Solar project to cut power imports
MAFETENG – A new solar project in Ha-Ramarothole in Mafeteng district is expected to generate enough electricity and significantly reduce Lesotho’s reliance on power imports.
That was the message that was relayed to villagers during a consultative meeting held last week.
The project is also expected to create at least 200 jobs in its initial phase.
The villagers pleaded with the Lesotho Energy and Water Authority (LEWA) to speedily facilitate the issuance of a licence for Neo 1 Solar Project.
Neo 1 Solar Project is a subsidiary of OnePower Lesotho (Pty) Ltd which was given the job to supply power for the rural community in the area.
Lesotho experiences the year s first snowfall
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The Maluti mountains in Lesotho were covered in a blanket of snow on Tuesday morning.
Two centimetres of snow fell during the night, bringing the first winter snowfall.
The South African Weather Service has warned of cold temperatures in the Eastern parts of the country.
The owners of the Semonkong Lodge, nestled in the Maluti Mountains, woke up to a winter wonderland in Lesotho on Tuesday.
The mountainside was covered in blankets of white snow.
Halse and the Semonkong Lodge staff have been preparing for the chilly winter weather by chopping and collecting wood since January.
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Oiling the hair business
MASERU – WHEN Ntšabeng Ntsane, a Form A student at Qholaqhoe High School in Butha Buthe, took interest in plaiting hair in 2012, little did she know these were the first steps to what would become her source of livelihood.
Ntsane wanted to be a doctor, but she kept failing mathematics and getting low grades for biology and science, which made that dream far-fetched.
In 2016, after writing her Form E exams she started taking the hair business seriously.
“I have always loved money and was interested in going into business only as a second option though. I was already doing hair and making money catering for my girlish needs,” Ntsane said.
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