Category : Local News

  Rethabile Pitso THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) disbursed M926 081 on Monday to needy schools and communities as part of its social responsibility...

  Keiso Mohloboli Lesotho’s ambassador to Italy, Sempe Lejaha, was found dead at his home on Tuesday this week. Foreign Affairs and International Relations minister,...

  Bongiwe Zihlangu In a new twist to the probe around Brigadier Maaparankoe Mahao’s assassination by the military two months ago, the SADC Commission of...

  Keiso Mohloboli Government has recalled four more diplomats bringing the number of envoys who have been ordered to prematurely return home since the beginning...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is expected back in the country “soonest” following an agreement the exiled All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader...

  …as feuding DC youths hold potentially explosive maiden elective conference  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Two Democratic Congress Youth League factions go toe-to-toe this weekend as the...

  Tefo Tefo A LONGSTANDING dispute over the ownership of the Moshoeshoe Berea Bible Readers Church building in Thuoathe plateau was heard in the High...

  Rethabile Pitso The Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) has warned visitors to Thaba-Bosiu plateau against littering one of the country’s most illustrious heritage sites....

  Bongiwe Zihlangu The terms of reference of the SADC Commission of Inquiry will remain untouched, contrary to a government gazette published last month seeking...

  Keiso Mohloboli Defence and National Security minister Tšeliso Mokhosi has announced the jury to preside over the trial of 23 soldiers detained at Maseru...

  ‘The new challenges we are confronted with all point to a refusal of certain sections of the population, particularly members of the opposition, to...

  …PM Mosisili calls outgoing police commissioner ‘a politician in denial’ and ‘wolf in sheep’s skin’. Keiso Mohloboli Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) Commissioner Khothatso...

  Tefo Tefo A LAWYER representing the Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP) on Tuesday urged the High Court to nullify the allocation of Proportional Representation...

  Rethabile Pitso Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) staff on Saturday celebrated King Letsie III’s 52nd birthday with children at Phelisanong Centre. The SLB members, clad...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Local Government and Chieftainship Affairs minister Pontšo ’Matumelo Sekatle has appealed to all Basotho to heed government’s call for “serious” behavioural change...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A prosecutor in the corruption trial of Police Minister Monyane Moleleki and four Mafeteng mining executives says he has failed to secure...

  …says women should take advantage of proposed constitutional reforms to lobby for the abolition of laws that discriminate against them. Bongiwe Zihlangu Women should...

  …says Private Sector Development Programme could be the antidote   Rethabile Pitso The Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL) has urged government to approve...

  When the current seven-party government came to power after the 28 February 2015 snap elections, it decided to establish three more ministries, among them...

  Tefo Tefo FORMER Commissioner of Refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs Francis Tlhopheho Sefali will spend 10 years behind bars if he fails...

Keiso Mohloboli Exiled All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane has met twice with Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in South Africa over the past three...

  Keiso Mohloboli Twenty-three soldiers detained in Maseru Maximum Security Prison by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) were presented with their individual charges for the...

Tefo Tefo The High Court has postponed to 27 November a corruption case against Police Minister Monyane Moleleki and four Mafeteng mining executives. Mr Moleleki...

  …as SA legislators grill Ramaphosa over SADC probe team Bongiwe Zihlangu The SADC Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Lesotho’s instability will only entertain witnesses...

Lekhetho Ntsukunyane There was drama at the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) yesterday as messengers of the court evicted Bishop Daniel Rantle from the...

  Tefo Tefo THE Court of Appeal has set aside a High Court and disciplinary committee decision which dismissed the Director of Finance and Administration...

Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) celebrates its golden jubilee next month amid fears the country’s prevailing security and political challenges which began...

  …as court increases businessman’s jail term for murder by five years Tefo Tefo A FORMER member of the Lesotho Defence Force, Nkoli Malia, should...

  Motsamai Mokotjo PLAYERS in the tourism sector have been called upon to collaborate with government to ensure the making of informed decisions and the...