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August 2013 Machabeng Newsletter

Highlights:
ArrowThe Royal Whirlwind Tour
ArrowLesotho Envoys Commissioned
ArrowJBCC in Pretoria
ArrowEurope Day 2013

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Press Releases

STATEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO ON THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

24 May 2016

STATEMENT ON THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE SADC ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION (SEOM) TO THE 2015 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO BY DR. STERGOMENA LAWRENCE .

18 February 2015

Honourable Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister for International Relations and Co-operation of the Republic of South Africa; Chairperson of SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics  More >

STATEMENT ON THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE SADC ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION (SEOM) TO THE 2015 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO BY HONOURABLE MAITE NKOANA-MASHABANE .

18 February 2015

Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission of Lesotho, Justice Mahapela Lehohla and Electoral Commissioners here present;  More >

STATEMENT- SEOM- NAMIBIA- 30 NOV 2014

18 fEBRUARY 2015

SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to the Republic of Namibia  More >

KING LETSIE III TO VISIT SPAIN AND ITALY

17 October 2014

His Majesty King Letsie III will visit Spain as a guest of His Majesty King Felipe VI on Monday 17 November 2014  More >

PUO EA MOTLOTLEHI LETSIE III

17 October 2014

Pulong ea tulo ea pele ea karolo ea bobeli ea paramente ea borobeli (First sitting of the second session of the 8th parliament )   More >

MEDIAL STATEMENT

17 October 2014

Joint Communique on the eve of the 2014 Mozambique Presidential,Legislative and Provincial Assembly Elections   More >

MEDIAL STATEMENT

13 October 2014

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to the General Elections to the Republic of Mozambique for the 2014 general elections was launched on Friday, 03 October 2014 at the VIP Hotel, by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa....   More >

PRESS RELEASE

01 August 2014

Their Majesties King Letsie III and Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso will, at the invitation of the Africa Chair for the Universal Peace Federation, attend the 2nd World Summit of the Universal Peace Federation to be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 9-13 August 2014.   More >

PRESS RELEASE

29 July 2014

Press statement by the Right Honourable the Prime Minister and other Coalition Leaders following the New Zealand Study Tour.   More >

PRESS RELEASE

21 July 2014

Lesotho will participate in the Meeting of the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation which will be held in Swakopmund, Namibia from 24–25 July 2014.   More >

PRESS RELEASE

02 July 2014

At the invitation of the Government of Ireland, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, the Honourable Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa was on a two day working visit in Ireland   More >

PRESS RELEASE

01 July 2014

His Majesty King Letsie III will be leading the Lesotho delegation to the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly (Summit) of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) that will be held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea from 26 – 27 June, 2014   More >

PRESS RELEASE

01 July 2014

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hereby notifies the public for general information that the Lesotho Consul-General Office in Johannesburg has burned down completely.   More >

PRESS RELEASE 

30 June 2014

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR THE 2014 YPP EXAMINATIONS TO BE HELD ON 04 DECEMBER, 2014 IN MASERU.   More >


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Statement By His Majesty King Letsie III

On The Occasion Of His 50th Birthday Anniversary delivered at the Setsoto Stadium. 17 July 2013.