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Lesotho temporarily bans apple imports The Lesotho government is imposing a temporary ban on the import of apples until after the country's supply has been exhausted. Minister of Agriculture Tefo Mapesela confirmed the development, stating that the Ministry will announce the decision before the end of the week. 'The memo was supposed to have been issued on Monday. However, the public will know about such a memo before the end of the week,' Mapesela said. 'This is still the ministry's effort to protect local producers by giving their products preference, and by so doing enabling them to penetr...

Lesotho temporarily bans import of apples MASERU-THE government is imposing a temporary ban on the import of apples into Lesotho until after the country’s supply has been exhausted. Minister of Agriculture Tefo Mapesela confirmed the development saying the ministry will announce the decision before the end of the week. “The memo was supposed to have been issued on Monday. However, the public will know about such a memo before the end of the week,” Mapesela said. “This is still the ministry’s effort to protect local producers by giving their products preference, and by so doing enabl...

A deadly gun culture MASERU-POLICE say they have sprung into action as criminals seem to be thriving while the rest of the country reels from the troubles of the lockdown. One of the latest cases is that of former Labour Minister Lebesa Maloi, who lost his vehicle at gunpoint this week. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli said robbers hijacked Maloi’s white 4×4 Toyota twin-cab vehicle in Peka, Leribe district, on Tuesday. He did not provide further details of the case, but said the rising cases were worrying and security forces were on the alert. S/Superintendent Mpiti Mope...

MASERU-“IF wishes were horses, beggars would ride,” says an English idiom. For a local illustration look at Montoeli Masoetsa whose wish for Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s ouster came to naught on Monday. The All Basotho Convention (ABC) spokesperson was cocksure that Majoro would be history by the end of the executive committee meeting on Monday. “Nothing new will be added to the previous meeting’s agenda. The main item on the agenda is Dr Majoro’s issue and whatever will be decided shall be final,” he told a local newspaper in a story whose tone seemed to share his certainty...

New date for LTA elections Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Taekwondo Association (LTA) has proposed a new date for its elective annual general meeting which it failed to hold last July. The new proposed date, 13 March 2021, was set during the association’s Saturday meeting. “The date for the elections is 13 March 2021 according to the decision taken during LTA’s recent meeting,” a source close to the matters revealed. However, LTA public relations officer Sek’hok’he Molikoe was reluctant to speak on the matter. He said the election date was yet to be finalised and would be officially ...