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Fossilised tracks of a group of plant-eating dinosaurs have been found in Lesotho’s Roma Valley for the first time.
Simply put, southern Africans are experiencing heat stress more often than in 1979.
The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
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.
The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.
Despite their pretensions to support reforms, it is clear that successive governments are not interested in the reform.
The African continent is a rich repository for dinosaur fossils, including teeth and track marks.
Fossil footprints are a treasure chest of information.
The country has had five governments in 10 years. Every time a government collapses, the reform programme follows suit.
Lesotho has done a good job of curbing the powers of its monarch and making its electoral system inclusive.
Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
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.
Saponins from plants can destroy viruses and other microorganisms in the same way commercial soaps and detergents do.
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.
Lesotho’s famo music is known for the use of accordions - and gang violence. In Wayfarers’ Hymns, Zakes Mda explores this tradition.
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.
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding has increased across all countries but few are likely to meet the 2030 goal of 70%.
A monarch with absolute powers is just as dangerous as self-serving politicians in a democracy.
Schooled in music through church, he was driven by a fierce sense of belonging to Lesotho where he was born, and neighbouring South Africa.
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Jurassica Museum
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow at The Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (TM-School), University of South Africa
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Term Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology Law and Society, George Mason University
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, and Visiting Professor of International Relations, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, University of Pretoria
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of the Witwatersrand
