AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoDeportation vs development: A new opinion piece argues Lesotho and the region should stop treating migration as a policing problem, pointing to costly deportation spending that produces no lasting results and urging investment in jobs and production instead. Sanitation for schools: rise International returned to Motimposo Primary School to build a boys’ urinal block using interlocking compressed earth blocks, after last year’s kitchen project. Basotho New Year rituals: Ultimate Radio and Marokoane Sacred Garden hosted cultural celebrations, while another report covered a traditional prayer and cleansing of ploughs ahead of the planting season—linking heritage, agriculture and food security. Power sector accountability: LEC secured commitments to repay over M3.7m linked to an alleged electricity fraud scheme dating back to 2015. Digital finance push: Vodacom Lesotho launched Tsetela, an M-Pesa-based micro-investing service with daily interest via USSD. Trade and jobs protection: Lesotho welcomed exclusion from new US Section 301 forced-labour tariff measures, protecting duty-free access for textiles and apparel and about 34,000 jobs. Bilateral cooperation: India and Lesotho reviewed ties through the 6th JBCC in New Delhi, focusing on development cooperation, capacity building and HADR. Agriculture as enterprise: MP Mohopoli Monokoane promoted commercial farming through a cabbage seedling demo, pitching agriculture as a route to youth jobs.
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