Hundreds of textile workers took to the streets of Maseru on October 31, demanding urgent government action to protect jobs amid crippling U.S. tariffs and the expiry of a key trade deal. Around 400 demonstrators, organized by six major trade unions, marched through the capital waving flags and
Lesotho’s textile industry, the country’s largest private employer and a pillar of its economy, is reeling from sweeping U.S. tariffs that have triggered mass layoffs, shut down factories and shaken one of Africa’s most vulnerable nations. The tariffs, introduced in April under U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal trade” policy, imposed levies of up to 50 […]













