Category : Local News

MASERU — Twenty-eight students from the National Health Training College (NHTC) on Monday received US$6 000 (M42 000) from a United States-based charity organisation, Friends...

MASERU — Three Roma police officers appeared in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court to face a charge of corruption. The three were remanded to next Wednesday...

MASERU — Police are investigating a case in which two men were hammered to death in Ha-Makopela last week. A police report said the deceased...

MASERU — A 27-year-old woman from Ha-Tsolo was allegedly raped before being brutally killed last Saturday. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the woman appeared to...

MASERU — Hearing the news of your child’s death is every parent’s nightmare. For ’Masekake Sebapo the dreaded news came on the night of December...

MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) will tomorrow finally hold a special conference to decide the fate of its national executive committee...

MASERU — A businessman had to run for his life on Sunday after some villagers from Koalabata pelted his house with stones because they suspected...

MASERU – The chairman of the opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC), Sello Machakela, is suing his own party after it barred him from contesting this...

MASERU — The Court of Appeal on Monday ruled that the Basotho Congress Party and the Basutoland Congress Party are one and the same entity...

MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) has endorsed primary election results for National Assembly candidates in 33 of the country’s 80 constituencies....

MASERU — Unemployed construction workers have accused a top South African construction company of hiring foreigners while sideling locals to work at the new Maseru...

MASERU — A family dispute over who should bury a Mohale’s Hoek businessman spilled into the High Court this week. As the row rages the...

MASERU — A Chinese national was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years in jail for trafficking three Chinese women to work as sex slaves in...

MASERU — A Mafeteng principal chief is alleged to have blocked the burial of two people at gunpoint last week saying they did not have...

MASERU — Two men are recovering in hospital after they were beaten by an angry mob for allegedly robbing a supermarket in Pitseng, Leribe, on...

MASERU — The Ministry of Health will on Monday launch a national immunisation campaign against cancer of the cervix for girls between the ages of...

By Teboho Molapo and Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane yesterday awarded a three percent salary increase to civil servants. But in an...

MASERU — Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa last week summoned South Africa’s High Commissioner to Lesotho Happy Mahlangu after he criticised his comments that the...

MASERU — Political leaders yesterday expressed mixed feelings about the 2012/2013 budget presented by Finance Minister Timothy Thahane. Home affairs deputy minister Lineo Molise lauded...

By Lineo Pene MASERU — The government has increased old age pensions from the current M300 to M350 per month with effect from April 1. Finance...

MASERU — Parents should seriously consider contributing towards their children’s education as the government can no longer afford to go it alone, Finance Minister Timothy...

MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane yesterday presented a M13.7 billion budget that some economic commentators described as exceptional. Thahane said the government was able...

MASERU — Controversial Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league secretary general, Lebaka Bulane, died on Monday in a car accident. Bulane, 31, who was...

MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been allocated M51 million to organise this year’s election. The government is yet to announce the election...

By Mathabang Fobo MASERU — The government has allocated M150 million to the Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) for the construction of houses and refurbishment...

BEREA — It’s a solemn atmosphere at the Seetsa family in Koalabata, a village on the outskirts of Maseru. On Sunday the Seetsa family had...

By Tebello Moalosi MASERU — Finance Minister, Timothy Thahane yesterday appealed to commercial banks to lower service charges to encourage people to deposit their monies....

MASERU — The government is conducting a forensic audit to weed out corrupt civil servants, Finance Minister Timothy Thahane said yesterday. Thahane was answering questions...