Lesotho’s Katse Dam, which forms part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, with underground tunnels carrying this water to South Africa.
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The tunnel bringing millions of litres of water from dams in Lesotho to South Africa is to undergo a six-month repair. This could leave residents of Gauteng in South Africa short of water.
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, in charge of citizenship, isn’t working well.
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Problems identified include a backlog of visa, permit and status applications, fraudulent applications being first rejected, then accepted, and the system being used illegally.
Massospondylus skeleton.
Courtesy Dr K Chapelle.
Some time between 1100 and 1700 AD, a Massospondylus bone was discovered and carried to a rock shelter in Lesotho.
A digital composite of a meteor shower speeding towards Earth.
Adastra
Meteorites are usually discovered by someone who notices an unusual rock while out walking.
An artistic impression of the various dinosaur species that once roamed the Roma Valley.
Akhil Rampersadh
Fossilised tracks of a group of plant-eating dinosaurs have been found in Lesotho’s Roma Valley for the first time.
Being too hot isn’t just uncomfortable: it can be dangerous.
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Simply put, southern Africans are experiencing heat stress more often than in 1979.
Outgoing Lesotho prime minister Moeketsi Majoro, right, hands over the national flag as the symbol of passing power to his successor, Sam Ntsokoane Matekane, on 28 October 2022.
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The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
Sam Matekane, Lesotho’s new prime minister has the daunting job of restoring public trust in politics and government.
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Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.
Lesotho Revolution for Prosperity party leader Sam Matekane (centre), Alliance of Democrats deputy leader Professor Ntoi Rapapa (L) and Movement for Economic Change leader Selibe Mochoboroane.
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The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.
Lesotho citizens queue to vote in a previous national elections.
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Despite their pretensions to support reforms, it is clear that successive governments are not interested in the reform.
Smile if you love dinosaurs as much as Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus loved being a carnivore.
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The African continent is a rich repository for dinosaur fossils, including teeth and track marks.
A site in Tsiokane (Lesotho) where diverse tridactyl theropod tracks are preserved.
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Fossil footprints are a treasure chest of information.
A woman votes in Lesotho’s 2017 national election. New elections are due in October.
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The country has had five governments in 10 years. Every time a government collapses, the reform programme follows suit.
Basotho men wearing the traditional blankets during the annual horse race held on the king’s birthday.
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Lesotho has done a good job of curbing the powers of its monarch and making its electoral system inclusive.
A farm worker picks medical cannabis flowers in Kasese, Uganda, in 2020.
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Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
Flags of India and African countries at the 2015 India Africa Friendship Summit in New Delhi.
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A new book places the responsibility of African growth on its leaders, people, and civil society, while also recognising the role partners like India can play in achieving its goals.
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Saponins from plants can destroy viruses and other microorganisms in the same way commercial soaps and detergents do.
Portrait of a Lesotho shepherd, Ntoaesele Mashongoane.
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Set in the music wars of Lesotho, the new novel by the South African author tells of a wandering minstrel whose hit song leads to his downfall.
A masked herdsman in Lesotho.
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Lesotho’s famo music is known for the use of accordions - and gang violence. In Wayfarers’ Hymns, Zakes Mda explores this tradition.
Elizabeth Dlamini at her curio stall in the Ezulwini Valley near Mbabane, eSwatini. The kingdom’s economy is dependent on its larger neightbour, South Africa.
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International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.