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Hardworking women propel Lesotho’s garment exports

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Hardworking women propel Lesotho’s garment exports [The Sunday World] 11-07-2026


US tariffs trigger gendered supply chain shock on Lesotho garment industries [IndustriALL] 05-03-2026


US tariffs trigger gendered supply chain shock on Lesotho garment industries [IndustriALL ] 05-03-2026


/ USA Lesotho sheds textile jobs amidst US trade uncertainty [GroundUp] 11-11-2025


Lesotho textile workers march against US-tariff job losses [eNCA]  ActNOW!  01-11-2025



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Lesotho citizens lose millions to SGK pyramid scheme 2026-07-23 [GroundUp]

Hardworking women propel Lesotho’s garment exports 2026-07-11 [The Sunday World]

The mountain men behind Lesotho’s wool wealth 2026-06-04 [GroundUp]

Women weavers: The backbone of Lesotho’s textile legacy 2026-04-27 [GroundUp]

US tariffs trigger gendered supply chain shock on Lesotho garment industries 2026-03-05 [IndustriALL ]

US tariffs trigger gendered supply chain shock on Lesotho garment industries 2026-03-05 [IndustriALL]

Textile jobs bloodbath looms 2025-11-20 [Lesotho Times]

USA Lesotho sheds textile jobs amidst US trade uncertainty 2025-11-11 [GroundUp]

Lesotho textile workers march against US-tariff job losses  ActNOW!  2025-11-01 [eNCA]

Workers march in Maseru as AGOA uncertainty threatens thousands of jobs 2025-11-01 [GroundUp]

Police block protest by textile workers 2025-10-28 [GroundUp]

Interview with Solong Senohe, General Secretary of UNITE 2025-10-23 [LabourStart Podcasts]

Hundreds of jobs at stake at diamond mine 2025-10-22 [GroundUp]

Mass layoffs hit multiple garment factories following US tariff hike  ActNOW!  2025-10-14 [BHHRC]

Lesotho Lesotho permit: A lifeline for Basotho workers facing collapse of textile industry 2025-10-11 [GroundUp]

USA Factory workers to march as Lesotho’s textile jobs hang by a thread 2025-10-08 [GroundUp]

USA Trump’s tariffs could cost Lesotho 30,000 jobs, the IMF warns 2025-09-26 [GroundUp]

Ending AGOA will cost 'our souls and bodies’: Lesotho union leader 2025-09-20 [Context]

Lesotho Lesotho workers condemn denial of healthcare to Basotho in South Africa 2025-08-07 [GroundUp]

USA Lesotho faces major job losses unless Trump’s US tariffs are cut even further 2025-08-06 [Daily Maverick]

USA Hundreds of diamond mining jobs to be axed following US tariff threats 2025-07-29 [GroundUp]

Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster 2025-07-11 [GroundUp]

Fureur syndicale devant les licenciements à la mine de Mothae 2025-07-03 [IndustriALL]

Estalla la furia sindical por despidos forzosos en la mina Mothae 2025-07-03 [IndustriALL]

Union fury erupts over forced Mothae Mine layoffs 2025-07-03 [IndustriALL]

USA Mass lay-offs at garment factories as US tariffs bite 2025-06-13 [GroundUp]

The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry 2025-05-15 [GroundUp]

Fight over fish in Katse Dam 2025-04-22 [GroundUp]

USA Health Minister confident Lesotho can manage without US funding, but jobs are already being lost 2025-03-26 [GroundUp]

USA 1,500 health workers sent home after US aid suspended 2025-02-11 [GroundUp]

Lesotho Police launch manhunt for gang leader of illegal mine 2025-02-10 [Daily Maverick]

IDUL disowns verbal abuse allegations at Presitex 2024-12-31 [Lesotho Times]

Govt accused of driving Basotho into illegal mining 2024-12-04 [Lesotho Times]

Ex-miners claim they are being short-changed in compensation process 2024-09-19 [Lesotho Times]

Job losses begin at diamond mines 2024-09-11 [Lesotho Times]

Mining industry in trouble 2024-09-02 [Lesotho Times]

Lesotho SAFTU appalled by sex trafficking of Basotho women 2024-08-23 [SAFTU]

United Textile Employees Union holds Elective Congress 2024-08-10 [Peoples Dispatch]

Village health workers unhappy with pay 2024-07-22 [Lesotho Times]

Renforcer la sécurité et l’intégration au travail 2024-06-30 [IndustriALL]

Mejorando la seguridad y la inclusión laboral en Lesoto 2024-06-30 [IndustriALL]

Enhancing safety and inclusiveness at work 2024-06-30 [IndustriALL]

Nearly 16,000 jobs lost in the textile sector 2024-06-17 [Lesotho Times]

Gvt to meet with striking health workers -DPM 2024-06-11 [Lesotho Times]

Health workers not backing down on strike 2024-06-04 [Lesotho Times]

Female sex workers continue facing discrimination 2024-05-21 [Lesotho Times]

Union vows to fight against discrimination of women 2024-05-06 [May Day]

Female factory workers in outcry over unpaid maternity leave 2024-04-28 [Lesotho Times]

Recordamos a los mineros de Lesoto 2024-04-26 [IndustriALL]

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