Events in the year 2024 in Lesotho.
Incumbents
King: Letsie III Prime Minister: Sam Matekane
Events
February
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.
March
The Office of the Ombudsperson releases findings that at least 300 detainees at Maseru Correctional Centre had been tortured by Lesotho Correctional Services officers.
April
11 April – The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Lesotho launch a $300 million Health and Horticulture Compact to improve healthcare, create jobs, and boost agriculture. 17 April – Staff at the Lesotho Tribune discover threatening notes targeting journalist and proprietor Phafane Nkotsi over reporting on the pension fund. A United Nations Independent Expert on persons with albinism reports discrimination in Lesotho, including limited access to healthcare and education.
May
The government invokes the Internal Security Act, bans 12 Famo music groups linked to deadly rivalries and deploys the Lesotho Defence Force.
July
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
9 November – Lesotho Pride 2024 takes place in Maseru. 13 November – The 6th SADC Groundwater Conference on regional groundwater management, technology, and governance is held. 14 November – Lesotho is granted World Rugby Full Member status by the World Rugby Council.
Holidays
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 24 July – Malome Vector, singer-songwriter, car accident
References
External links Online calendar