Dignity for the girl child
MASERU-DEAR Bella, a rapidly growing brand of sanitary pads, is set to make the lives of girls and women from poor backgrounds easier.
Two childhood friends, ’Matefo Morakeng, a journalist and public relations professional and ’Mamahapela Mokuoane, a marketer by profession, are the brains behind Dear Bella. They are changing the menstrual health landscape in the country by providing women and girls with quality sanitary pads.
Three years ago, Morakeng was assisting women in the rural Free State province, South Africa, where she now lives, establish income-generating initiatives when it dawned on her that access to sanitary pads was a real and serious challenge.
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MAFETENG – The Government of Lesotho together
with the People’s Republic of China launched the first ever Solar Power Station
project in the Kingdom of Lesotho, worth M1.1 billion.
The project will
run under the name, Ramarothole 70 Megawatt (MW). According to the Ministry of Energy
and Meteorology Principal Secretary (PS) Themba Sopeng, Ramarothole 70 Megawatt
(MW) solar project was conceptualized around 2015. He said it is the collaboration
between the government of Lesotho and the People’s Republic of China under what
is known as the cooperation agreement which is the forum on Africa Cooperation.
“The project will be a 70MW solar generation project whose first phase is