Category : Local News

‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE Basotho National Party (BNP) has “expelled” its former deputy leader, Joang Molapo, and begun processes to recall him from parliament. BNP spokesperson...

  Staff Reporter   LESOTHO will continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine to fight Covid-19 because there is no evidence that it has dangerous side effects...

as DCEO probes claims that equipment is being corruptly sold to ministers, govt officials at knockdown prices. ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE government has been forced to...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli PUBLIC transport operators have given the government until tomorrow to address their grievances, failing which they will strike. The taxi operators are particularly...

  Herbert Moyo | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has set tongues wagging with its recent decision to endorse veteran party leader,...

Their Majesties, PM Majoro and other govt officials among the first to be vaccinated, premier expresses hope that vaccinations will enable Lesotho to return to...

Staff Writer AFTER the festive season scare which resulted in a spike in Covid-19 cases in January and February 2020, the situation seems to be...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE legal battle between Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) and its 311 striking nurses failed to take off yesterday due to the “unpreparedness”...

Herbert Moyo | Mohalenyane Phakela ONE of the major trending stories of the past two weeks is that of the virtual collapse of the Maseru...

Bereng Mpaki TWO senior officials at one of the country’s top commercial banks, First National Bank (FNB) Lesotho, are said to have exchanged blows at...

  Bereng Mpaki BUSINESS has come to a halt at the Ministry of Trade and Industry after the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) cut the ministry’s...

DC allegedly angered by the sidelining of its supporters in the recruitment of police trainees Pascalinah Kabi THE country’s main coalition partners, the All Basotho...

Herbert Moyo HEALTH Minister Semano Sekatle and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have defended the planned use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Lesotho, saying it...

Bereng Mpaki OVER 100 local businesspeople have committed to raising M100 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines. The initiative is meant to complement the vaccines that...

Nthatuoa Koeshe MASERU Toyota yesterday donated an ambulance worth M497 000 to the Ministry of Health to bolster the government’s fight against Covid-19. The ambulance...

Pascalinah Kabi THE much-delayed multi-sector reforms will be completed by September 2021, NRA deputy chairperson Liteboho Kompi has said. The Southern African Development Community (SADC)...

Mohalenyane Phakela OPERATIONS at the Maseru Magistrates Court have ground to a virtual standstill due to a power cut by the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC)....

. . . unless the govt addresses their grievances in seven days Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has threatened that unless the government...

Pascalinah Kabi SUSPENDED director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, has petitioned the Court of Appeal to overturn...

  ‘Marafaele Mohloboli SOME disgruntled Basotho National Party (BNP) members have threatened legal action to force party leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane, to step down and pave...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, has banned his subordinates from accepting gifts and donations from individuals and organisations without his express approval. The ban...

as first batch of 36 000 AstraZeneca vaccines arrive in the country Limpho Sello THE first batch of Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in the country...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE government this week reopened schools albeit on a rotational basis for learners after several months of no classes. Private schools opened starting...

Nthatuoa Koeshe BASOTHO based in neighbouring South Africa must stay away during the upcoming Easter holidays to avoid a fresh spike in Covid-19 cases similar...

Nthatuoa Koeshe THE government this week reopened schools albeit on a rotational basis for learners after several months of no classes. Private schools opened starting...

  LAST week, Health Minister, Semano Sekatle, announced that the government had ordered Covid-19 vaccines from three different leading pharmaceutical companies ahead of rolling out...

Bereng Mpaki STATE – owned enterprises (SOE’s) within the southern Africa region are hampered by poor corporate governance due to political interference and consume large...

Moorosi Tsiane THE sports task team which was assembled to advise the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) on sports related matters has come out guns blazing...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE trial of 10 soldiers accused of murdering three Maseru civilians in 2017 will begin on 23 March 2021 despite their pending Constitutional...

  Silence Charumbira | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE recent deaths of four police recruits just two days into their training at the Police Training College (PTC)...