SACU Summit Focus: Lesotho’s Prime Minister Ntsokoane Matekane leads the country’s delegation to the 9th Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit in Cape Town (24–25 June), where leaders will review the SACU Strategic Plan (2022–2027) and push priorities like industrialisation, regional value chains, customs modernisation, trade facilitation and investment promotion. Public Accountability & Service Delivery: In Quthing, heads of departments and public groups met ahead of next week’s National Dialogue and Accountability Summit, with officials stressing better coordination, transparency and stronger public-private collaboration to improve service delivery and local economic growth. HIV Treatment Continuity: The EpiC project and the Health Ministry held a “Back to Care” symposium in Maseru, highlighting efforts to trace and re-engage people who interrupted HIV treatment, and warning that starting treatment is not enough without retention in care. Media Skills for Business Reporting: CAFI is running a two-day workshop in Maseru to train journalists on investment opportunities, financial inclusion and economic reporting, partnering with the Central Bank of Lesotho to improve how monetary and cost-of-living issues are communicated. Lesotho’s Food Security via Block Farming: Lesotho’s Law and Justice Minister Richard Ramoeletsi urged community members to join correctional-services block farming, aiming for better yields, shared harvest plans and a commercial block farming society. Regional Trade & Cost Pressures: A UN Africa warning flags the Middle East crisis as a growing external shock for Southern Africa, driving imported inflation through higher energy, freight and logistics costs. Cross-Border Payments Watch: South Africa’s Reserve Bank is drafting rules targeting offshore payment facilitators to reduce money-laundering and cross-border compliance risks. Diesel Price Signal: A global mapping shows diesel prices rising sharply since the Iran war, with Lesotho among the biggest movers (+84.4%), underlining transport-linked cost pressure.