Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite

After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down

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News | 13 June 2025

US cuts food aid to 36,000 children in Lesotho

About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity

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Feature | 6 June 2025

Lesotho fishing company’s strange “error” on donations

Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth R2.9-million, but actually gave less than R450,000

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News | 4 June 2025

Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

60% of the country’s HIV counsellors have been laid off and the country’s TB programme is faltering

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News | 2 June 2025

Big US-funded chicken project shuts down in Lesotho

Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%

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News | 28 May 2025

The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry

Villagers survive on meagre earnings while big companies make millions

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Feature | 15 May 2025

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls

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News | 13 May 2025

US shuts down massive Lesotho development project

R6-billion American-funded Millennium Challenge Account is on the verge of collapse

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News | 30 April 2025

Fight over fish in Lesotho’s Katse Dam

Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this

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Feature | 22 April 2025