Category : Local News

…says party facelift critical for its survival  Mohloai Mpesi and Moroke Sekoboto  ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, says he is pinning his hopes...

—lawyers seek to exclude evidence  Moorosi Tsiane  MEDICAL doctor, Mobashshar Hassan, who examined the three police officers accused of the March 2016 murder of Police...

Moorosi Tsiane  FORMER Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) chief executive officer, Mamarame Matela, has denied “stealing” the Authority’s gadgets, but instead accused her successor, Nizam Goolam,...

…as govt secures only 30 percent of needed passports  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police will only be able to...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police has failed to effectively register and mark livestock due to officers bunking work.  It...

Staff Reporter  REVENUE Services Lesotho has embarked on a journey to develop and implement digital tax compliance solutions which will simplify and accelerate value added...

as another Famo gangster, Qoqotho, is brutally murdered  Qoqotho had been charged for one of the most heinous murders to rock Lesotho  PM Matekane asked...

…as former GS Mphaka is disqualified for deputy leader’s position  …and Mr Mphaka challenges that decision in court  Moroke Sekoboto  THE former ruling All Basotho...

…faces jail for contempt of court  …as Molibeli takes the witness box  Moorosi Tsiane  FORMER Police Commissioner, Kizito Mhlakaza, has allegedly refused to testify against...

promise that more supporters set to dump AD for the RFP  while founding leader Moleleki will now “vote with the gvt”   Mohloai Mpesi  ALLIANCE of...

Own Correspondent The Comesa Business Council’s digital financial inclusion system is set to change the dynamics of intra Africa Trade as it is expected to...

Mohalenyane Phakela  TO many, the pseudonym Mosotho rings terror.  But for others, among the communities of Liphakoeng in Leribe, the name evokes smiles. It represents...

Moorosi Tsiane  PROMINENT Lawyer, Rethabile Setlojoane, has fired his last shot towards unshackling himself from the fraud and money laundering charges he has been slapped...

The governments of Lesotho and the United States (US) will today launch the Entry Into Force (EIF) arrangement of the MCC Compact II to unlock...

Moorosi Tsiane  THE Court of Appeal is sitting physically for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Its last physical sitting was...

…but economists warn bankrupt gvt can hardly afford it  Mohloai Mpesi  A chorus has erupted calling upon the government to implement a food subsidy program...

Moroke Sekoboto  LOCAL retail outlet, Winner Star Supermarket, won a brand-new Mahindra Bolero valued at M300 000 during a Sefalana Cash & Carry contest yesterday. ...

…misses annual target for 2023/24 fiscal year by 9%  …but collects more than the previous year  Leemisa Thuseho  THE Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) has collected 8.87 billion in...

…as former NRA boss, Adv Motanyane, replaces him at LHWC  Moorosi Tsiane  THE government has agreed to pay the former Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC)...

Moroke Sekoboto  CIVIC groups have urged the government to halt the near 10 percent increase in electricity tariffs announced recently, saying hard pressed Basotho could...

…as National Assembly scraps clause 69 of the Act thereby disadvantaging “illegitimate” children  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE National Assembly’s decision to remove Clause 69 from the new...

…emphasizes strategic shift to focus on disease prevention     BEFORE Selibe Mochoboroane took over the Ministry of Health after the October 2002 general elections, Lesotho’s...

Mathatisi Sebusi/Hopolang Mokhopi  THE government finally met the deadline to unlock the implementation of the multi-billion maloti Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact II.  The project...

…as new Chinese medical team arrives  …while three more China-funded projects are in the pipeline  Mohloai Mpesi  THE medical specialists which China has been sending...

Moroke Sekoboto  THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has kept the repo rate unchanged at 7.75 percent, cushioning hard pressed consumers from immediate interest rate...

Hopolang Mokhopi  FINANCIAL services platform, Mukuru, has implored Basotho in the diaspora to use its safe mobile money transfer platform, when sending money back home,...

THE Amnesty International says it is shocked by the recent findings by the Lesotho Ombudsman, Tlotliso Polaki, on the inhumane treatment of inmates at the...

The Government of Lesotho has endorsed and launched the Emergency, Preparedness, and Response Flagship Initiative Roadmap. This was done with the support from the World...

 -as power tariffs are hiked by nearly 10 percent  Mathatisi Sebusi  ELECTRICITY tariffs have been hiked by nearly 10 percent, adding more woes to already...

Hopolang Mokhopi  THREE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) officers, who were arrested in South Africa last week were on a trial for cattle which had been stolen...