by admin_ijhub | Sep 29, 2026 | lescij
The contested Ha Mathata land with maize crop. Photo: Retselisitsoe Khabo Billy Ntaote A missing government file has become the centre of a standoff between the Lesotho government and residents of a small village who say they were never compensated when their land was...
by admin_ijhub | Sep 15, 2026 | lescij
Public works minister Matjato Moteane is a shareholder in a local firm the government plans to invite to participate. Photo: Rets’elisitsoe Khabo Motsamai Mokotjo Lesotho has signed a US$6.2-billion agreement with US-based Convalt Energy to build a hydropower plant...
by admin_ijhub | Sep 3, 2026 | lescij
Seinoli Legal Centre’s executive director Advocate Reitumetse Nkoti-Mabula. Photo Rets’elisitsoe Khabo Billy Ntaote Residents of Masakong are still defecating in the open more than four months after an MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism investigation exposed...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 26, 2026 | lescij
A 1,485-metre Polihali TBM access tunnel, excavated beneath Tloha-Re-Bue village to facilitate construction of the transfer tunnel from Polihali Dam to Katse Dam. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Tloha-Re-Bue villagers say a borehole, wells and springs that supplied the...
by admin_ijhub | Aug 13, 2026 | lescij
Dust from Polihali Dam construction and quarry sites regularly engulfs the nearby village of Tsekong. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi. “It looks like gathering rain clouds. The dust is very dark. You can see it coming from both quarry sites until it covers the whole of...
