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Rolling back malnutrition LERIBE-‘Mamatšeliso Motseki’s 15-month-old daughter looked frail. Worried that the child could succumb to malnutrition, she asked for advice and was told of what was supposed to be a simple solution: feed the baby with nutritious food. “It was not easy to do as recommended as I was struggling to make ends meet,” she says. The only thing readily available was spinach that she had planted in her garden. The child’s condition worsened and had to be admitted at a hospital for three weeks. “She really did not look good, it was sad to see her like that,” Mot...

Cardinal Koto Khoarai of Lesotho passes away Created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2016, the retired bishop of Mohale’s Hoek died on Saturday, April 17, at the age of 91. By Robin Gomes Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai was born on September 11, 1929, in Koaling, in the diocese of Leribe, in what was then the British colony of Basutoland.  He was baptized at the age of eleven, on December 12, 1940, at St. Paul's Church in Butha-Buthe.  He studied philosophy and theology at the major seminary of Saint Augustine, in the city of Roma (Lesotho), in the territory of the archdiocese of Maseru, ...

Sister Juliet Lithemba is now a Tourism Hero in Lesotho for her fight against COVID 2 hours ago By mid-April, Lesotho had recorded almost 11,000 cases of the virus with 315 deaths according to WHO. The country launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on 10 March 2021 after receiving vaccines through the COVAX Facility. Some 16,000 doses have been administered so far, mainly to frontline workers.  Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and other partners, authorities have designed targeted messages for specific groups in the community such as th...

When rats came to parliament A Leribe man was recently convicted for keeping a monkey. Six months behind bars or a M200 fine was his punishment. Luckily, the magistrate pitied the man and suspended the whole sentence. He is now back in his village, probably looking for another monkey to charm into being his buddy. He likes exotic pets of such ilk. Muckraker is however disgusted that the police and the court made such a fuss about a man who just wanted to be a friend of a monkey. How such a blossoming friendship became a crime is for the soothsayers to decipher.

Covid hits microfinance sector MASERU-THE microfinance business sector is reeling as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the economy. The sector, which normally assists those individuals who are generally excluded from traditional banking channels, is now almost on its knees. Setlokoane Matete the Public Relations Officer of the Lesotho Microfinance Association (LEMFA), told thepost this week that most businesses which were in their infancy in the industry had collapsed. “They had to close shop. Only those who have been in business for many years are still standing,” Matete said. H...