AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoIllegal Mining Crackdown: Police arrested 217 illegal miners at Losberg Kloof Mine in Westonaria during Operation Prosper, seizing weapons and mining gear and including suspects from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. Textiles Under Strain: In KwaZulu-Natal’s Newcastle, clothing factory owners warn of collapse as immigrant workers flee xenophobic violence, threatening cut-make-trim (CMT) production that relies on non-South African labour. Lesotho Repatriation Logistics: Lesotho scaled up citizen returns from South Africa after unrest, dispatching at least 40 buses mainly to the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, citing safety fears for undocumented conditions. Financial Literacy Push: Maseru’s National University of Lesotho and the Central Bank of Lesotho launched a structured financial literacy programme to reduce consumer complaints driven by poorly understood contract terms. Road Safety Policy: Lesotho’s Ministry of Finance opened public input on a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund policy to replace the 1989 framework with a modern, victim-centred compensation system. Digital Payments Leap (Regional): BanffPay secured a Central Bank of Liberia PSP licence to roll out a unified pay-in/pay-out API, aiming to simplify cross-border payments for businesses and consumers.
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