24 November 2021
Bereng Mpaki writing in the Lesotho Times provides background on the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill which seeks to legalise artisanal and small scale mining. This had previously been outlawed by the Mines and Minerals Act, 2005. According to the the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Natural…
11 November 2021
Writing in the Conversation John Aerni-Flessner and Chitja Twala seek to refocus attention on Lesotho and eSwatini's land claims against South Africa, which have been relatively ignored by scholars since the fall of apartheid. They note that; Today, the governments and residents of both Lesotho…
29 August 2021
Community leader Nkosinathi Buthelezi said the COVID-19 pandemic had hit the Waterworks informal settlement near Lenasia hard.
Value: $21,000,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
Value: $11,850,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $300,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Lesotho has seen a rapid urbanisation with the quadrupling of its urban population between 1976 and 2006
6 August 2021
By Sean Johnson, land administration specialist at COWI, Swaziland * This piece was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa Institutions – societal behaviour, norms, rules, laws, and structures – emerge, develop, and are shaped by the interaction of…
