Category : Local News

MASERU – The Maseru Region Transport Operators (MRTO) is today expected to lead a protest against poor service delivery by the government. The taxi association...

MASERU — National Independent Party (NIP) acting president Serame Khampepe was ousted in a boardroom coup on Sunday as a fierce power struggle within the...

MASERU — New National University of Lesotho (NUL) vice-chancellor, Sharon Siverts, pictured below, knows all too well the main challenge facing the institution. “From what...

MASERU — Two men who were suspected of killing a herder in a row over stolen sheep in Quthing eight years ago were acquitted by...

MASERU — A 28-year-old woman from Mafeteng was shot dead by two unknown men last week. Acting police spokesperson Lekhotla Mokete said the victim’s body...

MASERU — A meeting called by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss the forthcoming local government elections almost degenerated into a farce yesterday as...

MASERU — The Water and Sewerage Company (Wasco) yesterday launched a campaign to encourage people to conserve water. Wasco public relations manager Khotso Letsatsi said...

MASERU — A local businessman is suing the Berea district council after it failed to pay him for a pedestrian roller which he had hired...

MASERU — Police shot a Leribe woman in a botched raid last year and when her husband demanded compensation he was given a temporary job...

MASERU — A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) team will today meet with Lesotho political parties to discuss electoral reforms ahead of general elections next...

MASERU — Over 600 employees at Hippo Knitting Factory might lose their jobs after thieves struck twice in the past two weeks and got away...

MASERU — A former security manager at Lets’eng Diamond Mine who once accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of “meddling with the court” lost his appeal...

MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) yesterday engaged the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) in an ambitious programme to boost voter education. The...

MASERU — Veteran Chinese diplomat Hu Dingxian arrives in Lesotho today to take up his new post as ambassador. Dingxian, 56, replaces Qiu Bohua whose...

MASERU — The Court of Appeal last week confirmed an eight-year jail sentence imposed on a police officer who was convicted of killing a suspected...

MASERU — A school principal from Lesotho spent time in America last month, visiting schools, picking the brains of computer gurus and speaking to civic...

MASERU – “I have accepted your support of me,” said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Sunday as he welcomed a crowd of about 5 000...

MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has warned of a “smell of death” haunting his Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. Addressing a march organised...

MASERU — Two local women who were trafficked to South Africa two years ago were rescued by the police last Wednesday. Acting police spokesperson ‘Mantolo...

MASERU — The Court of Appeal yesterday commuted the death sentence of two men who shot dead a man on a hospital bed after accusing...

MASERU — Commonwealth secretary general Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Lesotho yesterday for a two-day visit. Sharma who is on his inaugural visit here since taking...

MASERU — A calm and collected Rethabile Mphahama sat in the witness box of Court 4 at the High Court, words flowing from his mouth....

MASERU — A woman from Ha Makhalanyane is alleged to have paid M500 in hush money to silence a woman who had been raped by...

MASERU — The body of a sexually abused girl has been found floating in a river in Mafeteng, her throat slit wide open. Police are...

MASERU — Army captain Bulane Sechele yesterday lost a court case in which he wanted the Court of Appeal to outlaw a recently introduced government...

MASERU — South Africa and Lesotho should fast-track the opening up of common borders to allow for easier movement of people and commercial goods between...

MASERU — An European Union-funded project aims to assist 24 000 orphans and vulnerable children in the country by the end of this year. The...