2017

Malnutrition and abject poverty are two things associated with the African continent. But if you take a seat and search through the obesity index of the continent, you will discover a data that is very discouraging. For example, Libya was ranked the 20th most obese country globally. It has a percentage of 33.10 percent while next is Egypt, followed by Tunisia and then South Africa with 28.9%, 27.10%, and...

Lesotho’s economy grew in the third quarter of 2017 thanks to the output from the mining sector, the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has told. The CBL however, said that at the same tame the manufacturing sector experienced a decline. The first deputy governor for the CBL, Masilo Makhetha, was this week at a committee which analyses global, regional, domestic economic trends and the financial market...

The three countries which are members of Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) joined hands with Lesotho in a bid to sign an agreement for the construction of water supply. The mega project is estimated to cost $2.3 million and will be funded by the African Development Bank. ORASECOM consists of South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, and Botswana. The ministers responsible for water supply from all the four...

Did you know that in 2016 in a joint effort to share a vision for the future generation, 193 global leaders held a conference on sustainable development and set up 17 sustainable goals? Well, after the meeting, each country was to implement these goals and Lesotho isn’t an exception. Lesotho’s Vodacom company value humanity and in this process the company is trying to achieve goal 13 of the 17...

People have always viewed restaurants as a place of having breakfast, lunch or dinner or a location for hosting crucial meetings. Some of the restaurants in Maseru denies that notion and delivers above their expectations at times. However, most of them work to satisfy their primary target. The following are some of the restaurants in Maseru Lesotho. Regal restaurant It’s mostly preferred by the...

For you to gain maximum from your holiday tours, you need prior knowledge of your destination. The prior insight of what you’re likely to find at the visiting place is paramount. Lesotho is one of the countries with rich tourist attraction sites. Once you visit some specific areas in Lesotho, you’ll have the urge to revisit it.  Here are just but a few places that are frequently visited in...

The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane said that water has become the new gold during her speech at the Infrastructure Investment Summit launch in Rosebank on Monday 06 November 2017. She remarked that it is costing approximately R14 billion to deal with the backlog of water and sanitation infrastructure and if there are no drastic changes the economy could be affected by lack of...

Reforming to Create Jobs, is an annual publication of the World Bank Group. It is the 15th edition of a series of annual reports assessing the regulations that improve business activity and the ones that constrain it. It does so by presenting quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights. These indicators are compared across countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe...

Sefalana managing director Chandra Chauhan said that they are currently exploring other sites in Maseru for additional store opening due to the potential of the mountain kingdom’s market. He made his statement while presenting their financial results for the year ended April 30, 2017. Sefalana operates 3 Hyper Stores, 25 cash and carry shops and 22 retail shops that trade under Shoppers...

Located at 3,222 metres of altitude, The Ski Restaurant overlooks the slopes of Afriski, Lesotho’s only ski resort, and actually only one of the two on sub-Saharan Africa. The restaurant is so high up that the waiter seemed to be out of breath after making his way to get the orders. We left from Johannesburg early on a July morning and after crossing the border at Caledonspoort we were welcomed by...