AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAI & Copyright Clash: Basotho creatives say AI is eating into design and photography work while Lesotho’s copyright law still dates to 1989, leaving artists stuck doing unpaid “fixes” for AI-made products. Local Power Access: Ha-Koili residents in Roma Valley complain they’re skipped in rural electrification rollouts, with students and small businesses suffering from lack of power and broken roads. Parliamentary Accountability: Public Accounts Committee chair Dr Ts’eliso Moroke says PAC cannot prosecute; he urges the DCEO and police to act when investigations point to breaches of law. Court Fight at NUL: Fired NUL Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Kananelo Mosito asks the Court of Appeal to find university officials in contempt over a court-protected succession process and his early contract termination. Business vs LDF: A Maseru businesswoman sues the Lesotho Defence Force for over M6m, alleging an unpaid balance from a long-ago jersey supply damaged her business. Public Finance Scrutiny: The Auditor-General’s office spent about M12m on a forensic audit into LEC, drawing questions in Parliament about budget adequacy. SADC Politics: Lesotho’s PM will represent the country at the SADC summit in Durban, with Lesotho pushing for chairing the Troika from 2027-2028. Treason Trial Delayed: Former Deputy PM Mothetjoa Metsing’s treason trial was postponed to September after he travelled to Zambia as an election observer.
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