Lesotho

Currency: Lesotho Loti

Timezone: UTC+2

Major Cities: Maseru

Lesotho is a Southern African country uniquely located as an enclave in South Africa. The country has a temperate climate and a terrain that consists of highlands, plateaus, and mountains. 50 percent of the country’s 2.1 million people are under the age of 25. The Basotho represent 99 per cent of the country’s population. Sesotho and English are the official languages of the country.

The country uses a parliamentary constitutional monarchy that is administratively divided into 10 districts, including Maseru the capital of the country. The textile industry and the agricultural sector are the most important sectors of the economy. The country’s major source of foreign exchange earnings comes from the export of clothing, wool, diamond, water, and electricity. Lesotho’s over-reliance on South Africa, which supplies 85 percent of its imports, is a major area of concern.

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National Decentralisation Policy

Lesotho, Ministry of Local Government

The strategic goal of this policy is to reduce poverty, promote equitable local development and to improve citizen participation in governance via the transferring functions, responsibilities and resources for public service delivery to local authorities....

Lesotho • 2014 • Democracy and Governance

Lesotho Local Government Service Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This policy aimed to ensure the development of a working environment that protects the rights of workers including those infected and/or affected by HIV and AIDS. The policy measures covers recruitment, job security, victimization, stigmatization,...

Lesotho • 2014 • Health

Financial Institutions Foreign Exchange Bureau Regulations, 2014

Central Bank of Lesotho

These regulations, issued in 2014, govern the operations of foreign exchange bureaus in Lesotho, setting licensing, operational, and compliance standards for entities facilitating foreign currency transactions.

Lesotho • 2014 • Foreign Exchange Control

Land (Amendment)Act, 2014

Chieftainship

This 2014 amendment restored the role of the Commissioner of Lands as the government official responsible for land planning functions, which had been shifted to the Land Administration Authority under the 2010 Act. The amendment...

Lesotho • 2014 • Land Management and Natural Resources

Payment Systems Act, 2014

Ministry of Finance

The Payment Systems Act, formally enacted as Act 14 of 2014 and coming into force in August 2014, lays the legal foundation for managing interbank payment systems, clearing houses, and securities settlement systems in Lesotho.

Lesotho • 2014 • Finance

Lesotho United Nations Development Assistance Plan (LUNDAP) 2013-2017

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The Lesotho United Nations Development Assistance Plan (LUNDAP) is a medium-term plan that details the collective contributions of both resident and non-resident United Nations Agencies toward the Government of Lesotho’s five-year development plan, known as...

Lesotho • 2013 • Health

Health Sector Strategic Plan 2012/13-2016/17

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This document highlights the government’s strategy for the health sector. Including health financing, human resources, public private partnership, community-level partnership, health infrastructure, medical supplies and health sector leadership

Lesotho • 2012 • Health

National Strategic Plan on Vulnerable

Lesotho, Ministry of Social Development

This document highlights the aspects of the national strategic plan for children. The plan include raising awareness of vulnerable children’s rights and needs through advocacy and social mobilisation; strengthening the capacity of families and communities...

Lesotho • 2012 • National Development

Lesotho Health Sector Strategic Plan 2012-2017

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The overall objective of this strategic plan is to contribute to improved health status through equity and access to quality health care in both public and private domains guided by the principles and strategies of...

Lesotho • 2012 • Health

National Strategic Development Plan 2012-2017

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This plan serves as an implementation strategy for the National Vision 2020. It aims to pursue high, shared and employment creating economic growth, develop key infrastructure; enhance the skills base, technology adoption, and foundation for...

Lesotho • 2012 • Health

Companies Regulations, 2012

Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

The Companies Regulations of 2012 supplement the Companies Act (2011) by detailing procedural and administrative requirements for company formation, filing, and regulatory compliance. They govern aspects such as incorporation protocols, documentation standards, and relationship with...

Lesotho • 2012 • Corporate law and commercial contracts

National Health Policy

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This national health policy aims to reduce the morbidity, mortality, and disability due to communicable and noncommunicable diseases; and to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic by preventing the further spread of the epidemic and...

Lesotho • 2011 • Health