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Textile sector on comeback trail

Lesotho's struggling clothing and textile industry could be poised for revival as four factories have recently reopened. The government aims...

Textile industry should be localised

By Neo Kolane The textile and apparel manufacturing industry remains Lesotho’s largest formal private sector employer in the country. Wages...

BEDCO opens textile hub

By Neo Kolane The Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO) opened a facility called The Textile Hub @ BEDCO at the...

‘Factory owners bribed police’

By Neo Kolane Police officers have been accused of receiving bribes to protect employers at textile factories when workers engage...

Several injured in textile unrest

By Teboho Serutla Several people suffered minor injuries when the elite Special Operations Unit of the police clamped down on...

Fabletics probes Lesotho sexual abuse claims

BY LOUISE DONOVAN AND REFILOE MAKHABA NKUNE Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women. Employees...

Chinese factory workers test positive for Covid-19

By 'Majirata Latela One of the local textile factories, Formosa Textiles, sent back its Basotho workers who were already at...

Govt pays textile workers

By Staff Reporters The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) this week announced the processing of the second round of the...

Factories observe safety protocols

By ‘Majirata Latela Lesotho’s textile factories are reported to be making concerted efforts to put in place World Health Organisation-sanctioned measures to...

Unions demand new minimum wage law

The Coalition of Trade Unions say they want the ministry of labour and employment to release a gazette enforcing the 2020/21...

Unions fed up with govt

Unions representing textile factory workers have hauled both government and their employers over the coals for the latter’s failure to honour...