Voters’ roll inflated by 100 000
MASERU — Lesotho’s voters’ roll is currently inflated by over 110 000 voters due to failure to clean the register regularly. In a report titled,...
Category : Local News
LRA boss quizzed on search
MASERU — Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General, Thabo Letjama, said the investigation team had no intention to break in when they raided textile firm,...
‘Graft escalates in government’
MASERU — About 77 percent of respondents in a government commissioned survey say corruption is now more widespread than in 1999 when the Directorate on...
Musician who was facing murder charge shot dead
MASERU — Boithatelo Leopa was granted bail on July 8. Six days later he was dead. Armed gunmen pumped four bullets into Leopa’s body. The...
. . . as burial society faces collapse
MASERU — MKM Burial Society might soon fail to bury some of its members because of a crippling financial crisis. There are now fears that...
High Court orders army to free soldier
MASERU — The High Court on Saturday ordered the army to release a soldier who complained that he had been detained and harassed by officers...
Businessman faces theft, fraud charges
MASERU — A prominent businessman, Ashraff Abubaker, and lawyer, Steve Buys, appeared in the High Court this week facing charges of theft, fraud and defeating...
Giving people hope where there is none
Scrutator was having a “Lazy Monday” when whispers reached her that a Free State man with roots in Lesotho was claiming to have cobbled up...
High rentals push council out of LNDC building
MASERU – The Maseru City Council (MCC) has been forced to move out of its Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) head office because of skyrocketing...
Famo artistes charged with murder
MASERU — Famo music artistes Sarele Sello and Boithatelo Leopa appeared before the Mafeteng Magistrate’s Court on Friday to answer charges of murder. The two...
Trade unions want labour boss out
MASERU — Several trade unions are today expected to meet Labour Minister ’Maphoka Motoboli to push for the dismissal of Labour Commissioner ’Mamohale Matsoso. The...
Ex-soldier guilty of killing wife’s lover
MASERU — A former soldier who shot dead his wife’s lover after he found the two in a compromising position at a local lodge was...
Retrenchment looms at national abattoir
MASERU — Lesotho National Abattoir could be forced to retrench workers this month as a meat shortage that began in February persists, the Lesotho Times...
MKM saga takes yet another twist
MASERU — The MKM saga has taken yet another twist after a shareholder in one of the companies under the group approached the High Court...
Parly to be ready by October
MASERU — The new M70 million parliament building will be ready for use by October, principal secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport,...
Drunken masters
Scrutator has never been in the business of playing “mother” to people or being a moral prefect for others but today, just for this once,...
Workers fired in pay dispute
MASERU — Workers at garment manufacturer Shinning Century Limited were summarily fired on Monday after they downed tools demanding payment for long-service. Shinning Century Limited...
US pledges M34 million for HIV programme
MASERU — The United States has pledged about US$5 million (M34 million) to strengthen Lesotho’s prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme. The US...
Two in court for robbing nuns
MASERU — Two men appeared in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer charges of robbing two Catholic nuns of their car at Ha...
Church project keeps hunger at bay
MOHALE’S HOEK — Reverend Thabang Moletsane, 53, of the Lesotho Evangelical Church, says they are farming in God’s way. Quoting liberally from the Bible book...
Opposition threatens to boycott poll
MASERU — Opposition leaders on Tuesday threatened to boycott the forthcoming local government elections in September unless the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) conducts a fresh...
NUL lecturers threaten to strike
ROMA — Teachers and researchers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) say they will go on strike in August if the management fails to...
Coletu protests reduced student intake at NUL
MASERU — The Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions (Coletu) will today protest at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) against the government’s decision to slash...
Opposition leaders arrested
MASERU — There was drama at the Basotho National Party (BNP) Centre on Tuesday when an ex-soldier “arrested” and frog-marched four opposition leaders to the...
The allegations that angered Sako
MASERU — The citizen’s arrests of four opposition leaders by an ex-soldier, who has a checkered history, on Tuesday might have “stolen” the headlines but...
Was the arrest stage-managed?
MASERU — Speculation is rife that the “citizen’s arrest” of four opposition leaders by ex-soldier Hosanna Sako at a press conference on Tuesday could have...
Army reverses plan to evict soldier
MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has backed down on its plans to evict Captain Bulane Sechele from a house at Ratjomose Barracks. Last...
IMF hails Lesotho’s reforms
MASERU — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said Lesotho’s improved economic reforms have enabled the country to adjust to declining revenue from the...
Improve business climate, says US ambassador
MASERU — The United States ambassador to Lesotho Michelle Bond yesterday urged the government of Lesotho to address factors that drive away foreign investors. “It...
Firm sues Mosisili for M11 million
MASERU — A local company is suing Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili for M11.6 million for failing to protect its property during the 1998 political riots....