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Trade minister states Lesotho shifts away from US market
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN) Lesotho is actively moving away from relying on the US as a major export destination due to high tariffs and changing buyer preferences, according to Mokhethi Shelile, the country’s Minister of Trade, Industry, and Small Business....
South Africa Presents No Threat to US Economy
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN) South Africa has dismissed suggestions that it presents any commercial risk to the United States’ economy or national interests, stating that Washington’s assertions about a “trade deficit” fail to account for American advantages in...
U.S. Tariffs Threaten African Economies
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A Ghanaian economic analyst has warned that African nations are set to experience harmful effects due to the current tariff conflict instigated by the United States. Leslie Dwight Mensah, an economist affiliated with the Institute for...
Lesotho Announces Two-Year Disaster Due to 30 Percent Jobless Rate
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Lesotho has announced a two-year state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment triggered by a steep U.S. tariff introduced under President Donald Trump. Deputy Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara declared the emergency after the...
Lesotho Declares State of Disaster Over Unemployment
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Lesotho has announced a two-year state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment rates triggered by US President Donald Trump’s April decision to apply a 50 percent tariff on imports from the African country. This drastic measure...
Undernutrition crisis: how Lesotho’s infants are falling behind
EIN Presswire
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July 24, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, July 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A revealing new study has uncovered a critical public health concern in Lesotho: widespread undernutrition among children aged 6 to 24 months. Researchers found stark...
Minister Dion George concludes G20 environment and climate sustainability working group second technical meeting
South African Government
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July 21, 2025
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has concluded the second technical meeting of the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG), with the launch of his G20 Legacy Project: The Pangolin...
Minister Gayton McKenzie: Sport, Arts and Culture Dept Budget Vote 2025/26
South African Government
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July 16, 2025
It has been a year since I first stood as a Minister to table a budget to this House, having been given a chance by His Excellency, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, to make me part of his Cabinet. In that action he showed that second chances matter, not...
Ministers Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Pemmy Majodina attend SADC 43rd Joint Meeting of Ministers responsible for Energy and Water sectors in Zimbabwe, 3 to 4 Jul
South African Government
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July 3, 2025
The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa together with the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Ms Pemmy Majodina are set to attend the upcoming 43rd Joint Meeting of Ministers responsible for Energy and Water sectors, hosted...
Lesotho formally accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
World Trade Organization
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May 20, 2025
DG Okonjo-Iweala said: "I deeply appreciate Lesotho's commitment to the WTO and to supporting the implementation of this historic agreement. We are now very close to breaking new ground in safeguarding livelihoods and food security and securing...
Food4Education Urges African Governments to Make School Feeding a Right, Not a Privilege
EIN Presswire
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June 16, 2025
This Day of the African Child, nearly 60 million African children risk going hungry in school as government funding falls short. NAIROBI, KENYA, June 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As Africa marks the Day of the African Child under the African...
Sport, Arts and Culture on Khoi and San ancestral human remains and repatriation of those who died in exile
South African Government
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June 10, 2025
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), in close partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and the Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DMV), is proud to announce two pivotal initiatives:...
Sport, Arts and Culture briefs media on repatriation of ancestral and exile remains, 9 Jun
South African Government
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June 8, 2025
The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Gayton Mckenzie and Deputy Minister Peace Mabe will hold a press briefing on Monday, 9 June 2025, at 10:00, to provide an update on two important national initiatives dedicated to remembrance,...
Trade, Industry and Competition on agreement with Lesotho to enhance trade and investment
South African Government
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June 4, 2025
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and the Lesotho’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development have agreed to enhance trade and investment, to advance shared interests. This emanated from a meeting which was...
A foreign policy that always faces forward
South African Government
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August 25, 2025
Dear Fellow South African, Last week our country participated in the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan. This is an important forum for strengthening bilateral trade and investment between Japan and...
Deputy Minister Narend Singh: Opening of Regional Dialogue for Member States of SADC and East African Community on update or revision of NBSAPs
South African Government
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May 20, 2025
Distinguished delegates, representatives from the Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity, African Union Commission, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...
PayLogic Announces the Go-Live of the Comoros’s National Interoperable Payment Switch
EIN Presswire
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August 25, 2025
PayLogic today announced the successful go-live of the Comoros’s National Payment Switch, a major milestone in strengthening the financial infrastructure. CASABLANCA, MOROCCO, August 25, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- PayLogic today announced the...
Deputy Minister Sello Seitlholo leads South African delegation to ORASECOM Climate Resilient Investment Conference in Lesotho, 8 May
South African Government
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May 7, 2025
Deputy Minister Seitlholo to lead a South African delegation to the ORASECOM Climate Resilient Investment Conference in Lesotho Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Mr. Sello Seitlholo, will lead the South African delegation to the...
President Cyril Ramaphosa: Second Session of the Lesotho-South Africa Bi-National Commission
South African Government
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April 23, 2025
Your Excellency Prime Minister Matekane, Honourable Ministers, Our respective High Commissioners, Senior Government officials, Members of the media, Ladies and gentlemen, Your Excellency, Thank you for your warm words of welcome. It is an honour...
Water and Sanitation on signing of MoU with Lesotho for another water resources development framework
South African Government
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April 24, 2025
The Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on another water resources development project for the benefit of the two countries. The agreement seeks to see the two countries establish a...