Category : Local News

Letsatsi Selikoe  FARMERS in Berea are expected to help bridge the gap in the country’s poultry products demand after undergoing extensive training last week.  Lesotho...

Hopolang Mokhopi  The trial in which alleged fraud mastermind, Lehlohonolo Selate, is charged of defrauding Maluti School of Nursing of M316 200 continue to drag as his...

  When we entrust our money to banks, we automatically enter into contracts of mutuum with them. This means we automatically entrust them to look after our...

to manage the university’s multi-million dollar pension fund  demands reversal of seemingly corrupt appointment  Mohloai Mpesi  THE National University of Lesotho (NUL)’s management has rejected...

…as massive job losses loom  …govt, mining companies consider options to keep the businesses afloat  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE future of Lesotho’s mining industry looks bleak...

Mathatisi Sebusi  LESOTHO has saved 17 109 lives of people living with HIV in 2023 and prevented 1483 new infections in children through Antiretroviral Therapy...

…As DCEO intensifies war on graft  Moorosi Tsiane  THEY were entrusted with facilitating a scheme to empower Basotho entrepreneurs including taxi operators, women and the disabled, with...

THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is thrilled that the first of two double-shielded Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) designed to excavate the 38-kilometre Polihali Transfer...

Moorosi Tsiane  THE legal battle over the ownership of the liquidated textile giant, Presitex Enterprise, has taken a new twist. The newly appointed liquidator, Kenneth...

…as EU donates furniture valued at M6.4 million to govt  Staff Reporter  THE government is currently decentralising service delivery within the justice system to various...

–in male dominated construction sector   MAMPENE Mohale is a young Mosotho woman who started from nothing but is now making waves in the construction sector. Her...

Seithati Motsoeneng  IN a move towards innovation, the Water and Sewage Company (WASCO) has introduced new devices and mobile phone applications (apps) to streamline the meter reading...

…whilst driving economic activity  Staff Reporter  ECONET Telecom Lesotho (ETL) has reaffirmed its commitment to uplifting sports in the country through its long-term sponsorship of...

…as internet remains effective tool for human trafficking  Mohloai Mpesi  THE spike in human trafficking in Lesotho is attributable to the country’s high poverty levels...

…As DCEO probes possible corruption  Mohloai Mpesi  A TUG-OF-WAR over a mining lease has cast a shadow over the new diamond mine located in Nqechane...

Mathatisi Sebusi  MINISTER of Health Selibe Mochboroane says government is making concerted efforts to protect Basotho against the Mpox-virus.  This, Mr Mochoboroane says, is being...

finds no graft in ballot paper procurement process  but DC dissatisfied with the outcome  says it will take further action  Mohloai Mpesi  INDEPENDENT Electoral Commission...

…discloses that China-Africa trade has reached historic USD$282 billion  Mohloai Mpesi  THE prestigious Avani Maseru Hotel was a hub of elegance and excitement on Tuesday...

…demands answers over leaked Scott letter  Moorosi Tsiane  FORMER Minister of Small Business Development, Chalane Phori, has launched a scathing attack on the Lesotho Correctional Service...

Mohloai Mpesi  GOVERNMENT spokesperson, Thabo Sekonyela, has fiercely defended the government and the army, against accusations that they are fomenting human right violations in Lesotho. ...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE main opposition Democratic Congress (DC) has alleged that the National Security Service (NSS) is threatening its upcoming youth league elective indaba.  The...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE fate of Lesotho’s reforms hinges on the consciences of individual legislators across the political divide and their will to serve their country. ...

Hopolang Mokhopi  NON governmental organisation, Partners in Health (PIH), has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH).  The organisation is thus taking stringent...

Mathatisi Sebusi  Prolonged food insecurity in Lesotho, exacerbated by climate change impacts such as floods and droughts, has led to Basotho men being trafficked into...

Hopolang Mokhopi  IN a shocking incident, five men allegedly raped a mentally ill minor repeatedly.  The five have all since been arrested and the police...

…As Mafisa redeploys 16 officers in an “act of vengeance”  Staff Reporters  The calamitous situation at the National Security Service (NSS) is worsening.  The spy...