Standard Lesotho Bank will tomorrow host a career expo at the ’Manthabiseng Convention Centre for high school students who will sit for their final exams this year. The 14th Annual Standard Lesotho Bank Career Expo was launched in Mokhotlong on Monday where the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) welcomed students in areas around the Polihali …
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TEN start-up companies were awarded about M130 000 each as capital at a ceremony held at the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology yesterday. The companies include Rosemore Couture, Techno Map ICT Company, Nkhekhe Innovative Solutions, Travel Tag Lesotho, Weekly Observer Electronic Newspaper, Media Lab Multimedia, and Green Lovers.
Lesotho this week banned the importation of tomatoes and apples from South Africa. The ban, which became effective from Tuesday, will run for two months. The Ministry of Agriculture said it had stopped issuing out import permits for the two fruits starting Tuesday. The ministry said a recent study had showed that the country has …
BASOTHO will finally have chicken on their dinner tables after the government lifted a ban on poultry products from South Africa imposed four months ago. The Department of Livestock Services said the decision was with effect from yesterday. Keneuoe Lehloenya, who is the Director of Livestock Services, said the department had decided to lift the …
THE Lesotho Diamond Academy has introduced mining short courses, particularly to ex-mineworkers, to help them re-enter the mining sector. The Essential Introductory Courses, which will run for two weeks, will start from June this year. The courses are meant particularly for people who worked in mines in South Africa.
THE Lesotho Post Bank donated uniforms to students at Leqele High School worth a staggering M60 000 as part of its Back-To-School campaign. The bank said it did this “to keep needy children in school and to promote their education”.
MAMELLO School of Special Needs is the first-place winner of Standard Lesotho Bank’s Scaled-Up Pitching Den held at Maseru Avani on Tuesday. The school has secured a grand prize for an all-expenses-paid trip to Kenya to participate as a finalist representing Lesotho at the Standard Bank Africa Awards.
STANDARD Lesotho Bank is set to host the Scaled-Up Pitching Den on Tuesday. The event is aimed at fortifying support and fostering regional integration for Basotho entrepreneurs across Africa. The bank says the idea is to promote Basotho entrepreneurs and catalyze business growth.
MOSIUOA Kitime, 28, paid with his life for daring to run away from an initiation school earlier this month. His alleged murderers, Tšepo “Sepamo” Phohleli, 34, of Ha-Nkhema in Nazareth, and the 28-year-old Seabata “Khumama” Moremoholo of Bela-Bela in Berea, appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with murder.
CHRISTMAS came early for orphans housed at the ’Malibuseng Orphanage in Maseru East after Limkokwing University of Creative Technology handed over a newly refurbished home to the children. The house was renovated by two construction companies, EL Condor Construction and Eagle’s Construction.
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