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Media Advisory: Governor General Welcomes His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will welcome His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho during his visit to Canada. Comment?
Rita sends warm clothes for needy kids
... has been sending knitted hats, jumpers, scarves and childrens games to the Mantsesy orphanage in the Kingdom of Lesotho for the past 11 years. She has now sent across another 14 boxes after Havant Lions Club generously donated A 300 to pay for them ... Comment?
Help Lesotho receives royal attention
The first time Peg Herbert met King Letsie III of Lesotho, it was an unexpected audience in his tiny mountain nation. Comment?
... 27 Harare, Zimbabwe Nov. 28 Lilongwe, Malawi Nov. 29 Maputo, Mozambique Nov. 30 Mbabane, Swaziland Dec. 1 Maseru, Lesotho He may have missed out on the top prize at this year's Polaris, but with the association with the biggest sporting event in the ... Comment?
Top international riders up on Roof this weekend
The 42nd annual Roof of Africa off-road motorcycle race - billed as the Mother of Extreme Enduro - will be raced in Lesotho this weekend over a new and even more difficult route through the Black Maluti Mountains. Comment?
Mary Murphy is the brainchild behind Pearls for Girls, a program that supports teens here and in Lesotho. Comment?
globally-conscious Representative Jim McDermott
... a general "what's up" to the folks back home. Where was Seattle 's Jim McDermott ? Being knighted by the king of Lesotho , a monarchy about the size of Maryland located in the middle of South Africa . McDermott has now joined the Most Dignified ... Comment?
Lesotho: Cash-grants pilot programme aims to ensure vulnerable children's rights
LEBAKENG, Lesotho, 18 November 2009 - Mapalesa Sebatanyane, 73, is the primary caregiver for her four grandchildren, but she struggles to feed them with the small income she earns raising chickens in this remote village. Comment?
Foreigners flee Boland xenophobia
... to collect seasonal workers for the day. The locals claimed the foreigners - mostly Zimbabweans, but including some Lesotho nationals - were accepting lower wages than locals and robbing them of jobs. The locals had also demolished a number of ... Comment?
Thousands of foreigners forced from shacks
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... South Africans and Zimbabweans, with locals claiming farmers hire Zimbabweans and not them. South African and Lesotho citizens stopped Zimbabweans leaving the nearby informal settlements of Stofland, Maseru, Hasi Square and Ekuphumeleni to go to ... Comment?
Xenophobic tension prompts evacuation
... to collect seasonal workers for the day. The locals claimed the foreigners - mostly Zimbabweans, but including some Lesotho nationals - were accepting lower wages than locals and robbing them of jobs. The locals had also demolished a number of ... 1 comment
Xenophobia attack flares up in Cape
... to collect seasonal workers for the day. The locals claimed the foreigners - mostly Zimbabweans, as well as some Lesotho nationals - were accepting lower wages than locals and robbing them of jobs. Locals demolish shacks The locals had also ... Comment?
Roof riders gear up for three days of hell on wheels
'IF YOU'RE NOT SCARED YOU'LL CRASH YOUR BRAINS OUT' + Click to Enlarge NO PLACE FOR SISSIES: Here KTM's Louwrens Mahoney - who won the Roof of Africa in 2005, 2006 and 2007, makes heavy weather of a water crossing way up in the Maluti mountains of Lesotho. Comment?
LESOTHO: Mokete Tsehlo, 'I don't take [antiretroviral] drugs...
MASERU, 12 November 2009 - Mokete Tsehlo, 26, a shepherd working in the Berea district in the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, told IRIN/PlusNews how his nomadic lifestyle contributed to his HIV-positive diagnosis. 17 comments
Taking the time to remember
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... project. This April, as part of this project, local Rotarians Shannon Ellis and Lizz Kelly will travel to Maseru, Lesotho, Africa to take quilts and to volunteer at the SOS Children's Village. The project is being supported by the Whistler Valley ... Comment?
Taking the time to remember
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... project. This April, as part of this project, local Rotarians Shannon Ellis and Lizz Kelly will travel to Maseru, Lesotho, Africa to take quilts and to volunteer at the SOS Children's Village. The project is being supported by the Whistler Valley ... Comment?
... hibiscus and strelitzia against the sandstone background of the Rooiberg Range. We inquire about road conditions in Lesotho and Vicki tells us of well-paved roads along the lowland strip west of the Maluti mountains. "My daughter Di runs a lodge in ... Comment?
Suspected killer arrested in FS
A Lesotho man wanted for murder, was arrested on Sunday in Bloemspruit, Free State police said. 12 comments
06 November 2009BMW Motorrad out in force at the Roof of AfricaThere...
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Based in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho, the Roof of Africa is known for being one of the world's toughest enduro events. Comment?
Lesotho: Aids Orphans Get Helping Hand
... in August. Both were HIV positive. In the face of growing vulnerability and chronic poverty among its children, the Lesotho Government this year launched, for the first time in the country's history, a child-grant programme. Tlokotsi is one of the ... Comment?