Category : Local News

  Keiso Mohloboli DEFENCE and National Security Minister Tšeliso Mokhosi has dismissed allegations that a Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) senior member, Brigadier Ramanka Mokaloba, was...

  Billy Ntaote PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should have released the SADC Commission report to the public and summarised its main findings and recommendations ,...

  Keiso Mohloboli EXILED opposition leaders have accused National Assembly Speaker Ntlhoi Motsamai of being “undemocratic” for suspending four of the bloc’s Members of Parliament...

  Staff Writer PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has reiterated that the SADC Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations were not binding on the government, adding that they...

  Tefo Tefo LIEUTENANT-COLONEL Tefo Hashatsi, has lost a court bid to have the SADC inquiry into the death of former army commander Maaparankoe Mahao...

  By ’Marafaele Mohloboli CIVIL society organisations have vowed to oppose the Water and Sewerage Company’s (WASCO) proposal to increase urban water and sewerage service...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO Congress for Democracy (LCD) deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi says the publication of the SADC Commission of Inquiry report into Lesotho’s instability...

  FROM its proceedings and analysis of testimonies heard, the Commission has come up with the following findings: That some of the mutiny suspects were...

  Pascalinah Kabi PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili is set to meet development partners tomorrow as the country seeks M345 million for drought relief. According to...

  Opposition speaks out on government’s request to delay releasing Phumaphi report    Keiso Mohloboli THE opposition alliance says it would wait for government to...

  Rethabile Pitso DESPITE never setting foot at a tertiary institution nor receiving any formal training beyond secondary education, three Khubetsoana-based mechanics have produced the...

  Pascalinah Kabi THE South African government has postponed the launch of the Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) application process to 1 March 2016 citing technical...

  Tefo Tefo CHIEF Justice Nthomeng Majara on Monday said judges should administer justice without fear or favour in order to earn the respect of...

  Billy Ntaote A joint stop-and-search operation by the army and police yesterday afternoon brought chaos to the Maseru Main Bus Stop area. The operation...

  Regional bloc dumps SA lawyers paid M100 000 by government to represent Phumaphi  in Hashatsi lawsuit ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE government is demanding answers from...

  Keiso Mohloboli Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said the Phumaphi report would be tabled before the National Assembly on 8 February as promised...

  Billy Ntaote Acting Major-General Mojalefa Letsoela on Tuesday said the Court Martial he is presiding over has the jurisdiction to hear the case of...

  Rethabile Pitso Maseru City Council (MCC) and the police yesterday warned street vendors against opening for business during the night to avoid promoting criminal...

. . . university has until June 2017 to improve three programmes Pascalinah Kabi THE Council on Higher Education (CHE) has given Limkokwing University of...

  Keiso Mohloboli THE wives of soldiers detained for allegedly plotting to topple the army command, say their children are suffering psychological trauma due to...

  Rethabile Pitso THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) has launched the country’s first stock exchange which will facilitate the centralised trading of financial securities...

  Keiso Mohloboli Defence and National Security Minister Tšeliso Mokhosi says Lieutenant-Colonel Tefo Hashatsi’s impending marriage to a member of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF)...

  Billy Ntaote The government has offered Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) Chief Delegate, Charles Putsoane, M6 million to leave the organisation before his contract...

  Foreign affairs delegation leaves for SA to resolve a dispute between embassy staff and High Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane   ’Marafaele Mohloboli A three-member delegation...

  Keiso Mohloboli BEREA area chiefs have suspended initiation schools in the district amid allegations of commercialism and abuse of initiates by the instructors. Ha...

  By ’Marafaele Mohloboli A PROTEST march organised by some parties in the coalition government over alleged interference by South Africa in Lesotho has been...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE Honorary Consul of India to Lesotho, Man Mohan Bakaya, says the subcontinent nation is committed to fostering capacity building in Lesotho. Mr...

  Tefo Tefo FORMER Ministry of Mining Principal Secretary (PS) Clement Lerotholi appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with fraud. Mr Lerotholi is...

  Police are investigating a case in which a 36-year-old Thaba-Tseka man was allegedly killed by a mob after being fingered in his stepdaughter’s death....

  Pascalinah Kabi Police have warned the public against using Lepereng as a love-nest. The warning comes amid an increase in cases of attacks on...