Ntsoaki
Masoto
MAFETENG – The Government of Lesotho together
with the People’s Republic of China launched the first ever Solar Power Station
project in the Kingdom of Lesotho, worth M1.1 billion.
The project will
run under the name, Ramarothole 70 Megawatt (MW). According to the Ministry of Energy
and Meteorology Principal Secretary (PS) Themba Sopeng, Ramarothole 70 Megawatt
(MW) solar project was conceptualized around 2015. He said it is the collaboration
between the government of Lesotho and the People’s Republic of China under what
is known as the cooperation agreement which is the forum on Africa Cooperation.
“The project will be a 70MW solar generation project whose first phase is
By Ntsoaki Masoto
MASERU
Lesotho
Institute of Accountants (LIA) handed over food parcels worth M10 000 to St.
Angela Cheshire Home for Disabled Children which is currently taking care of 35
children.
The
move is part of the institute’s annual social responsibility following the letter
received from St. Angela Cheshire Home for Disabled Children, requesting for
donations of any kind.
LIA
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Monyaola Mosoloane explained that they decided
that during these Christmas holidays, they will donate food parcels as a
Christmas gift to the home. “We thought to ourselves that as people are busy
preparing for Christmas, you too should have something to eat,” he said.
By Ntsoaki Masoto
MASERU
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Lesotho Bank (SLB) awarded 8 winners of the Covid-19 Entrepreneur Support
Competition a total of M600 000 in prize money that
is intended to boost their businesses to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19
pandemic.
According
to the press statement released by SLB, the competition was launched on
September 17
th as a response intended to boost businesses to alleviate
the impact of the Covid-19. The winners were in the sector of agribusiness,
retail and services categories.
The
bank also launched this competition to lend a helping hand to assist Basotho
owned businesses that have been impacted negatively by the pandemic in order to
By: Ntsoaki Masoto
MASERU-
The Ministry of Health (MoH) launched the Health Sector Turn Around Strategy on
Thursday that will assist the ministry to realize its aspirations of providing
a good quality health system with accessible facilities and infrastructure that
is affordable to all Basotho irrespective of income, disabilities, geographical
location and wealth.
Speaking
at the launch the Minister of Health Hon. Motlatsi Maqelepo said the overarching policy framework for the
provision of health services in Lesotho is articulated through the Government
of Lesotho National Vision 2020 which provides that the country will have a
good quality health system with facilities and infrastructure accessible and
By Ntsoaki Masoto
MASERU
The
Minister of Health Hon. Motlatsi Maqelepo says Lesotho aims to eradicate
HIV/AIDS by 2030.
Maqelepo
was speaking at the handover report of Lesotho Population-based HIV Impact
Assessment (LePHIA) 2020 to Social Cluster Portfolio Committee on Friday. He mentioned
that in 2015, the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) set a target
for the entire world to reach 90-90-90 by 2020 which projected that 90% of
people living with HIV will know their status of whom 90% will be on treatment and 90% be virally
suppressed.
LePHIA)
preliminary results unveiled earlier this month had established that the
country had fared well in meeting the UNAIDS target. According to the LePHIA