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10/07/2025

𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟓 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

Lesotho's boxing team experienced a day of highs and lows at the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games, with one win, a disqualification, a loss, and one boxer left without an opponent.

Mvokelelo Snyman secured a victory for Team Lesotho in the men’s 57kg weight category. Snyman outclassed his Zambian opponent to win the bout by a 4:1 decision.

However, the day was not without setbacks. Keketso Maepe, fighting in the 48kg category, was forced to bow out after the referee stopped his contest due to an injury, nose bleed, awarding the win to his Namibian opponent via RSC (Referee Stopped Contest).

Adding to the team’s woes, Reabetsoe Mokhitli, who was slated to fight in the 54kg category against a Malawian boxer, was disqualified after failing to meet the required weight limit.

In the women's division, Latoya Thakhisi, who was set to compete in the 70kg category, will not participate in the tournament. No other country submitted a boxer in her weight class, resulting in an automatic withdrawal due to the absence of an opponent.

10/07/2025

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10/07/2025

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟓 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐬

Team Lesotho is continuing to impress at the ongoing African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games, in Windhoek, Namibia. The team has so far collected a total of nine medals, with standout performances coming from the athletics track and table tennis court.

Lesotho’s visually impaired athlete Nokwanda Mabandla has been the star of the games for the country, claiming two gold medals in the T11 100m and T13 200m races respectively. Mabandla’s dominant display saw her finish well ahead of her competitors in both events.

Adding to the tally, ‘Mamakhooa Lipakela clinched a silver medal in the T13 category of the 100m final with a time of 15:30. While Liteboho Lebona also secured a podium finish, winning silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m.

With more events still underway, Lesotho’s medal count is expected to grow.

Updates as we get them

10/07/2025

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 | 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤
The Ramarothole Solar Power Project in Mafeteng is on the brink of being swept away by erosion.
This looming disaster is blamed on the Ministry of Energy’s decision to construct the M1 billion facility without conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

The Ministry is now requesting an additional M26 million to repair parts of the solar farm damaged by soil erosion, as the project was built on unstable land riddled with expanding dongas (𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘴).

This shocking revelation was made by Khotso Moleleki, the Public Debt Manager in the Ministry of Finance, when he appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday.

Moleleki told the PAC that his office had repeatedly warned the Ministry of Energy to carry out an EIA before construction began on the 220-hectare site, but those pleas were flatly ignored.

He said there was apparent political pressure for the project to proceed at all costs, even without the necessary environmental safeguards.

“This issue was raised on several occasions. We pushed for the EIA before anything else, but we were sidelined,” Moleleki told the PAC.

The solar project, touted as a major breakthrough in the country’s renewable energy ambitions, is now facing major structural challenges that could have been avoided had proper environmental assessments been done from the start.

10/07/2025

𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰

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10/07/2025

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤

09/07/2025

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 | 𝐋𝐄𝐂 𝐎𝐰𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝟕𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧
The Lesotho Electricity Company’s (LEC) Acting Managing Director, Ntsie Maphathe, has told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the company owes the Lesotho Electricity Generation Company (LEGCO) more than M70 million.

LEGCO is a company established to collect revenue generated by the Ramarothole Solar Plant.

The funds collected are meant to service the loan from the China Eximbank, which financed the construction of the plant.

Maphathe also revealed that LEC has already been cut off by Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), while Eskom is threatening to follow suit due to mounting unpaid debts.

The power utility’s financial woes come at a time when Lesotho faces increasing electricity demand and pressure to meet energy commitments.

09/07/2025

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09/07/2025

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟓 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

Team Lesotho has so far amassed a total of seven medals in Namibia, which includes two gold medals.

09/07/2025

[PICTURES ] PAC e botsa bookameli ba LEC le ba lekala la matla ka liphoso tse entsoeng ha ho ahoa morero oa Ha Marothole.

Mookameli oa likoloto tsa sechaba lekaleng la tsa lichelete Khotso Moleleki o hlalositse ha morero o ile ea ahoa ho sa etsoa lihlahlobo tsa sebaka, Feasibility study. Tse ling tsa likarabo o kopile h**e a mpa a li arabelle lekunutung 'in camera' h**e a khone ho phuthulluha hantle ka likarabo.

Fumana tsena le tse ling khatisong e tsoang hosane ea koranta.

08/07/2025

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08/07/2025

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟓 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚

𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬
Lesotho table tennis team clinched a bronze medal at the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games in Namibia. In the group stages, Lesotho were pitted against neighbours South Arica and Angola.

In the opening game on Sunday they beat Angola by three set to nil but lost to South Africa in the second game by three sets to one. The results meant Lesotho would proceed to the semi-finals where they faced Namibia and lost by three sets to two.

By virtue of reaching the semi-finals, the team had already secured themselves a bronze medal, a feat that has been hailed as a success in tennis as this is the first time Lesotho send a table tennis team the games.

On Monday, the girl’s doubles continued with team of Zanele Mofechane and Nthabiseng Raleie taking on a team of Filomena Maria Ferraz and Maria Domingas Simao of Angola and winning 3-0, however they lost the second match against Zimbabwe 3-0.

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