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One in every five girls across sub-Saharan Africa has experienced rape or sexual assault before turning 18 . Photo: File

Supporting adolescent girls advances us all this International Women’s Day

One in every five girls across sub-Saharan Africa has experienced rape or sexual assault before turning 18

UNAids executive director Winnie Byanyima. Image: UNAids on X

Decriminalization – a prerequisite to ending Aids and TB

The same structural failures that sustain the HIV epidemic also sustain tuberculosis

Maleh feels she is only
now stepping into the
fullest expression of
herself as an artist.
Photo: Supplied

Maleh on music, faith, and her artistic rebirth

Maleh’s path as a musician has evolved into a journey of faith, self-discovery, and artistic honesty, charting a deeply personal creative course

The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands must not repeat the mistakes of the first phase in which women were displaced and disempowered. Photo: File

Lesotho Highlands Water Project must work with women, not against them

Public banks – Development Bank of Southern Africa, African Development Bank and the New Development Bank – and the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority render women invisible in a process that professes to be inclusive

Thato Toeba: Collage of Justice

Mapping power, memory and belonging through collage

Collages crafted by 2025 FNB Art Prize winner Thato Toeba confront colonial legacies and celebrate African intimacy and connection

Thetsane industrial area in Maseru is home to many garment factories. Archive photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

Lesotho aims for 10% tariff on exports to US

The government is relieved by the reduction in the tariffs from the threatened 50% to 15%

The famous Basotho hat building along Kingsway Road in central Maseru. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

Lesotho at risk of economic collapse after aid cuts and Trump’s tariffs

African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year

US President Donald Trump’s suspension of foreign funding will adversely affect LGBTIQ+ people in Africa.

In wake of US cuts, SA must step up to protect LGBTIQ+ rights in Africa

The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback

Katse Dam in Lesotho is the largest of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project reservoirs, with a storage capacity of nearly 2-billion cubic metres.. (Walter Dhladlhla/Getty Images)

Joburg’s water woes are self-inflicted

The temporary shutdown of the supply from Lesotho is not the problem

The South African agricultural sector is on solid ground for now and we shouldn’t be worried — but we should be vigilant.

La Niña may bring favourable weather, boosting optimism about food security in Southern Africa

The weather event is predicted to bring above-normal rainfall in January before easing up, but the northeast may remain dry

Jennifer Fitchett sitting next to the excavation through the diatomite profile, adjacent to the core that was taken, April 2014. Photograph provided by Jennifer Fitchett

Finding Lesotho’s lost lake

A glimpse into the past, which shows the effect of climate change, can help predict the future

Land owners, local government and civil society have come together to take positive steps towards better land governance. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How the new Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve is transforming conservation in South Africa

The reserve connects the Maluti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area to southern grazing lands. Conservationists hope there will soon be a continuous protected area