Makhakhe dies
MASERU — Former principal secretary in the Prime Minister’s office, Kubutu Makhakhe, died on Monday after a short illness. A family spokesperson, Lebohang Makhakhe, said...
Category : Local News
TB stalks ex-mine workers
MASERU — When Pheello Senkhane landed a job at Harmony Gold mine in Welkom in 1970, his dream was to give his family the best...
Teacher dismissed for alleged human trafficking
MASERU — A teacher at City International High school in Qoaling who is facing charges of trafficking two women to South Africa has been fired....
Aspiring DC candidate assaulted 'over T-shirt'
MASERU — An aspiring Democratic Congress (DC) candidate for the upcoming election says he was beaten to a pulp for wearing his party’s T-shirt. Refiloe...
Machakela gunned down
MASERU — Former labour minister and All Basotho Convention MP Sello Clement Machakela was shot dead at his home Sekamaneng on Monday night. Acting police...
Fresh twist to Ethiopian refugee’s harassment case
MASERU — The National Security Service (NSS) boss and the acting police commissioner are expected to appear before the High Court on Monday to show...
A little murderous country
S ello Machakela, the All Basotho Convention MP, is gone. He was felled by bullets whose source we may never know. Scrutator is saddened. We...
’Maseribane questions Mosisili security boost
MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ’Maseribane, on Sunday said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili must explain why he has beefed up his security...
Tutu ‘blesses’ students at St Stephens
MOHALE’S HOEK — South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu led a Thanksgiving Mass at St Stephens High School in Mohale’s Hoek on Saturday. The ceremony was...
Mda attacked
MASERU — High Court Judge Thamsanqa Nomngcongo on Tuesday lashed out at former Law Society of Lesotho president Advocate Zwelakhe Mda after he failed to...
The long wait for clean water
MASERU — Lesotho today joins the rest of the world in marking World Water Day. But for many families on the outskirts of the capital...
Two Zimbabweans beaten to death in job dispute
MASERU — Two Zimbabweans were beaten to death in Thaba-Tseka on Thursday night following an employment dispute. Police spokesman Masupha Masupha told the Lesotho Times...
Shake-up in Lesotho Defence Force
MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Major General Phatoli Lekanyane retired on Thursday after serving in the army for 28 years. He was replaced...
Deputy Speaker says DC government is illegal
MASERU — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane says the Democratic Congress (DC) government formed by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on February 28 is unconstitutional....
King to dissolve parliament
MASERU — King Letsie III is expected to officially dissolve parliament today to pave way for a general election on May 26. In a statement...
Pick from the rot
S O here we go again. The season of half-truths and outright lies is upon us. Phew! The stench of the horrible lies that office...
Israeli firm awarded ID tender
MASERU — The government has awarded a lucrative ID tender to an Israeli firm barely a week after it was cancelled under questionable circumstances, the...
Motanyane speaks out against DC government
MASERU — Speaking truth to power. This has been Sephiri Motanyane’s mission during an illustrious political career spanning nearly five decades. Motanyane, 74, whose political...
Judge’s clerk in hot water over letter
MASERU — A High Court judge’s clerk is in hot water for questioning the suitability of an Australian judge seconded by the Commonwealth to Lesotho....
New political party launched
MASERU — Businessman Mohau Thakaso on Tuesday launched Lesotho’s 25th political party that he says will fight to empower Basotho-owned businesses. The Whitehorse Party (WP),...
‘Chief Justice overstepped his authority’
MASERU — The High Court on Tuesday ruled that Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla overstepped his authority when he appointed the registrar and deputy registrar to...
Security guard shot dead
MASERU — Police say they are looking for three armed men who allegedly shot dead a security guard before robbing him of M185 000 at...
Ritual killings: Basotho fight to shake off old practice
MASERU — The mutilated remains of a 70-year-old woman were found dumped in a ditch in Ha-Leqele last week plunging the nation into yet another...
Sex offender slapped with jail-time
MASERU — A man who approached two women who were walking to church and demanded to have sex with them was on Monday sentenced to...
Students go on the rampage over fees
MASERU — Students at Mt Tabor High School in Mafeteng went on the rampage last week accusing the school authorities of inflating tuition and book...
DC bows to pressure, ditches cross, adopts pot
MASERU — The ruling Democratic Congress (DC) party this week bowed to pressure from the church when it ditched its symbol of the cross. The...
From the cross to the pot
S crutator didn’t know Christians in Lesotho, divided as they are, could form such a united front until the newly formed Democratic Congress (DC) tried...
‘A coalition of the wounded’
MASERU — The newly formed Democratic Congress (DC) is a coalition of the wounded who will find it difficult to garner votes in this year’s...
70-year-old granny dies in suspected ritual murder
MASERU — Police are investigating the death of a 78-year-old woman who they suspect was killed for ritual purposes. The woman’s mutilated body was found...
We do not recognise Mosisili, says opposition
MASERU — Opposition political parties on Tuesday told the Sadc Electoral Advisory Council (Seac) that they do not recognise Pakalitha Mosisili as Lesotho’s prime minister...