Category : Local News

  …damages claims are for the “unlawful killing” of a Butha-Buthe man by a police officer Moorosi Tsiane POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli has been slapped...

Silence Charumbira SOME civic society members want the 11th Amendment to the Constitution Bill reviewed before it is passed to ensure that it captures their...

Bereng Mpaki THE government has launched a campaign to sensitise non-profit making organisations (NPOs) against being used as channels for money laundering and financial terrorism....

health delivery compromised as women forced to give birth at home, learners drop out of school, violence prevalent as gangsters declare ‘no-go’ areas Limpho Sello...

  TWO Maseru-based taxi operators were over the weekend burnt to death by an angry city mob who accused them of stealing gas cylinders. The...

but obstacles remain in their efforts to reunite the ABC ’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Mohlomi Tšoloane PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro and his All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s leader,...

alarming stats are indicative of high prevalence of sexual crimes against women in the country   Limpho Sello FORTY-FOUR percent of male prisoners are serving...

Leemisa Thuseho LIKUENA coach, Veselin Jelušić, is expecting a tough encounter when his side clashes with Ivory Coast tonight in its 2023 Africa Cup on...

Leemisa Thuseho MABOTE Beavers were on Saturday crowned champions of the Lesotho Rugby Sevens tournament in Maseru. The finals were played at Mabote Playground and...

petitions ConCourt to nullify PM’s “unconstitutional” moves to oust him, alleges Majoro is punishing him for re-deploying his ‘blue-eyed boy’ DCP Lebajoa.    Moorosi Tsiane...

’Marafaele Mohloboli | Bongiwe Zihlangu BELEAGUERED Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is involved in yet another messy fight with Police and Public Safety Minister, Lepota Sekola....

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli                                                FOREIGN Affairs and International Relations Minister, ‘Matšepo Molise-Ramakoae, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by a private university in India. In a...

. . . recovered money is part of the M54 million looted by Finance ministry officials Bereng Mpaki THE government has received M18, 6 million...

Bongiwe Zihlangu   DEPUTY Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu says if elected to power, a Democratic Congress (DC) government will swiftly implement reforms to improve the...

. . . as Bretton Woods institution advises government to cut public sector wage bill Bereng Mpaki THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has dealt Lesotho’s...

Moorosi Tsiane JUDGE ‘Maliepollo Makhetha has been appointed to preside over former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and others’ treason and murder trial. She takes over...

  Moroke Sekoboto VODACOM Lesotho Foundation has donated M650 000 to the Resource Centre for the Blind in Maseru. Vodacom Lesotho (VCL) board chairman, John...

  . . . says Lesotho and other African countries have “moral duty” to support Ukraine against Russian neo-colonialism TODAY marks exactly 105 days since...

 vows to clean up CID amidst accusations of shoddy probes resulting in high profile acquittals says “shocked” by Nthane acquittal and “special treatment” of Thabane,...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Health Minister Pinkie Manamolela has been elected deputy leader of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC). The medical doctor, who served as...

Moorosi Tsiane RETIRED Major General Lineo Poopa has thrown murder-accused former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, under the bus.  He has essentially accused Kamoli of ordering...

Limpho Sello FOLLOWING the breakout of the Monkeypox disease in some parts of the world last month, the Ministry of Health has called on travellers...

  Tšoloane Mohlomi PROMINENT businessman, Bothata Mahlala, has donated a newly constructed classroom block to Maqokho Primary School in Mt Moorosi, Quthing district. The building...

  DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete, will today be reassigned to his previous post as DCP in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department...

  Bereng Mpaki BASOTHO National Party (BNP) will set a retirement age for chiefs and introduce pension benefits for them if the party is voted...

. . . analysts warn that party must establish grassroots structures if it is to emerge victorious Bongiwe Zihlangu/Moroke Sekoboto WHILE this week’s manifesto launch...

…as feuding Majoro-Kabi factions’ reconciliation talks flounder ’Marafaele Mohloboli RULING All Basotho Convention (ABC) bigwigs Keketso Sello and Prince Maliehe engaged in a heated argument...

spy agency begs for forgiveness, says it is “remorseful” over the spate of crimes by its officers ’Marafaele Mohloboli/ Tokelo Khausela AN intelligence officer stands...

Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) deputy president, Teboho Molumo, has petitioned the High Court to nullify his 13 March 2022 suspension by his...