One of the central elements of tourism development is to encourage local communities' participation as it is the core to the sustainability of tourism industry. While the literature suggests a number of roles local communities could take in tourism development, little emphasis has so far been given to how local communities should participate in tourism development. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of community roles in tourism development by examining the views of the community at Katse area in Lesotho. A combination of stratified and convenience sampling approaches was used for sample selection of 500 households. The initial step involved stratified random sampling; accordingly, the population of Katse was first subdivided into four villages. Convenience sampling was then applied through the selection of each household in the four villages. The findings revealed that local communities want to be involved when tourism policies are being made to enable policymakers to prepare a policy that meets stakeholders' needs and addresses their concerns. They also want to be part of tourism development decisions to ensure their needs are incorporated.

Background The role of village health workers (VHWs), among other roles is to educate communities about tuberculosis (TB), TB screening and its treatment. The knowledge of TB among VHWs is crucial because they will carry out their role at the community well and this will impact the overall outcome of TB treatment. Aim The study is aimed at assessing the knowledge of TB among VHWs and households at the village level and the utilisation of VHWs’ TB services. Setting The study took place in 19 health centres from 10 districts of Lesotho. Methods The study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. Three study populations were interviewed, two at the household level (2040 households, 8295 individuals) and one at the clinic level (723 VHW). Results Overall, TB knowledge among VHWs for the majority of clinics except two was inadequate (below mean of 31.5). The utilisation of VHWs’ TB services among community members was also low. Conclusion Low utilisation of VHWs’ TB services by community members emanated from inadequate TB knowledge of VHWs. Regular refresher training among VHWs is recommended as the way forward in order to keep VHWs abreast with new TB developments.

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The study aimed at identifying factors that are perceived to be significant in choosing an institution is pivotal to inform the marketing approach for universities. The National University of Lesotho (NUL) was used as a study setting where a sample consisted of 400 for the population size of 1758 was settled for and a stratified probability sampling technique used to select respondents. A total of 270 questionnaires were returned representing a response rate of 60%. Reference group was the top important factor that influences students' choice of university, followed by institutional while the least significant factor was media. The correlation results revealed strong association between and amongst the three factors identified. Universities should be encouraged to match their offerings with the identified factors in order to increase enrolment. They should pay attention to these factors and reflect on their recruitment and marketing strategies to attract potential and retain existing students.

Agricultural entrepreneurship especially among youth is essential for employment creation. Entrepreneurial attitude is identified asa key driver to agricultural entrepreneurship and it seems to be associated with demographic factors. Research results on demographic factors still require further research which necessarily add more insight to the area of study. Hence the present study is aimed at evaluating the entrepreneurial attitude of youth in Lesotho and demographic factors that could have an influence on such attitude. A quota convenience sampling technique was used to select a sample from the National University of Lesotho final year undergraduates which resulted in attaining 78.8 percent response rate. A structured questionnaire was used for data collectionwhile descriptive statistics was used for data analysis. The results demonstrated that the majority of youth exhibited a negative attitude towards agricultural entrepreneurship therebysignifying the need for interventions that would ignite positive attitude to motivate agriculturalentrepreneurial activity in the country.All demographic factors with the exception ofone werefound to be significant predictors of entrepreneurial attitudeinherently useful in segmenting youth market if entrepreneurial interventions are implemented.