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29.10.2022 By Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG: Women’s rights groups in South Africa expressed outrage Thursday and criticized police for perceived failures after charges were dropped against 14 men accused of gang-raping and robbing female members of a film crew at an abandoned…

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28.10.2022 Staff Reporter

The GOVERNMENT has been urged to provide sex education at the country's high schools to prevent teenage pregnancies. Mpilo Central Hospital medical doctor Misheck Ruwende says teenage pregnancies are one of the significant causes of death among…

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28.10.2022 Gender Reporter: Kamau Maichuhie

What you need to know: • On Tuesday, defending Tourism CS nominee Peninah Malonza said perhaps she had failed because she had been on her period at the time. • His remarks immediately drew fury from a section of the MPs present who castigated him…

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26.10.2022 The Vatican: Mamokhantso Refiloe Nkune

Create “policies that include women” in Lesotho, Catholic Social Justice Official to State … Lesotho Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace Mining and Social Justice Officer … An official of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in…

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26.10.2022 Annie Kelly: Human Rights in Focus

After revelations of sexual violence in Lesotho garment factories, where jeans are made for brands such as Levi’s, workers fought for better conditions. But now Covid-19 has hit the fashion industry, those gains may be lost. At one of the biggest…

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26.10.2022 BBC: Karen Allen

Lesotho sits like a pearl in a shell, surrounded by the land mass of South Africa. But this tiny kingdom of 1.8 million people boasts another jewel, which is perhaps astonishing given its size. Lesotho is ranked eighth in the world by the World…