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Lesotho PM fires two ministers
01/31/2012 11:55 AM

Maseru - Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili Tuesday sacked two ministers and a deputy minister amid divisions within the ruling party ahead of polls expected later this year.

Lesotho: Economy Catches Flu - From South Africa's Sneeze
01/24/2012 11:53 AM

Africa Renewal (United Nations)-For decades the mountain kingdom of Lesotho has relied heavily on South Africa to advance - until now. South Africa's economic difficulties are placing Lesotho's economy at a crossroads, as the government struggles to push big rocks up the mountain to balance the national budget.

Lesotho: Ban On Women Chiefs in Lesotho Must End
01/18/2012 08:03 AM

OSISA (Johannesburg)-The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today joined the fight to repeal parts of Lesotho's discriminatory Chieftainship Act, which only allows the first-born son to succeed to chieftainship, by filing submissions in a landmark case that is due before the country's Constitutional Court next month.

Olympic team to train in Wrexham
01/18/2012 05:06 AM

Officials welcome news that the Lesotho Olympic team will base their pre-games training camp in Wrexham.

Another Lesotho dance for Jojo
01/19/2012 08:32 AM

Touted as Botswana's next biggest thing in ethnic music, Rejoyce 'Jojo' Gaonakala will get a chance to broaden her fan base in Lesotho when she performs at a two-day Cultural Exchange Festival during the Easter holidays in April.

Stolen Lesotho livestock recovered
01/20/2012 10:30 AM

More than 1 000 sheep, goats, cattle and horses that were allegedly stolen in Lesotho have been recovered in the Drakensberg mountains, KwaZulu-Natal police say.

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Champions Polo in Brazil with St. Regis Connoisseur Nacho Figueras & Prince Harry
02/01/2012 07:05 AM

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announces today that the St. Regis brand will expand its partnership with Sentebale, by joining the charitable polo match played in Brazil for the first time this March.

Sao Tome beat Losotho in 2013 tie
01/15/2012 11:24 AM

Sao Tome e Principe beat Lesotho 1-0 in the first leg of a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Lesotho nationals held for murder
01/06/2012 06:41 AM

Five men have been arrested in Rustenburg for the murder of a Lesotho couple, North West police said on Friday. The five, also from Lesotho, allegedly killed the couple at a house in the town's Boitekong suburb on December 12, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

Lesotho travel flap scraps African Cup qualifier
01/08/2012 01:15 PM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- The first qualifier for the 2013 African Cup of Nations has been postponed because Lesotho's team was unable to travel to Sao Tome e Principe in time for Sunday's game.