Category : Local News

MASERU — Two men from Rustenburg, South Africa, appeared in the Butha-Buthe Magistrate’s Court last week after they were caught in possession of diamonds and...

MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday postponed a case in which eight police officers are facing a murder charge after a police officer who...

ROMA – Researchers and lecturers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) on Monday went on an “indefinite” strike forcing the university management to postpone...

MASERU — An elective conference for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party’s Stadium Area constituency youth committee was aborted on Sunday after protests from...

MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)’s deputy secretary-general Lebohang Nts’inyi on Sunday accused the party’s youth league chairman Thuso Litjobo of dragging her...

MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) rejected two proposals by MKM that the company had suggested to get out of its mess, Finance...

MASERU — The government is planning a mass deregistration of companies that do not file their annual tax returns, the Lesotho Times can reveal. The...

MASERU — A 19-year-old student from Phomolong LEC Secondary School in Sekamaneng died last Wednesday after he was stabbed with a knife by a fellow...

MASERU — Lecturers and non-academic staff from the country’s tertiary institutions this week launched a new union to promote the rights of academic staff. The...

MASERU — The National Assembly on Monday passed a motion that seeks to make the office of the Auditor-General answerable to parliament. The Auditor-General’s office...

MASERU — The Labour Appeal Court will tomorrow rule whether it has jurisdiction to hear a contempt of court case brought by a former employee...

MASERU — The integrity of a report commissioned by the Law Society of Lesotho to investigate the state of the judiciary is in danger. That...

MASERU — A 23-year-old Berea man is temporarily off the hook after the prosecution yesterday withdrew charges of murder filed against him. Tlohang Lekhanya was...

MASERU — Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor Moeketsi Senaoana is being sued by his brother-in-law over a car loan deal that went sour, the...

MASERU — The haggling and bitter infighting within the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party sounds a death knell for the opposition party, analysts have warned....

MASERU — Local Government Minister Pontso Sekatle is suing the defunct Voice of Free Democrats newspaper for M800 000 for defamation. The partisan newspaper was...

 MASERU — Four women who were allegedly recruited by a bogus employment agent received the shock of their lives this week when they reported for...

MASERU — The Speaker of the National Assembly Nthloi Motsamai has rejected a request by Thomas Thabane to replace his constituency secretary. A constituency secretary...

MASERU — A 34-year-old serial rapist from Mohale’s Hoek could face life in jail for raping a minor seven months ago. Bereng Moshoeshoe was convicted...

MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho (LSL) says it fully respects the decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss their appeal against the...

ROMA –— Lecturers and researchers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) want the management to stop a hefty increase of rentals for staff houses....

MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) party youth league is up in arms against the acting secretary general handpicked by the national executive committee...

MASERU — A former National Assembly clerk Matlamukele Matete should be jailed for corruption. That is according to a ruling delivered by the Court of...

MASERU — The remains of one of the members the African National Congress (ANC)’s military wing killed in the 1982 massacre in Lesotho were on...

MASERU — A local doctor is suing the Lesotho Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Council for refusing to renew his practice certificate and closing down his...

MASERU — Police last week arrested four men in connection with the murder of a local businessman last month. The four, all aged between 20...

MASERU — Police last Friday arrested a Seapoint woman who was operating a bogus police and army recruitment agency. Police say the 43-year-old woman was...

MASERU — For decades they have operated on the fringes of society. They had been completely marginalised with no real say over their lives. But...

MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho wants certain sections of Justice Jan Steyn’s report into the attack on the prime minister’s residence deleted. The...

MASERU — The National Assembly’s books of accounts are in shambles, according to a draft audit report by the office of the auditor-general. The report,...