Economy

Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service comes after months of US funding cuts and tariffs put immense pressure on the country’s economy

Khayelitsha businesses demand Shoprite use their services

The Khayelitsha Security and Cleaning Association claim they’ve convinced Shoprite to broker a deal with their members’ companies

Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite

After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down

South African law is failing gig workers

These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily

Lesotho fishing company’s strange “error” on donations

Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth R2.9-million, but actually gave less than R450,000

Quick explainer: How wages are set

Begging to feed their children

Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options

Fight over fish in Lesotho’s Katse Dam

Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this

Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence

Civic organisation says this is a “sell-out”