Category : Local News

MASERU — Local Government Minister Ponts’o Sekatle last year accused former US Ambassador to Lesotho, Robert Nolan, of betraying her by engaging in a public...

MASERU — Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa in 2007 appealed to the United States embassy to “whisper into the ears of those (in the opposition)...

MASERU — Lesotho will not take a position on the Libyan political impasse until calm prevails in the North African state, Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi...

MASERU — The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) was on Monday shut down indefinitely following fresh disturbances at the campus. The LUCT’s registrar, Moroka...

MASERU — A local radio and television manufacturing company, Kiota Electronics (Pty) Ltd, abruptly shut down on Tuesday leaving about 275 workers jobless. Disgruntled workers...

MASERU — The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)-Lesotho has for the third time cancelled Lesotho’s national identity card tender, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The MCA-Lesotho...

MASERU — South African police on Saturday arrested 383 heavily armed Basotho immigrants at a Famo music concerns in Welkom. The concert was at President...

MASERU — The National Aids Commission (NAC) is rationalising operations because it is broke. The NAC secretariat will be disbanded at the end of this...

MASERU — The Basotho National Party (BNP) is in fresh turmoil with two senior national executive members pushing for the ouster of embattled party leader...

MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP)’s firebrand Majara Molapo wants acting party leader Thesele ’Maseribane and members of his national executive committee jailed for contempt...

MASERU — A tattered jersey, a discoloured jacket and a pair of worn-out boots. That sums up the appearance of the police officers. This is...

MASERU — The term of office for outspoken Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioner Malefetsane Nkhahle has been renewed after a two-month stand-off, the Lesotho Times...

MASERU — A woman who allegedly saw two men abduct the late Astoria Bakery managing director Thabo Phohleli at his gate in Ha Tsolo told...

MASERU — South Africa’s ruling African National Council (ANC) on Tuesday paid tribute to the Basotho National Party (BNP) saying it was forever grateful for...

MASERU — The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) says it is still to decide what do with the ringleaders of last week’s strike. The...

MASERU — Cabinet deputy principal secretary, Thato Masiloane, who was facing eight charges of corruption, has been acquitted. Masiloane, together with four other senior officials...

MASERU — Students at Limkokwing University in Maseru took to the streets yesterday in protest over delays by the National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) to...

MASERU — For as long as there was a government in this country there has always been someone out to fleece it. Here we give you...

MASERU — The High Court on Friday dismissed an application by provisional liquidators of MKM to have rentals from properties belonging to the company paid...

MASERU — A Chinese businessman lost over M3 million worth of goods worth M100 000 in cash when his supermarket caught fire in Mafeteng last...

MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has bowed to pressure from a coalition of trade unions and business groups after he agreed to meet them...

MASERU — Lesotho must review laws of inheritance and succession in chieftainship to accommodate the girl child, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili said on Saturday. Mosisili...

MASERU — An All Basotho Convention (ABC) special conference last week shot down leader Thomas Thabane’s suggestion to boycott next month’s local government elections. In...

MASERU — Local Government Minister Pontšo Sekatle has granted residential sites to nine government ministers, senior officials and judges at Arrival Centre and Maseru Central...

MASERU — The National Manpower Development Secretariat (NMDS) has extended the deadline for submissions of scholarship applications for local students who wish to study in...

MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Lieutenant General Thuso Motanyane retired yesterday after 38 years in the military service. Motanyane who joined the army...

MASERU — A senior lawyer has pulled out of a case in which eight men are facing death penalty if found guilty of attempting to...

MASERU — A police constable allegedly shot his fiancée following an argument last Thursday. The police officer who works at the Maseru Border Gate is...