Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence
Prime Minister says his government is removing obstacles to US investment, including Starlink, in the wake of the tariff hike
News | 10 April 2025
Health Minister confident Lesotho can manage without US funding, but jobs are already being lost
And funding cuts are hitting access to HIV tests and medicines
News | 26 March 2025
The “biggest trout farm in Africa” and the failed R5,000 community fund
Lesotho Highlands aquaculture project offers little in return for its licence
News | 14 March 2025
Elon Musk is trying to do business in Lesotho, the country Donald Trump says “nobody has ever heard of”
And Starlink is not the only US company investing in the kingdom
News | 6 March 2025
“We were told to stop everything immediately”: Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision
Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get
News | 5 March 2025
1,500 Lesotho health workers sent home after US aid suspended
Trump blocking aid threatens vital health services
News | 10 February 2025
Shaggy sheep, ice rats and the future of Joburg’s water supply
Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble
News | 28 October 2024
Follow the water: tracing Lesotho’s uncertain water supply to Johannesburg
The long-term viability of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project faces various threats
Text by Sean Christie. Photos by David Southwood.
Feature | 11 October 2024
SA company signs dubious deal over debt collections in Lesotho
Award of lucrative tender for collecting outstanding student debt being probed by authorities
News | 13 March 2024