National university of lesotho

NUL Students Make Electricity From a Turning Screw Run by Water!

Did you know you can make electricity from a screw? Yes, a screw! That’s what two students from the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Kabelo Moketo and Salang Malelu, did. They took an old idea, the Archimedes screw, and used it to make real electricity from flowing water. _____________ Brought to you by NUL Innovation […]

The King Gives MILCO the Best Supermarket Award at Farmers Pitso Awards!

Last Saturday was a day to remember. Mrs. ’Maliau Sepaeee, the store manager of Made In Lesotho CO-operative (MILCO), walked up to receive the Farmer’s Pitso Award for the Best Supermarket, handed to her by none other than His Majesty King Letsie III. The award wasn’t just any award. It was for being the Best […]

NUL Student Develops Laser System To Kill Weeds Without Chemicals!

An Electronics Engineering student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Thabang Nkoko, has developed an intelligent machine that detects and kills weeds using lasers. Instead of using poisonous sprays to fight weeds in farmers’ fields, he is using a laser beam. The system is able to spot weeds and kill them one by one […]

NUL Professor Digs Into Tšosane Dumpsite And Finds Troubling Chemicals!

At the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Professor Mosotho George decided to get his hands dirty. Literally. He dug soil from the Tsosane Dumpsite in Maseru, one of those places where plastics, bottles, and broken household stuff are piled high. But instead of just looking at the trash with his eyes, he looked at it […]