Category : Local News

By Silence Charumbira In the evolving landscape of luxury fashion, Braveleo Couture positions itself as a challenger brand, attempting to dismantle the Eurocentric monopoly on...

Seithati Mots’oeneng KING Letsie III has warned that malnutrition exacts a steep social and economic toll across the globe, with African countries bearing the brunt...

Moroke Sekoboto THE Bangladeshi Association of Lesotho (BAoL) marked its first anniversary with a vibrant and culturally rich celebration, reflecting on its achievements while setting...

Moorosi Tsiane  MEDICAL doctors’ consultation rooms are supposed to be safe spaces for their patients, where the sterile walls and medical charts symbolise professionalism. However,...

Hopolang Mokhopi  THREE initiation school operators have been charged with the murder of an initiate, Matela Matekane, who was allegedly tortured to death.  The accused—Tšolo...

Silence Charumbira Rwandan lawmakers this week adopted a sweeping resolution in response to the protracted insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...

  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE recent suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a critical cog in development aid efforts in poor countries,...

  Moroke Sekoboto  MEDICAL cannabis holds significant potential to drive job creation and economic growth, presenting both immediate and long-term opportunities for Basotho.  This according...

Hopolang Mokhopi  LESOTHO is gearing up to participate in the upcoming Osaka Expo 2025 in Kansai, Japan, where it intends to create new opportunities for...

Moroke Sekoboto  REVENUE Services Lesotho (RSL) has once again engaged the business community to explore key aspects of global trade and taxation that significantly impact...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE South African Police Service (SAPS) is struggling to identify 79 of the 88 bodies of illegal miners retrieved from the Stilfontein mine...

Moroke Sekoboto  THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has embarked  on a rehabilitation path to reclaim its former glory.  The political party, which saw its representation drop from...

  Dear Machesetsa’s would be killer How dare you? How dare you want to rob us of the most colorful personality in our body politic?...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE embattled Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Knorx Molelle, has been stripped of his bodyguards.  Advocate Molelle, who had...

  …for holding dubious credentials, patient negligence and intoxication  Mathatisi Sebusi  TWO medical doctors from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), employed at Queen ‘Mamohato...

…claims agency wants to destroy evidence  Mohloai Mpesi  BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has accused the National Security Service (NSS) of attempting to...

—While in the US, Lipholo “lobbied” the UN to help Lesotho reclaim land “stolen” by SA  Mohloai Mpesi  AS legislator, Tṧepo Lipholo, continues to lead his...

—as court upholds Mahao’s decision to dismiss it  Moorosi Tsiane / Hopolang Mokhopi  FORMER Energy Minister Nqosa Mahao acted within his rights to dismiss the...

Mathatisi Sebusi  LESOTHO is facing a worsening cancer crisis, prompting urgent calls for investment in local healthcare infrastructure and expertise.  Minister of Health, Selibe Mochoboroane, said the...

  HEALTH Minister, Selibe Mochoboroane, continues to spearhead his transformative agenda for Lesotho’s healthcare sector.  He is leading intense vaccination programs to eradicate ailments like the...

…says courts are overwhelmed with criminal cases  …while crippled by lack of resources  Moorosi Tsiane  THE judiciary is buckling under the weight of a growing...

  Moroke Sekoboto  RENOWNED comedian Tšepo Mpiti, popularly known as Masapo, is among top comedians on a mission to transform the stand-up comedy scene in...

Seithati Motšoeneng  BLUE Sky Air Conditioning and Refrigeration has donated air conditioning and installation equipment valued at M700,000 to the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF).  This...

Moroke Sekoboto  THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again given major relief to consumers by reducing the repo rate by another 25...

Moroke Sekoboto THE Democratic Congress Youth League (DCYL) leade, Pheello Sehlabaka, has once again extended a helping hand to the vulnerable by donating 25 pairs...

  Moorosi Tsiane  A FRESH legal battle has erupted within the troubled Basotho Action Party (BAP), with the suspended deputy leader, Motlatsi Maqelepo, now challenging...

Moorosi Tsiane  CHIEF Justice Sakoane Sakoane has urged Magistrates to impose harsh punishments on perpetrators of sexual offenses against children.  Justice Sakoane made these remarks...