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M1 1 billion Solar Power Station launched

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

LIA donates food parcels

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.

SLB promotes entrepreneurship

By Ntsoaki Masoto MASERU Standard 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

MoH aspires for better health system

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

Lesotho aims to suppress HIV/AIDS by 2030

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

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