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African, Caribbean and Pacific summit officially opens in Accra
Ghanaian President John Kufuor, who has assumed the chairmanship of the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, on Thursday officially opened the 6th ACP heads of state and government summit in the Ghanian ...
SA gears up for Heritage Day celebrations
The CEO of National Heritage Council, Sonwabile Mancotywa, says the Musina area in Limpopo - which borders South Africa and Zimbabwe - will be recognised as a shining example of the values of ubuntu.
Today is Saturday, October 4, the 278th day of 2008. There are 88 days left in the year.
CNN reported yesterday that a honking big diamond was discovered at the Letseng Mine in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Lesotho mine yields 478-carat diamond
September 23, 2008 London-Mining company Gem Diamonds, in cooperation with the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, recovered a 478-carat diamond from a mine in the African kingdom, the company announced ...
Stone Discovery Could Yield 100-Carat D-Color Diamond
A diamond unearthed in the southern African nation of Lesotho could yield one of the largest and highest quality round polished diamonds, according to a statement Monday from company that found it.
SA to help Burundi achieve peace
South Africa will continue to work with the Republic of Burundi to ensure that it meets its guarantees of peace and stability, President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday.
Makoanyane Letsoara: "I want to be able to help others who don't have food."
HA TSIU, Makoanyane Letsoara, a subsistence farmer in Ha Tsiu, a village 100km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho, is in his forties and the sole supporter of his family of six - his mother, wife, children and ...
Mantseuoa Rantho has been feeding her family on credit. "We call it living on skoloto [credit] in Sesotho," she says.
LESOTHO: Mathabang Letsoara, 'We have less than half a sack of maize to live on'
HA TSIU, 16 September 2008 - Mathabang Letsoara, in her early twenties, lives with her family of six in Ha Tsiu, a village 100km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho.
Lesotho: Motlomelo Thakali, 'There Were Days on Which I Lived on Water, But Still Had My ARVs'
Motlomelo Thakali lives with his family of five in Motloang, a village 70km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho.
LESOTHO: A village tries new ideas to beat climate change
Chief Paulosi Lebakeng is a troubled man. Food production has dipped in his village of Ha Tsiu, perched about 2,500m above sea level on the Thaba Putsoa mountains, about 100km east of Lesotho's capital, Maseru.
From the Yucatan to Providence: Doom
Entering college, students are told that with enough effort they'll make it out in one piece.
South Africa will donate game to the Kingdom of Lesotho National Park during this week's opening of the Maliba Lodge in Lesotho, the environmental and tourism ministry said.
Sir Ketumile optimistic on Lesotho dialogue
Former president Sir Ketumile Masire is confident that Lesotho's current post-election political impasse could be resolved by the end of the year.
Lesotho, SA forge stronger ties
Lesotho and South Africa have taken another step forward in cementing economic relations between the two neighbours.
F State fire victims given fodder
Free State farmers affected by recent veld fires were given bales of fodder by agriculture MEC Mamiki Qhabathe over the weekend, her office said on Monday.
President Mugabe Attends Burial of Zambian Leader
President leaves for Mwanawasa's burial By Caesar Zvayi PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare yesterday afternoon to join other heads of state and government at the burial of the late Zambian president, Levy Patrick ...
ANC stalwart Khalaaki Sello laid to rest
ANC stalwart and Lesotho lawyer Khalaaki Sello was laid to rest in Maseru yesterday.
Eastern Cape police have seized dagga worth an estimated street value of R1,4-million at the Qacha's Nek area near Maluti, spokesperson Captain Bonisile Sigobe said on Saturday.