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World Vision Equips Basotho Journalists to Intensify Fight Against Child Labour
Mrs. Mathabang Kose of World Vision Lesotho passionately appealed to journalists to become active agents of change. ‘One day, just wake up angry and run a program on the issues that affect children in Lesotho. What are the root causes? The effects? Who should do what? You’d already be doing Prevention,’ she challenged. ‘Writing in a newspaper and addressing these various issues, you’d be helping World Vision Lesotho as a partner.’ She concluded by framing journalism as a key tool for systemic change in the fight against child exploitation.
FALSE: Magnitude 6 earthquakes are not increasing and are not linked to climate change
There has been no increase in major earthquakes, and they are not linked to climate change.
False: Namibian President did not issue a statement rejecting the Gates Foundation IUD trial
A viral Facebook post alleges that the Namibian President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has denied the Gates Foundation’s proposal to conduct medical trials of a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD)… The post is FALSE.
FACT-CHECK: South Africa’s supposed nuclear accusation against Lesotho is false
SOUTH AFRICA ACCUSES LESOTHO OF HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS”, this alarming “BREAKING NEWS” headline spread across Facebook and Twitter in late June 2025. But CheckDesk at MISA Lesotho has confirmed: it’s completely false. South Africa has outright denied making any such accusation, and Lesotho’s official nuclear disarmament commitments strongly contradict the claim.
SATIRE: This video showing snowfall in Somalia’s Garowe Town is fake
This Facebook post with a video claiming to show the first snowfall in Garowe, the administrative capital of Somalia’s Puntland regional state, is SATIRICAL. The clip shared on 13 June 2025 shows a...
Partly false: Image of assaulted gay person isn’t from Lesotho
A viral Facebook post claiming a carpenter in Mafeteng, Lesotho, assaulted a gay man over a forced sexual interaction is FALSE. Our investigation reveals the victim was actually attacked in Umlazi, Durban, South Africa, by a stranger, for being perceived as gay…
Fact Check: Viral Video of ‘Lesotho Citizens Fleeing to South Africa’ Is Actually LDF Recruitment Footage
Within hours, the post had been shared over 500 times, stoking fears of a humanitarian crisis on a South African doorstep. However, the footage actually depicts Basotho youth queuing for LDF recruitment interviews at Makoanyane Barracks on 31 May 2025, not a border crossing.
Fact-check: Is homosexuality a learned behaviour?
“no one is born gay or lesbian.”
Fact Check: Parliament Isn’t Criminalizing Monogamy in 2026
A Facebook post alleges that Lesotho’s Parliament is working on passing a law in 2026 making it a crime for a man to have only one wife. On 31 March 2025, a Facebook user (14K followers) shared in a Facebook group (327.1K members) that Parliament is outlawing monogamous marriage from 2026. The post […]