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Where did the farmers’ M15 million go? Nobody will say

Money is deducted from wool and mohair earnings for a statutory levy, yet Revenue Services Lesotho will not say whether it ever examined how the money was handled. About this seriesThis is the first in a three-part Lesotho Tribune investigation into how BKB and the LWMGA allegedly came to hold M15 million (about US$925,000) that...

Where did the farmers’ M15 million go? Nobody will say

Money is deducted from wool and mohair earnings for a statutory levy, yet Revenue Services Lesotho will not say whether it ever examined how the money was handled. About this seriesThis is the first in a three-part Lesotho Tribune investigation into how BKB and the LWMGA allegedly came to hold M15 million (about US$925,000) that...

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Where did the farmers’ M15 million go? Nobody will say

Money is deducted from wool and mohair earnings for a statutory levy, yet Revenue Services Lesotho will not say whether it ever examined how the money was handled. About this seriesThis is the first in a three-part Lesotho Tribune investigation into how BKB and the LWMGA allegedly came to hold M15 million (about US$925,000) that...

Labour Court halts Geneva disciplinary hearing against Lesane

The Labour Court ruled it has jurisdiction to step in and granted every interim order Rets’elisitsoe Lesane sought, freezing a disciplinary hearing convened against him at Lesotho’s mission in Geneva. THE Labour Court of Lesotho has halted a disciplinary hearing convened against a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations employee at Lesotho’s mission in...

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Flagship objectives of Young Basotho Professionals, corroborated by China development initiatives and Lesotho government policy at the YBPF AGM

THE Young Basotho Professionals Forum held its maiden Annual General Meeting and Strategic Planning Workshop on the 29th and 30th of June 2026. The event gathered emerging professionals, practising professionals, young entrepreneurs, graduands and graduates about to enter the workforce in Lesotho's ailing job market, exploring themes that included, inter alia, leadership, national development (youth...

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Where did the farmers’ M15 million go? Nobody will say

Money is deducted from wool and mohair earnings for a statutory levy, yet Revenue Services Lesotho will not say whether it ever examined how the money was handled. About this seriesThis is the first in a three-part Lesotho Tribune investigation into how BKB and the LWMGA allegedly came to hold M15 million (about US$925,000) that...

Labour Court halts Geneva disciplinary hearing against Lesane

The Labour Court ruled it has jurisdiction to step in and granted every interim order Rets’elisitsoe Lesane sought, freezing a disciplinary hearing convened against him at Lesotho’s mission in Geneva. THE Labour Court of Lesotho has halted a disciplinary hearing convened against a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations employee at Lesotho’s mission in...

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Flagship objectives of Young Basotho Professionals, corroborated by China development initiatives and Lesotho government policy at the YBPF AGM

THE Young Basotho Professionals Forum held its maiden Annual General Meeting and Strategic Planning Workshop on the 29th and 30th of June 2026. The event gathered emerging professionals, practising professionals, young entrepreneurs, graduands and graduates about to enter the workforce in Lesotho's ailing job market, exploring themes that included, inter alia, leadership, national development (youth...

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Where did the farmers’ M15 million go? Nobody will say

Money is deducted from wool and mohair earnings for a statutory levy, yet Revenue Services Lesotho will not say whether it ever...