Category : Local News

  Fear of losing their jobs could see thousands returning to South Africa before being issued with their special permits. Pascalinah Kabi Thousands of Basotho...

Billy Ntaote Exiled All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, yesterday said his “deepest wish” was to return to Lesotho “to be with my fellow...

  Rethabile Pitso Shopa Lesotho Director, Lebohang Handy, says his company is now prioritising selling local products to empower Basotho businesses. Shopa Lesotho affords customers...

  Billy Ntaote ONE of the 13 Democratic Congress (DC) members accused of “sowing divisions” within the party has launched a scathing attack against his...

  Pascalinah Kabi The police are looking for men who allegedly gunned down two Mafeteng villagers on Boxing Day. The victims, a woman aged 53...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli A 78-year-old chief of Ha Kholoanyane and his wife (75) were brutally killed in their Matelile home on Friday last week. According...

  Devastating drought forces premier to seek assistance from development partners  Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has declared a state of emergency due to...

  Billy Ntaote High Court judge, Justice Semapo Peete yesterday ruled that charges preferred against Corporal Montsuoe Motseko by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), were...

  Billy Ntaote The Democratic Congress Youth League has accused 13 of its members of “sowing divisions” within the party. The league says the youths...

  Keiso Mohloboli Lesotho Defence Force Military Intelligence Officer Mantha Tekane was fired this week for allegedly tarnishing the images of Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa...

  Pascalinah Kabi A coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGO), the Law Society and College of Chiefs has called on Basotho “to rise and act to...

  Billy Ntate THE opposition alliance yesterday called on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to “tread carefully” when dealing with the international community. The alliance spoke...

  Billy Ntaote ARMY commander Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli on Monday said the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) was committed to upholding democratic rule and serving civilian...

  Billy Ntaote Home Affairs Minister Lekhetho Rakuoane on Monday praised the country’s late military ruler Major-General Phisoana Ramaema as a man who championed political...

  Former army commander’s body had eleven wounds ‘caused by high-velocity military type weapons’, according to an autopsy conducted by a South African pathologist. Keiso...

  Keiso Mohloboli SADC Facilitator to Lesotho, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday left Lesotho “a frustrated man” after government allegedly maintained that it would only receive the...

  Tefo Tefo A lawyer representing former Energy Minister Timothy Thahane, yesterday claimed his client’s right to a fair hearing was violated right from the...

  Keiso Mohloboli THE tripartite opposition bloc yesterday submitted a catalogue of demands to SADC facilitator to Lesotho Cyril Ramaphosa which, among others, calls for...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane South Africa’s Water Affairs and Sanitation Minister, Nomvula Mokonyane, has been accused of derailing Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project...

  Staff Reporter COURT of Appeal President, Justice Kananelo Mosito, yesterday appealed a High Court ruling allowing his prosecution for allegedly evading tax for 19...

  ‘If we can’t have the water, then no one else should. We will dig up the pipes and shut down the project,’ declares Ha...

  Motsamai Mokotjo THE seven-party coalition has accused SADC of making the country “ungovernable” by dispatching South African Vice-President, Cyril Ramaphosa, to engage government on...

  Limpho Sello CHINA has called on Lesotho to prioritise human resource development (HRD) to ensure the social and economic advancement of the Mountain Kingdom....

  Billy Ntaote Big Bravo (Pty) Ltd Managing Director, Bothata Mahlala, says his company “deservedly” won a M120 million Maseru City Council tender to refurbish...

  Billy Ntaote Big Bravo Investments 503 CC has taken Maseru City Council to court for allegedly failing to return performance guarantee documents the South...

  Staff Reporter THE High Court yesterday ruled in favour of four diplomats who were challenging their  recall by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane In its strongest ever rebuke of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government says the regional body cannot...

  Tefo Tefo Former Senate President Letapata Makhaola, his deputy ‘Mamonaheng Mokitimi and former National Assembly speaker Sephiri Motanyane, will be reimbursed M164 486.22 ,...

  Pascalinah Kabi A MOSOTHO man who had gone to study at the University of Nottingham Ningbo in China ended up being jailed for seven...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane SADC’s decision to dispatch its facilitator to Lesotho, Cyril Ramaphosa, shows the regional bloc has seen through government’s attempts to delay the...