Centre’s Nurse in Charge, Mabokang Damane-Ntsie, discusses the center’s improved access to contraceptives, courtesy of donations from UNFPA, facilitating better Sexual and Reproductive Health services. 32-year-old ‘Mamolemo Fako’s phone alarm rings, reminding [...]
2 April 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi This investigation was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Centre. The 2019 Mining Lease Agreement between Letšeng Diamonds Mine and the Lesotho government carries significant implications for environmental protection. Renewed controversially four years early, this pact binds Letšeng Diamonds Mine to comply with environmental regulations, [...]
27 March 2024 by Limpho Sello Est Read Time: 7 min(s) 42 sec(s) Listen to this article: Nursing mothers from Mokhotlong attend the antenatal clinic at Mokhotlong Government Hospital in March 2024. The frozen dew crackles beneath each step as *Mareitumetse hurries along the path to the Dili-Dili Health Centre in [...]
25 March 2024 by Limpho Sello Est Read Time: 6 min(s) 43 sec(s) Listen to this article: 27-year-old Mampe Motlohi and her three children celebrate being TB-free. Photo Credit: Limpho Sello. Six-year-old Tšepiso Motlohi shyly tilts her head down, attempting to conceal the tears welling in her eyes. However, a single [...]
22 March 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est Read Time: 3 min(s) 56 sec(s) Listen to this article: In 2021, a Metolong girl’s photo was captured while she was scooping water from a well in her village. Photo Credit: Sechaba Mokhethi/CCIJ As Lesotho joins the global community today in observing World Water [...]
20 March 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est Read Time: 5 min(s) 11 sec(s) Listen to this article: ‘Mapontso Lematla (right) and Sephapo Moletsane (left) want the Lesotho High Court to order Letšeng Diamonds Mine to pay them for several years they worked as emergency responders. Two azure strings, meticulously twisted into [...]
19 March 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi As of today, three women from Mokhotlong who failed to appear and present their case against Letšeng Diamonds Mine are now indebted to the mine for an unspecified sum of money. This comes after Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane granted an absolute order in favour [...]
18 March 2024 by Liapeng Raliengoane/Motsamai Mokotjo As Lesotho gears up to host its inaugural Mining Indaba Khotla, there is a pressing need to confront the realities surrounding the country’s mining and environmental laws. This event, scheduled for April 25 and 26, 2024, at the ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre in Maseru, [...]