Category : Local News

  Billy Ntaote Acting Government Secretary (AGS), Moahloli Mphaka, has accused Deputy Prime Minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, of being behind this week’s attack on members of...

  …says a police inspector and superintendent were injured in the attack   Billy Ntaote THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) yesterday said the gunfire which...

  Keiso Mohloboli TWO members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Special Forces are allegedly on the run after “disappearing” from work three weeks ago,...

  …DC leader says premier no longer has mandate to rule after losing LCD support Letuka Chafotsa ROTHE – The main opposition Democratic Congress (DC)...

  Health minister launches spirited defence of premier Thomas Thabane Keiso Mohloboli MOHALE’S HOEK-The Minister of Health, Pinkie Manamolela, says politicians should not tarnish the...

  Limpho Sello TWO Lesotho College of Education (LCE) lecturers were suspended on Friday last week for alleged misconduct. The two are Mpholo Leoisa and...

  Bongiwe Zihlangu THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is set to haul eight of its members, among them suspended Secretary General Keketso Rantšo, before...

  Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge Justice Semapo Peete has postponed the corruption trial of former Ministry of Home Affairs Principal Secretary (PS) Retšelisitsoe Khetsi,...

  Premier highlights danger posed by Lt Gen Tlali Kamoli and the connection between the army commander and Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing Bongiwe Zihlangu...

  …open Parliament by 26 September or face mass action   Billy Ntaote A group of 73 Members of Parliament (MPs) have given Prime Minister...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE United States Embassy in Lesotho, through its US Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund, awarded seven local schools with grants worth $55 000...

  Mohalenyane Phakela AS part of its corporate social responsibility programme, hotel group Sun International Lesotho yesterday handed over a two-classroom building to Thabana-Tšooana Primary...

  Tefo Tefo THE Constitutional Court yesterday directed the Minister of Home Affairs, Joang Molapo, and his officers to process Advocate Zwelakhe Mda’s application for...

  Billy Ntaote SOUTH Africa’s Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa “surprised” the leadership of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Basotho National Party (BNP) after...

  Keiso Mohloboli The Lesotho Times and Sunday Express Editor, Lloyd Mutungamiri and Senior Reporter, Lekhetho Ntsukunyane, were arrested yesterday morning over a story which...

  Keiso Mohloboli The Ha Abia home of Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) Commissioner, Khothatso Tšooana was attacked this morning by gunmen, who were allegedly...

Letuka Chafotsa Prime Minister Thomas Thabane must not use Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli as a scapegoat in his continued violation of agreements he would have...

  Staff Reporter LESOTHO’S coalition government partners were heavily criticised for being “selfish and not putting the country’s interests first” during the Southern African Development...

  Billy Ntaote DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Pakalitha Mosisili, has urged Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to do “the honourable thing” by reopening Parliament tomorrow “as...

  …as Ramaphosa arrives today to ensure parties adhere to SADC roadmap Bongiwe Zihlangu SOUTH Africa’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is set to arrive in...

  …as Nikuv ‘experts’ abandon project over M34.7m bill  Billy Ntaote THE Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended the production of passports, national identity documents...

Tefo Tefo THE much-anticipated case, in which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Leaba Thetsane, is pushing for the imprisonment of Acting Government Secretary Moahloli...

Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) is planning to charge Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa...

  Keiso Mohloboli Regional army chiefs are holding a closed meeting in Pretoria today to discuss the security crisis in Lesotho. Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao...

  Tefo Tefo JUSTICE Nthomeng Majara was sworn-in yesterday as Lesotho’s new and first female chief justice. Justice Majara (51) took her oath of office...

  Tefo Tefo THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) is today expected to hear a case in which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Leaba Thetsane is...

  Billy Ntaote LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) Acting Secretary General, Tšeliso Mokhosi, says the re-opening of Parliament is not negotiable as the issue was...

  ‘If Prime Minister Thomas Thabane insists on firing Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli as army commander, Lesotho’s history will be written in blood,’ the party...

  Limpho Sello A NIGERIAN who “disappeared” from Motebabang Hospital last Saturday soon after being detained for Ebola-virus observation, is back in quarantine but at...

  Tefo Tefo PROMINENT South African lawyer, Guido Penzhorn, wants Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, Acting Government Secretary Moahloli Mphaka and Police Commissioner Khothatso Tšooana held...