A Southern African media rights organization says that two radio stations in Lesotho were shut down late last week – a reminder on World Radio Day that here, as in many African nations, radio reporters and other journalists are suppressed in their mission to provide information and programming. The government of…
A South African hospital has suspended some services and limited its admissions to critical patients only because of a water shortage, adding to the woes that the country’s drought and usage patterns have created. A health department spokesman said that at Themba Hospital in Kabokweni, not far from Kruger National…
By Owen Nyaka Tuberculosis (TB) accounted for 400,000 of the AIDS-related deaths worldwide in 2015, and is one of the most common causes of death in people living with HIV. The dual epidemics of TB and HIV are particularly pervasive in Africa, where HIV has been the most important contributing…
The African nation of Lesotho has the lowest life expectancies, for both males and females, among 195 countries studied in the newly released Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report – yet there are positive trends on HIV-AIDS, as well as new health challenges. Overall life expectancy in Lesotho is 47.1 years for…
In Durban today a tragic accident resulted in the death of a 16 year-old boy who had his face severed by a street sign whilst visiting the city with his school. According to witnesses, the teenage boy, whose name has not been released, was looking out his school bus window…
Tuesday June 30, 2015, South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was sent to Lesotho by President Jacob Zuma due to increased fears about the political instability in the country. June 25 the former Commander of Lesotho’s Defense Force (LDF) Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao was allegedly shot dead at his home…