By Monaheng Seeiso Rasekoai The legal fraternity has had a mouthful to chew within the past half-decade. There were many laws passed by the legislature which impacted tremendously on the commercial landscape. A few live examples include the Pension Funds Act, the Financial Consumer Protection Act, the Insolvency Act; the Administration of
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How dry spells cripple Lesotho’s hydropower generation
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, shoving the country into a perennial power crisis. The droughts have reduced the water levels at Katse Dam, Africa’s second-largest dam, which powers the turbines at
Slow walk to deliver GH2 talk in Namibia
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 but what mattered was the establishing of a new type of industry that he termed the second industrialisation revolution. Photo: John Grobler John Grobler takes stock of
Dubious debt collection tender under scrutiny
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 a dubious government contract asking the High Court to set it aside. The minister’s critics are questioning her motives and many questions remain unanswered. The country’s
Plans to relocate stinking dumpsite cancelled
A pile of foul smelling waste at Tšosane dumpsite ©photo supplied Billy Ntaote Plans to relocate the foul-smelling Tšosane dumpsite to Tšoeneng were aborted after the Natural Resources and the Law Cluster instructed the Maseru City Council (MCC) to cancel ongoing processes to do so due to a lack of funds. Responding to
How the British company was awarded exclusive rights to Lesotho’s waste
Billy Ntaote Former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s administration awarded a British man, Peter Smith an exclusive 25-year all-waste project agreement for management and processing waste into energy and various products in 2018. The project is touted as a long-lasting solution to a protracted battle between Maseru city residents of areas of Ha
N$18m stolen from SME Bank washed by Mugabe’s ex-pilot
ELIASER NDEYANALE and TIMO SHIHEPO A total of N$18,8 million stolen from SME Bank was transferred to and laundered by former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s ex-pilot and confidant Robert Mhlanga. This is according to court documents filed in South Africa’s Gauteng High Court by SME Bank’s liquidators Ian McLaren and David Bruni. The
The business of waste and politics
Tšosane’s dumpsite is now fuller than ever © Retšelisitsoe Khabo Billy Ntaote A grand waste management plan for Lesotho is yet to get off the ground six years after a lucrative contract was awarded to a company that would clear Maseru’s foul-smelling Tšosane dumpsite, build a new processing plant, and then manage
WASCO mulls booting out a contractor for failure to complete M9.4 million project
Nteboheleng Thamae A M9.4 million project to connect rural homes in Sehlabeng-sa-Thuathe (Thuathe Plateau) to piped water has been abandoned by contractors who are demanding funds to complete the work which, they argue, was increased over the course of the 12-month contract. The government is having none of this saying no
Impact: SADP moves to audit its grants
Matiisetso Mosala Following MNN's exposé of suspected fraud and corruption within the Smallholder Agriculture Development Project (SADP), the project is contracting an independent consultant to examine if the donor-funded grants that have been dispersed to date have been above board. As part of SADP II, the organisation put out a call for
