FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT NO. 7 OF 2022(PRE-ENFORCEMENT NOTICE UNDER SECTION 21 OF THE ACT)
TSELISO JAMES THAMAE & Another vs. NED BANK LESOTHO LTD C OF A (CIV) 47 OF 2024, The Financial Consumer Protection Act 2022 under section 21(1) provides that enforcement proceedings over a credit liability shall be commenced by financial service provider after a consumer has been – (a) notified of a default (b) informed of […]
RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 2011 LESOTHO
LCCI INVESTMENT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD & ANOTHER VS. THAMAE MOHAPI & 16 OTHERS C OF A (CIV) NO.43/2023 In the recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Lesotho delivered on the 1st November 2024, the Apex Court confirmed the High Court of Lesotho (Commercial Court Division) Order directing that the Company (Board of Directors) […]
SEMIM PROGRAM COHORT 2025 – NOTICE FOR APPLICATIONS
SEMIM PROGRAM COHORT 2025 – 9 WEEKS (Est. 2014) PUBLIC HEALTH MENTORSHIP LAUNCH DATE: TUESDAY 29TH APRIL 2025 Sello Mafatle Internship and Mentorship (SEMIM) program is back again with a call for Applications for interested: SEMIM is a platform of networking, opening opportunities and continuous and consistent mentorship program for professionals in Lesotho. Application Requirements […]
SELLO-MAFATLE ATTORNEYS CORPORATE CHALLENGE WARM DOWN 2024
The SMA team took an initiative on the 9th November 2024, to challenge ourselves after an outstanding performance at the 2024 Corporate Challenge by planning and organizing a 20km walk in commemoration of the firm celebrating 20 years of legal practice as a Commercial Law Firm in Lesotho, as well as Lesotho’s Bicentennial celebration of […]
RIGHTS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS TO INFORMATION UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 2011
LCCI INVESTMENT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD & ANOTHER VS. THAMAE MOHAPI & 16 OTHERS C OF A (CIV) NO.43/2023 In the recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Lesotho delivered on the 1st November 2024, the Apex Court confirmed the High Court of Lesotho (Commercial Court Division) Order directing that the Company (Board of Directors) […]
Attorney Tiisetso Sello-Mafatle’s Keynote speech at the 1st Annual Intergenerational Value Creation Roundtable Conference – Khotla
Modern Medicine and Law in “The 21st century”

Modern Medicine and Law in “The 21st century“ Firstly allow me to applaud the Women In Medicine Lesotho (WIML) for their selection of this topic and to say this may possibly be a thematic area for a long time as when we speak of (i) Modern Medicine and (ii) Law. We fundamentally ask, probe and […]
THE 2024 CORPORATE CHALLENGE
Our Team joined this year’s Corporate Challenge as it has done for the past Nine(9) years. This is a team building initiative held at Maseru Mall. The event comprises of running through obstacles and compulsory team work throughout the trail. Out of the 116 Teams that participated, Our Mixed Team came position 21 completing with […]
SEMIM Notice For Application

SEMIM Programme is an initiative of SELLO-MAFATLE ATTORNEYS, a corporate, global legal and transactional advisory Law firm based in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho. The Programme has since establishment in 2014 benefitted 70(Seventy) graduates. Mentorship applications for 30(thirty) students are open from the 1st September 2019 – 30th November 2019 under the following requirements: A Motivation Letter of not more […]
An Employee may be denied Severance Pay despite resignation prior to a dismissal

In April 2018, our Head of the Department of Labour and Property made a note titled “Mahamo v Nedbank Lesotho Limited LAC/CIV/04/11– A case on Severance Pay in Lesotho.” The note simply made employers aware that an employee can be entitled to severance pay despite committing a dismissible offence at the workplace. The trick, as determined in […]