Regional Trade & Investment: Botswana pushed for deeper intra-African trade at a Botswana–Lesotho Business Forum in Gaborone, stressing partnerships that can cut inflation pressures, ease commodity shortages, and create jobs. Public Finance Accountability: Lesotho’s Auditor-General report flags weak delivery under the CAFI project, with only 41% of its revised budget spent by March 2024, despite aims to boost private-sector competitiveness and financial inclusion. Cost of Living & Transport: The Petroleum Fund moved to clarify it does not supply petrol, even as fuel hikes keep feeding into higher transport fares and basic goods prices. Taxi Fare Shock: MRTO’s proposed 79% taxi fare increase is set to spark a major commuter backlash, with disabled Basotho warning the hike will deepen exclusion. Health & Social Protection: Metropolitan Lesotho launched Boiketlo Life Cover to widen access, including for people with chronic illnesses. Palliative Care Boost: Starlight of Hope Hospice will start home-based care from July after receiving vehicles and support from Standard Lesotho Bank and Maseru Toyota. Industrial Jobs Plan: LNDC unveiled its “Letsema” 2026–2031 plan, targeting 50,000 new jobs and 100 homegrown industrialists to reduce import dependence. HIV Prevention Expansion: The US and Global Fund plan to expand access to lenacapavir, aiming to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission for one million more people. Education & Inclusion: A Lesotho conference call urged assessment systems that reflect local realities, warning against copying colonial-style tests that disadvantage rural and disabled learners.