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Reflections on the newly promulgated Procurement Act

How dry spells cripple Lesotho’s hydropower generation

Slow walk to deliver GH2 talk in Namibia

Dubious debt collection tender under scrutiny

Plans to relocate stinking dumpsite cancelled

How the British company was awarded exclusive rights to Lesotho’s waste

N$18m stolen from SME Bank washed by Mugabe’s ex-pilot

The business of waste and politics

WASCO mulls booting out a contractor for failure to complete M9.4 million project

Impact: SADP moves to audit its grants

UK-Diamond company that won water and climate awards has been linked to water pollution in Lesotho

MCA hires questionable SADP boss, fires her in one month

Police accused of bungling minor’s case

Botswana water transfer project abandons injured worker

Villagers demand answers over Botswana water transfer scheme

SA company signs dubious deal over NMDS debt collections

Widow’s home destroyed by roadworks in Polihali

Local authorities feast on community compensation funds

A watershed moment for citizens’ privacy and freedom

The stigma of disability

Woman loses house to fire as punishment for dating Polihali contractor

Political appointments cripple Tšepong hospital

Government tactic to silence key witness in forced sterilisation

NGO executives in tax evasion scandal

Invisible wounds of involuntary sterilisation on women living with HIV

Jailed Chinese gang leader comes and goes from prison as he pleases

SADP director’s steady move up the ranks

Rot dashes smallholder farmers’ hopes

Be merciful, don’t publish – LNDC

Factories leave trail of faeces, chemically polluted water in two major towns

Factories dump chemicals into key rivers

Matekane’s M6.7b Letšeng contracts raise alarm on water pollution

We are hiring

Reflections on Lesotho’s 2022 National Assembly Elections

Top Zambian presidential advisor embroiled in police investigation into ‘misdirected’ Sun Pharmaceuticals’ funds.

Lesotho’s Dangerous Water Gamble

Plunder from the East

M205-million spent…still no water for Tsikoane residents

Gone with the wind: Lesotho’s $15-billion energy pipedream

ZAMBIA: TOP HEALTH MINISTRY OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF MEDDLING IN MEDICINE PROCUREMENT

Living in a ‘critical state’: The price of a South African town’s dirty water

‘A tsunami of human waste’ – Half of South Africa’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report

Communities blame Letšeng mine pollution for trail of sickness, death and ‘poisoned pasture’

Exposed: Letšeng secretly admits contaminating water sources

DPP accused of protecting Thabane’s at any cost

An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

Ministry lovers embroiled in controversial NMDS debt collection tender

MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism under attack

Deadly, state-neglected dumpsite cuts live short

TRC Board member resigns…as Peshoane is cleared

Credibility of TRC chairperson questioned

NGO boss accused of diverting projects funds to form a party

Working for Chinese: where sexual harassment is part of the job

TRC boss sent home pending corruption probe

Illegal award of mining licences on LHDA sites blocked

How corruption, politics threw Lesotho into jumping China debt

Former minister uncomfortably close to illegal resale of kangaroo meat

Sandstone producer in ‘illegal’ extension of mining site

Spotlight on sinking school feeding project

ABC MPs trade govt land for cannabis shares

Water, water everywhere…but not a drop to drink

Questionable Chinese firm bungles road blasting

Minister, MPs in govt tractors grab

‘Secret’ M2-billion China deal exposed

Mothae’s bid: a pricing manipulation threat

LEC top official in M12-million corruption scandal

Grissag behind Lesotho’s M2.4-billion loan guarantee rumpus

Questions over contractors in M2.4-billion stadium deal

John embroiled in AD t-shirts brawl

Multinational company captures Lesotho cannabis regulators

Big Lesotho airport upgrade opens old wounds

AD bigwigs feed on rural water project

Financial crisis rocks Blue Cross

Sjamboked: pregnant woman narrates Kao ordeal

Our Stories

How dry spells cripple Lesotho’s hydropower generation

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024

Text by Sechaba Mokhethi Dataviz by Joel Konopo This story was supported by Pulitzer Centre Persistent and severe droughts have drastically curtailed Lesotho’s capacity to produce its own hydropower,

Dubious debt collection tender under scrutiny

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Minister Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane challenges award of NMDS tender to SA company ©Picture supplied Relebohile Khutlang Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane has weighed in on

Plans to relocate stinking dumpsite cancelled

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024

How the British company was awarded exclusive rights to Lesotho’s waste

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

The business of waste and politics

August 21, 2024August 21, 2024

WASCO mulls booting out a contractor for failure to complete M9.4 million project

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024

UK-Diamond company that won water and climate awards has been linked to water pollution in Lesotho

June 11, 2024June 17, 2024

MCA hires questionable SADP boss, fires her in one month

June 5, 2024June 6, 2024

News

Slow walk to deliver GH2 talk in Namibia

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo, cautioning at the summit that overly-optimistic predictions of up to 250,000 jobs by 2030 may not be realistic

N$18m stolen from SME Bank washed by Mugabe’s ex-pilot

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

Impact: SADP moves to audit its grants

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

‘New energy’ rush is stripping DRC’s natural assets

February 6, 2024February 6, 2024

Non-state actors’ solidarity key to media freedom

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

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