Category : Local News

… through a  bogus electricity sales scheme  …drags employee and accomplices to court  Mohloai Mpesi / Hopolang Mokhopi  THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has uncovered an alleged M81 million electricity fraud...

  Mohloai Mpesi  THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) suffered losses amounting to more than M9 million due to vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure during the...

…ahead of 2028 polls  Mohloai Mpesi  REVOLUTION for Prosperity (RFP) secretary general, Nthati Moorosi, has pledged to reunite the ruling party amid growing concerns over factionalism...

  SINCE taking over as the Chief Executive Officer of the Lesotho National Development Corporation in November 2025, Thabo Khasipe has wasted little time redefining the institution’s role in Lesotho’s economic transformation...

Mohloai Mpesi  FOR Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Nthati Moorosi, digitisation is no longer a luxury for Lesotho — it is a necessity.  From online government services and...

…claims investigations are ongoing  Moorosi Tsiane  CHIEF of Police, Advocate Borotho Matsoso, has dismissed allegations that senior police officers are attempting to cover up a major crystal meth manufacturing case...

…announces new developments Moroke Sekoboto CHINESE Ambassador to Lesotho, Yang Xiaokun, has urged every country to firmly oppose all forms of Taiwan independence and resolutely...

…says corruption and mismanagement at Passport Office have rendered citizens “stateless” Seithati Motšoeneng OMBUDSMAN, Advocate Tlotliso Polaki, has recommended that the Minister of Home Affairs...

…as they mark International Nurses Day Bokang Mofoka NURSES have been warned against ridiculing or mocking patients suffering from illness, with healthcare workers urged to...

Kabelo Masoabi THE Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) deputy spokesperson and Thaba Phatšoa legislator, Thabo Maretlane, has urged members of the ruling RFP to resolve internal disputes through...

…after alleged rape and murder at Mohale Dam Moroke Sekoboto THE Minister of Home Affairs and Police, Voeswa Tsheka, has announced the successful recovery of...

…after three years in custody Kabelo Masoabi A KwaZulu-Natal man, Sandile Dlamini, has been acquitted after the High Court found him not guilty of murdering 30-year-old...

  Moroke Sekoboto STAKEHOLDERS in the energy sector will next week convene for the second Lesotho Energy Access Dialogue (LEAD) as part of efforts to...

…amid widespread outages Moroke Sekoboto THE Ministry of Energy and Mining, through the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC), has embarked on an urgent nationwide operation to...

  …as revenge killing over initiation school feud lands man 25 years behind bars Moorosi Tsiane HIGH Court judge, Justice Mabatšoeneng Hlaele, has strongly condemned...

  Moorosi Tsiane THE five soldiers accused in the 2014 bomb attacks targeting the homes of former First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane, and former Police Commissioner,...

  Hopolang Mokhopi THE legal battle between Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane and Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase over the latter’s November 2025 suspension is set to return to...

THE reported uncovering of an alleged M81 million fraud scheme at the Lesotho Electricity Company should be a wake-up call not only for the power...

  A few days ago, Centre for Development in Social Justice (CDSJ) raised concern about the criminalisation of young girls and young women in pregnancy...

  Moorosi Tsiane CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has postponed judgment in the high-profile murder trial involving two former bodyguards of ex-army commander Lieutenant General Tlali...

  Moroke Sekoboto  NEWLY appointed ministers, Nkhethoa Seetsa and Voeswa Tsheka, have pledged sweeping reforms to restore efficiency and integrity in the ministries of Local Government and Chieftainship, and Home...

  …As he plans to engage competent experts to complete  the long stalled project  MINISTER of Public Works and Transport, Matjato Moteane, has called for former Principal Secretaries (PSs) in his...

…targets direct access to Asian markets for Basotho farmers  Moroke Sekoboto  A new player in Lesotho’s wool and mohair sector, Baokunyaoda, has entered the market with ambitions to...

Makananelo Manamolela  LESOTHO PostBank has launched a new funeral insurance product, Ntšelise Funeral Cover, aimed at providing affordable and reliable financial support to Basotho families during bereavement.  The product was...

…launches ‘Beyond Mocha-o-chele’ campaign  Rethabile Pitso  TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Vodacom Lesotho, has launched year-long celebrations to mark its 30 years of operations in the country, highlighting its sustained...

Moorosi Tsiane  A Motimposo man, Thabo Khama, will spend the next three decades in prison for brutally killing his partner and the man he found her...

  Hopolang Mokhopi  THE trial of a security guard accused of murdering a tenant at the premises he guarded in 2013 has commenced in the High...

Moorosi Tsiane  TWO men from Roma are expected to learn their fate today after pleading guilty to the brutal murder of Molojoa Mabokoane, a killing believed to have...

Bokang Mofoka  A high-level mission from the Adaptation Fund, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is in Lesotho this week to assess progress on a major climate resilience initiative...

  THE tragic disappearance of a young man in the waters of the Mohokare River is yet another painful reminder of a dangerous reality that has...