Category : Local News

Moorosi Tsiane FIRED High Commissioner to Canada, Molise Tšeole, has petitioned the High Court seeking to nullify his 23 April 2024 dismissal by the government...

Moorosi Tsiane THE prosecution is working hard to secure the conviction of Khubetsoana man, Qamo Matela, who stands accused of murdering his wife, ‘Mahlompho Matela,...

—calls for implementation of death penalty to deter criminals  Moroke Sekoboto  PRIME Minister Sam Matekane government’s failure to provide Basotho with much needed passports is...

VETERAN politician and former Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) leader, Moeketse Malebo, who died on Sunday aged 93, will be remembered as one of Lesotho’s most illustrious...

Mathatisi Sebusi LESOTHO’s wool and mohair sector is struggling as farmers battle to get markets for their produce. The sector is afflicted by a combination...

Mohloai Mpesi LESOTHO Mounted Police Service (LMPS) acting boss, Dr Mahlape Morai, has established a team to probe police officers involved with Famo gangs fuelling heinous crimes across the country. The main...

Letsatsi Selikoe THE Tṧosane dumpsite, which has been wreaking environmental and health havoc in the surrounding community, should never have existed in the first place.  The...

Staff Reporter FORMER Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, prematurely terminated former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Motlatsi Mapola’s employment in the police service, the High Court...

if gvt fails to rein in members of armed forces fuelling Famo violence…  after brutal killing of six civilians, including five family members…   deceased include a...

Moorosi Tsiane  MASERU Town Clerk, Molete Selete, has been charged by the Maseru Magistrates Court for “illegally paying” M14 million to a Chinese joint venture...

  Moorosi Tsiane  THE judiciary is in mourning after it lost High Court Judge, Justice Hopolang Nathane, this week.  The High Court and Court of...

Mathatisi Sebusi  THE government has set aside over M2 million to establish a commission of inquiry to probe the December 2023 escape of prisoners and alleged...

–as police brand Malerato Khutlisi a “shebeen queen”  –while Khutlisi again implicates Holomo Molibeli in the theft scandal  Staff Reporter  THE alleged M40 million Tholo Energy theft...

The publisher of the Lesotho Tribune newspaper, Phafane Nkotsi, says he is now living in fear of his life and the safety of his family members after receiving threats of...

Mohloai Mpesi  NEWLY elected All Basotho Convention (ABC) secretary general, Thebe Mokoatle, is confident that the party’s newly elected executive committee (NEC) is fit for purpose and...

as the Crown concedes that it lied to get the arrest warrant issued  Mothae had not been informed of court dates as originally claimed  Judge...

Moorosi Tsiane  INCARCERATED double ritual murderer, Lehlohonolo Scott, will next week know whether he can appeal his 2020 conviction.  This after he pleaded with Justice...

the boarding schools enrol babies under five years of age  helping replace the practice of entrusting toddlers with nannies  enhancing early childhood development  Letsatsi Selikoe ...

… mourners eulogize renowned journalist as a loving man  Moroke Sekoboto  LOCAL radio station Tṧenolo FM’s late founder, Mohau Kobile, was as a passionate, patient,...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE destruction visited upon Maseru Mall when a freak hailstorm wreaked havoc there a fortnight ago, was “an act of God” and “a...

The ANC has marshalled all its ministers — presumably using government resources —  to start “aggressively communicating its success stories” through advertising in the next...

Mathatisi Sebusi  TRADE unions are disgruntled that government continues to discriminate against women working in the textile and private security sectors when it comes to maternity...

…accuse some of operating illegal clinics  Moroke Sekoboto  THE Lesotho Nursing Council (LNC) has warned nurses who are operating illegal clinics that they are putting lives...

—says one in three women have experienced GBV  …urges communities to be more involved in fighting the scourge  Letsatsi Selikoe  GENDER based violence (GBV) is...

…but it remains unclear when he’ll resume duties  Moorosi Tsiane  THE Labour Appeal Court has ordered the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to reinstate its Public...

Letsatsi Selikoe  AS the race for the election of the next Commonwealth secretary general gains momentum, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Lejone Mpotjoane,...

WITH just a week before Lesotho’s first ever mining indaba (Khotla) gets underway, Natural Resources Minister, Mohlomi Moleko, says the event’s primary purpose is to...

—as DCEO probes mining department officials for demanding bribes  Mohloai Mpesi/Letsatsi Selikoe  Natural Resources Minister, Mohlomi Moleko, says the country’s mining sector is enmeshed in corruption...