Lesotho

The public should brace itself for a significant increase in public transport costs after the government averted a crippling national taxi strike by agreeing to review public transport operators' demands for a 30% fare increase

Stakeholders are harnessing the power of technology to support students with disabilities in the country, with 18 schools and centres receiving Dynamo maths software, clicker 8, board market and smart panel

The Millennium Challenge Corporation, by the US government, approved a 5-year $300 million program for 3 projects, the Health Systems Strengthening, the Market-Driven Irrigated Horticulture and the Business Environment and Technical Assistance

Government officials, civil servants, students from several schools in the vicinity of Thaba-Bosiu have planted five thousand indigenous trees in Ha Ntsane, Thaba-Bosiu, part of the government's effort to restore the ecosystem

Olympian Moroke Mokhotho has launched his Rocket Sports Academy (RoSA) in Ha-Thetsane, Maseru, a platform to prepare boxing and badminton athletes with the assistance of Lesotho Boxing Association and Lesotho Badminton Association

Several associations of civil servants, including nurses, teachers, police, have stated that the government should give them a 25% salary increase or else face the consequences of refusing what in their opinion is a deserved change

Money transfer agent Mukuru Lesotho has launched a new product that will allow customers to send money to 20 different countries, while previously customers in Lesotho could only receive money

Since December, widespread favourable rains have facilitated engagement in the farming season and crop growth; however, high prices of fertilisers, agrochemicals and fuel are stopping households from properly tending their crops, reducing yield prospects

A basketball tournament to highlight the fight against gender-based violence and cyberbullying took place this weekend at the Lehakoe Sports and Recreational Centre

A Geo-Science Laboratory will be built in Maseru Industrial Area; it will be the first in the country and open to totally new job opportunities