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• Deputy Ministers to Inspect Lesotho Highlands Water Project
  [SAnews.gov.za] Water and Sanitation Deputy Ministers, David Mahlobo and Sello Seitlholo, together with Deputy Minister of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Seiso Mohai, will today lead an inspection of the maintenance operation of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) tunnel in Clarens, Free State.
• Basotho Want Parliament to Heed Voters' Demands but See MPs As Serving Their Own Interests
  [Afrobarometer] Most citizens say representatives never listen to ordinary people.
• Morai Calls Out Corrupt Traffic Officers
  [Lesotho Times] DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mahlape Morai, has instructed traffic officers to desist from harassing motorists by illegally impounding their vehicles and confiscating their drivers' licences and motor vehicle registration documents as collateral to compel them to report to the police.
• Recruitment Rot Exposed At Home Affairs
  [Lesotho Times] Damning revelations have emerged over the "corrupt" recruitment process for 3400 temporary staff at the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police.
• Musicians to Finally Earn Royalties for Their Music
  [Lesotho Times] LOCAL musicians can finally celebrate a significant development: their music will now earn royalties from commercial use.
• Health Ministry Urges Safe Medicine Use
  [Lesotho Times] THE Ministry of Health, through its Department of Pharmaceuticals, has urged the public to use medicines safely and to report any side effects that they may feel after taking medications.
• Minister Defers ID Bill
  [Lesotho Times] THE National Identity Card (Amendment) Bill 2024, which aims to halt the expiration of identity cards, did not proceed to its second reading in the National Assembly earlier this week.
• The Curious Case of the South African Ski Resort That Never Was - How a 1970s Land Tussle With Lesotho Shaped History
  [The Conversation Africa] Topping out over 3,000 metres above sea level, the Drakensberg and Maluti mountains bordering South Africa and Lesotho are frequently covered in snow in winter. Back in 1975, German and South African investors planned to build a ski resort there.
• DCEO Investigates Home Affairs Recruitments
  [Lesotho Times] THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police over alleged corruption related to the recruitment of 363 temporary staff at the National Identity Documents and Civil Registration (NICR) and Livestock Registration, Marking, and Information Systems (LRMIS) projects.
• Health Officials Allegedly Fuel Backstreet Abortion Crisis
  [Lesotho Times] THE Lesotho Nursing Council (LNC) has raised alarm over a concerning rise in illegal abortions, some of which have resulted in deaths.