Sechaba Mokhethi is an investigative journalist, managing director and founding partner of MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism in Lesotho.

He started as a political writer for Public Eye, a local newspaper in Lesotho. He then moved to become Lesotho Correspondent for South Africa based African Independent and for The Southern Times in Namibia. At the same time, he was contributing stories for Good Governance Africa and Germany-based IDN IndepthNews, a flagship of the International Press Syndicate Group.

Mokhethi is the former Secretary General for Media Institute of Southern Africa-Lesotho. In 2019, he joined the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism as a Fellow. He soon established himself as a reliable investigative journalist in southern Africa.

Mokhethi has done impactful exposés supported by Oxpeckers Centre for Investigative Journalism, Africa China Reporting ProjectPulitzer and Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism.

Sechaba Mokhethi

Basic information

Name
Sechaba Mokhethi
Title
Journalist
Country
Lesotho
City
Maseru

Supported projects

UK Diamond Company Linked to Pollution

  • Environment

MOKHOTLONG – This investigation focuses on the mining activities of Letseng Diamond Mine, a subsidiary of GEM-Diamonds, a diamond company based in Lesotho, Southern Africa that has been linked to water pollution in the area despite winning climate awards.