Category : Local News

  Bongiwe Zihlangu The National Assembly has approved a new law aimed at economically empowering women married under customary law. Styled the Laws of Lerotholi...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao has promised his supporters a better Lesotho should he be voted into power in...

. . . Thaba-Tseka villagers still in shock after gruesome attack ’Marafaele Mohloboli IN yet another incident of gender-based violence that has left a Thaba-Tseka...

  LESOTHO Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) last month appointed Dr Retselisitsoe Nko as its chief executive officer. In this interview Nko chats to Lesotho Times...

Bereng Mpaki The public should brace itself for a significant hike in public transport costs. This after the government averted a crippling nationwide taxi strike...

suspects corruption “messed up” state case, warns rampant killings will continue “as long as criminals walk free”. Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Justice minister Kelebone Maope has...

  Silence Charumbira OPPOSITION Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary general, Lebohang Thotanyana, says the government must urgently ensure that Lesotho’s diamonds are locally processed to...

. . . four decomposing bodies recovered at the North West mine Staff Reporters SIXTY Lesotho nationals have been arrested by South African police for...

…his decomposed corpse discovered barely two weeks after his wife’s brutal murder  ‘Marafaele Mohloboli  A QOALING man, who went missing a few days before the cold-bloodied...

  …cold-bloodied killing speaks to worrying escalation of murders by uniformed forces ’Marafaele Mohloboli IT never rains but pours for vulnerable and defenceless Basotho women...

says more than 100 000 have joined, says a BAP govt will lift Lesotho form its dependence on other countries Marafaele Mohloboli MORE than 100...

  Moorosi Tsiane PROMINENT businessman Tšeliso Nthane’s trial and acquittal on murder charges is a story that has got tongues wagging since it happened over...

Limpho Sello HIV-positive mothers in Quthing have, since February this year, been struggling to access pediatric cotrimoxazole suspension and are on the verge of exposing...

Bereng Mpaki THE South African High Court has postponed all cases related to Fazer Solar’s fight with the government over the latter’s alleged breach of...

  Nthabiseng Libate/Tokelo Khausela CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in ESwatini were recently in the country to draw lessons from Lesotho as they continue their fight...

  Staff Reporter UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Lesotho, Maria E Brewer, on Friday led embassy staff on a climb up the historic Thaba Bosiu...

’Marafaele Mohloboli IN an incident that has left his parents and Sekamaneng residents in Berea in shock, a teenage learner hung himself after being subjected...

accuses them of being “bought” by Matekane’s uniform donations, says a DC govt will reform LMPS to instil discipline and professionalism Bongiwe Zihlangu DEPUTY Prime...

Bongiwe Zihlangu . . . says tycoon not telling truth about why he entered politics DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has slammed business tycoon...

. . . the chief justice’s comments come after shoddy work in the Nthane murder trial. Moorosi Tsiane CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has blamed “inefficient...

but insists he is not aware of son’s involvement in the crime Moorosi Tsiane LOCAL Government and Chieftainship Affairs Minister, Lehlohonolo Moramotse, has bizarrely claimed...

. . . slams judge’s insistence on proceeding with treason trial without ‘chief actor’ Metsing Mohalenyane Phakela DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, has upped...

Moorosi Tsiane JUDGE Charles Hungwe has thrown out former army commander, Tlali Kamoli’s application for his recusal from presiding over the latter’s attempted murder trial....

Moorosi Tsiane/Mohalenyane Phakela DIAMOND mining company, Storm Mountain Diamonds (PTY) LTD, has sued the Lesotho National General Insurance Company (LNIG) for allegedly refusing to compensate...

346 women died from cervical cancer in Lesotho in 2020 alone, while govt continues to dither on the construction of cancer treatment facility. Limpho Sello...

. . . govt says lucrative grant will “advance economic growth and poverty reduction”. Staff Reporters THE official signing ceremony for the US$300 million (about...

Limpho Sello FAMO gangs in Mafeteng have been fingered as one of the major contributors to the district’s HIV’AIDS prevalence rates which are now the...

  Moorosi Tsiane BUSINESS TYCOON Tšeliso Nthane’s much-delayed trial finally kicked off yesterday in the High Court with the latter pleading not guilty to charges...

  Moorosi Tsiane THE trial of former army commander, Tlali Kamoli, and eight other soldiers accused of murdering army commander Maaparankoe Mahao has been postponed...