The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority Head Office in Malawi. Photos: Golden Matonga Golden Matonga and Tumpale Ng’ambi A Malawian pharmaceutical supplier was shut down in 2013 after babies died at a hospital where it supplied faulty antibiotics. The company then relaunched under a new name and in 2022 it bought stolen, expired insulin, relabelled
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OnePower’s off-grid system leaves rural communities guessing
‘Malipolelo Leotla shows the OnePower ready board installed in one of her two homes. The board lacks a meter box. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi Residents in some of remote villages in Mokhotlong say they are being charged M5 per kilowatt for off-grid electricity, more than double the M2.08 paid by on-grid
Villagers forced to poop in the open near M454 million Polihali village
The boatmen of Lesotho: a lifeline for villagers
Motlalepula Lethala makes a living by ferrying people in a small aluminium boat across the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho. Screenshot from video: Ashraf Hendricks Sechaba Mokhethi Every day at about 6am, Motlalepula Lethala pushes his small aluminium boat onto the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek. Lethala has ferried people across one
Scott Hospital watched in silence as medical waste dumper lied to villagers
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Five community council members face 28 corruption charges
Sechaba Mokhethi Five Qiloane Community Council members are charged with 28 counts of corruption. Prosecution alleges the council’s quintet collected M98,250 in unauthorised “special fees” from land applicants. Each accused was released on M5,000 bail; trial date to be set on 3 March. Five members of the Qiloane Community Council appeared before the Maseru
25 years ago their land was taken from them. They still haven’t been compensated
The community of Ha Rapokolana was moved for the Mohale Dam which supplies water to South Africa. Chief Rapokolana Theko (on the right) says the authorities have broken their promises to the villagers. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The community of Ha Rapokolana in Lesotho is still waiting for compensation for land
Lesotho’s failed multi-million rand high-altitude sports centre
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho. The athlete’s village at the Rapokolana High Altitude Sports Training Centre is currently occupied by road workers. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi. Sechaba Mokhethi Built in 2005 to
Why Basotho cross the border illegally to SA
With passports delayed for weeks and sometimes months, many Basotho migrants say they are forced to cross rivers into South Africa. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The Department of Home Affairs office has been overwhelmed with snaking queues as thousands returned home to renew their documents over the festive season. Because many of
