Category : Local News

claims to be good friends with DPM Mokhothu ’Marafaele Mohloboli A PAKISTANI national at the centre of allegations of masterminding a human trafficking ring has...

  Mohalenyane Phakela | Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY-APPOINTED Chief Justice, Sakoane Sakoane, has warned former army commander, Tlali Kamoli and other detained soldiers’ lawyers against conduct...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli LESOTHO has substantially progressed towards controlling the HIV epidemic, preliminary findings of the Lesotho Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (LePHIA 2020) survey show. The...

says won’t fire Molibeli Ntsebeng Motsoeli PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has rejected the Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA)’s demands for the dismissal of...

Staff Reporter ROGUE Chinese-born businessman, Yan Xie, is back in the news and this time he stands accused of defrauding the government of M27 million...

  Nthatuoa Koeshe THE National University of Lesotho (NUL’s) Innovation Hub says it is on the brink of making a breakthrough in the developing a...

  Bereng Mpaki THE operators of hospitality establishments that were engaged by the government to offer quarantine facilities for Covid-19 patients are angry with the...

IN September this year, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro appointed Mr Lebeko Sello as principal secretary (PS) for Law and Justice. The position fell vacant after...

DC angered by moves to prosecute Metsing, Mochoboroane for treason, slams ABC for “persecuting” its political rivals. Pascalinah Kabi SIX months after its establishment, the...

govt, SADC and EU have their work cut out as Kamoli & co-accused’s lawyers withdraw services, demand foreign judges’ withdrawal until clients’ demands are addressed...

Bereng Mpaki BOTSWANA Judge Onkemetse Tshosa has ordered High Court registrar, Advocate ‘Mathato Sekoai, to appoint pro deo lawyers to represent five murder-accused soldiers. Pro...

Bereng Mpaki THREE lawyers representing former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli’s co-accused soldiers in their high-profile trials, have been spared jail for contempt of...

  Limpho Sello LEADERS and decision makers must create an enabling environment for the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) commitments...

…as SADC reiterates that Metsing, Mochoboroane shouldn’t be prosecuted. Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE head of the SADC facilitation team, retired former South African Deputy Chief Justice,...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) has accused the Moeketsi Majoro-led administration of shielding Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli, from accounting for...

Pascalinah Kabi SMALL Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing principal secretary, Tankiso Phapano, has accused controversial businessman, Yan Xie, of defrauding the government of M27 million...

Herbert Moyo UNLESS Lesotho governments refrain from the habit of awarding grossly inflated tenders for various infrastructure projects, future generations will be caught up in...

  Bereng Mpaki THE United States Ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, last night led the relaunch of the DREAMS Lesotho programme. DREAMS is an acronym...

Limpho Sello THE government on Thursday received a Covid-19 testing laboratory from Lephema Executive Transport which is expected to bolster the country’s testing capacity by...

  Limpho Sello CERVICAL cancer is presenting a double burden for countries with high HIV prevalence like Lesotho, Her Majesty Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso, said...

  Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Police Mounted Police Service Staff Association (LEPOSA) has demanded that Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli defers the opening of an “inhabitable”...

  High Commissioner allegedly prioritised paying her children’s school fees ahead of staffers’ salaries Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela STAFFERS at Lesotho’s embassy are unlikely...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea yesterday presented his mid-term budget review indicating tough times ahead for the country as the economy continues feel the...

Limpho Sello IN a shocking development, the Leribe Craft Centre has recorded 43 cases of Covid-19, the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) has said. NACOSEC risk...

Bereng Mpaki THE National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a subordinate law which gives persons currently in illegal possession of rough diamonds until 31 January 2021...

as judges slam Thabane, police for “state-sponsored violence” As High Court and Court of Appeal award massive M500k damages to victims of police brutality  Mohalenyane...

as National Assembly approves Anti-Trafficking bill enactment of bill part of strict criteria for continued US development aid Ntsebeng Motsoeli THE National Assembly has passed...

  as High Court nullifies premier’s decision to effectively fire him  Mohalenyane Phakela ATTORNEY General Haae Phoofolo has finally won his court battle against Prime...

faces jail time if convicted for failing to implement 2019 order to reverse promotions Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Correctional Service (LCS) Acting Commissioner, Chabana Majara, faces...

Mohalenyane Phakela FORMER army commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli, has launched a fresh bid to be released on bail pending the finalisation of his...