Category : Local News

MASERU – Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla says the procurement of electronic passports will go ahead despite concerns that the process was flawed. Lehohla told...

MASERU – Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor, Moeketsi Senanoana, has died. Senanoana died at Medi-Clinic in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Sunday. A notice on...

MASERU – Cameraman Habofanoe Ntsie told the High Court on Tuesday that he shot and killed his two neighbours in 2004 in self-defence. He said...

MASERU – Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB) boss Selematsela Montŝi has been fired. Montŝi was fired for alleged corruption which was unearthed by a forensic...

MASERU – The Committee on Monitoring of Electoral Processes wants local government elections, which had been set for May, postponed to August. A progress report...

MASERU – Lesotho’s civic groups are demanding greater involvement in the formulation of the national budget. They say they are not happy that the government...

MASERU – A Kenyan and two Basotho are facing criminal charges for operating unregistered schools in Maseru. The prosecution says Moses Kiaba, Akhente Akhente and...

MASERU — Former Basotho National Party (BNP) publicity secretary Majara Molapo wants secretary general Ranthomeng Matete and deputy leader Thesele ‘Maseribane barred from contesting for...

MASERU — A 15-year-old boy from Maseru was arrested on Saturday for illegal possession of dagga. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the boy was arrested...

MASERU – Lawyers for the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) yesterday asked the High Court to throw out an application seeking to block the...

MASERU – A former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) brigadier and his wife were yesterday awarded M140 000 for unlawful arrest and detention by the army....

MASERU — High Court judge Justice Thamsanqa Nomncongo has recused himself in a case in which an army officer is challenging some provisions of the...

MASERU – Basotho National Party (BNP) secretary general Ranthomeng Matete last Friday threw his hat into the ring for the presidency of the BNP. Matete...

MASERU – A 29-year-old man from Mapoteng was allegedly beaten to death by angry villagers after he was accused of bestiality. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha...

MASERU — Women from different organisations met at Maseru Sun hotel on Tuesday to celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme “Dare to Dream”. The...

MASERU — A rogue army officer Lehloa Ramotšo is set to appear before a court martial this month to answer charges of ill-treating civilians during...

MASERU — A National University of Lesotho (NUL) law lecturer has filed a M1.5 million defamation lawsuit against the Legal Aid department. Tekane Maqakachane has...

MASERU – The Lithoteng police are alleged to have severely battered a theft suspect, detained him in holding cells for four days and demanded that...

MASERU — Seven men suspected to be members of a group that attacked army barracks and attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in April...

Party owned newspapers in Africa have never been known for incisive reportage but that does not mean they should be pathetic Pravdas full of tosh....

  MASERU — Two men aged 59 and 60 were beaten to death by members of a rogue community crime prevention committee in Phororong in...

MASERU – The All Basotho Convention (ABC) party has pledged to empower local councils to deliver better services to the people if it wins local...

MASERU – Junior police officers who hold university degrees have dragged Police Commissioner ’Malejaka Letooane to the High Court for allegedly refusing to promote and...

What do you do when you find out that your monthly grocery is running into tens of thousands of maloti yet your favourite food is...

MASERU – Opposition parties have ganged up against a new Bill that seeks to change the laws governing National Assembly elections in Lesotho. The Lesotho...

MASERU — The days of people refusing to settle genuine claims on the basis that those who seek damages have not lodged their claims on...

MASERU – The High Court has reserved judgment to next week in an application in which an army captain wants the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)...

MASERU — The National Aids Commission (NAC) this week said Lesotho’s HIV prevalence rate has slightly decreased over the past two years. NAC on Tuesday...

MAFETENG – Police have launched a crackdown on famo gangs that are blamed for dozens of murders in Mafeteng district. More than 100 famo artistes...

MASERU – The government will not hire personnel to fill new posts because of the scarcity of funds, according to Finance Minister Timothy Thahane. Thahane...