Art, in every single form, should no longer be seen just as a hobby, it should be recognised as a profession. Painters, photographers, visual and graphic artists, singers, songwriters, poets, rappers and all other artists need to get more attention and recognition in Lesotho. In March, 2017 an initiative started to pursue exactly this aim: Open Studio Les...

Culture is an important form of identity in any nation. From the past the Basotho have always had the capacity to design and execute exquisite artefacts comparable to the best of other nations. Still, this capacity is not recognised enough. “Basotho Design Arts and Crafts” Exhibition opened in Maseru on Monday 17th April is to remind us of Basotho’s creat...

To identify strategies and to solidify regional action for GCED, the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA) and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) jointly organised the GCED Network Meeting in Johannesburg on 6 and 7 April, 2017. The aim is to strengthen the existing GCDE and GCDE-related initiatives o...

At the invitation of the Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB), the Lesotho National Commission for UNESCO (LNCU) witnessed the Kick-Start Entrepreneurship Project Awarding Ceremony which was held on March 31st, 2017.  Project Kick-Start is a MMB’s flagship Corporate Social Investment Programme that is aimed at supporting young people to have good business ideas...

The Secretary General of the Lesotho National Commission for UNESCO (LNCU) officially launched free access to internet to the LNCU Documentation Centre. The event took place on Thursday 30th March, 2017 in the presence of staff and about 30 library users from about five institutions of higher learning based in Maseru.

The first library-users start taking a...