2024 in Lesotho
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Events in the year 2024 in Lesotho.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]February
[edit]- 2 February – Lesotho at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships: Lesotho competes in Doha, Qatar with one athlete in swimming. No medals are won.
- 18 February – Maseru hosts the first AGM of the African Association of Accountants General, beginning a five-day conference on public financial management and governance.[1]
March
[edit]- The Office of the Ombudsperson releases findings that at least 300 detainees at Maseru Correctional Centre had been tortured by Lesotho Correctional Services officers.[2]
April
[edit]- 11 April – The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Lesotho launch a $300 million Health and Horticulture Compact to improve healthcare, create jobs, and boost agriculture.[3]
- 17 April – Staff at the Lesotho Tribune discover threatening notes targeting journalist]] and proprietor Phafane Nkotsi over reporting on the pension fund.[4]
- A United Nations Independent Expert on persons with albinism reports discrimination in Lesotho, including limited access to healthcare and education.[2]
May
[edit]- The government invokes the Internal Security Act, bans 12 Famo music groups linked to deadly rivalries and deploys the Lesotho Defence Force.[5]
July
[edit]- 26 July – Lesotho at the 2024 Summer Olympics: Three athletes compete in two sports; Tebello Ramakongoana sets a marathon national record in seventh place, and Michelle Tau is eliminated in taekwondo.
November
[edit]- 9 November – Lesotho Pride 2024 takes place in Maseru.[6]
- 13 November – The 6th SADC Groundwater Conference on regional groundwater management, technology, and governance is held.[7]
- 14 November – Lesotho is granted World Rugby Full Member status by the World Rugby Council.[8]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[9]
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- March 11 – Moshoeshoe's Day
- March 29 – Good Friday
- April 1 – Easter Monday
- May 1 – Workers' Day
- May 9 – Ascension Day
- May 25 – Africa Day
- July 17 – King's Birthday
- October 4 – Independence Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- December 26 – Boxing Day
Deaths
[edit]- 24 July – Malome Vector, singer-songwriter, car accident[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "First AGM as AAAG – Maseru, Lesotho". African Association of Accountants General. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ a b "Human rights in Lesotho". Amnesty International. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "MCC, Government of Lesotho Launch $300 Million Health and Horticulture Compact". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Lesotho: Authorities must stop threats against Lesotho Tribune's journalists and proprietor". Amnesty International. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Lesotho: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ Writer, Mamba (2024-11-17). "In Pictures: Lesotho Pride 2024". MambaOnline. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "6th SADC Groundwater Conference". IAH - The International Association of Hydrogeologists. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Egypt, Guatemala and Lesotho achieve World Rugby Full Member status". www.world.rugby. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Lesotho Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Mphande, Joy (2024-07-24). "Malome Vector reportedly dies in car crash with other 'prominent musicians'". TshisaLIVE. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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