Butha, Feb. 16 -- The Office of the Prime Minister (PM) Dr. Moeketsi Majoro has so far distributed food packages to over 1000 street vendors in five districts.

These are maize meal and beans which are provided in an effort to fight hunger which has stricken the families of street vendors due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Office had recently visited Butha-Buthe street vendors on the same mandate where 485 vendors received 12.5 kg maize meal and 5kg of beans.

Buthe based Disaster Management Authority (DMA) Representative Mojabeng Mohloki said the entire nation of Basotho has been affected by Covid-19 though at different levels. Mohloki said the Office of the PM realized that among the groups, street vendors are mostly affected. "They stan...