Category : Local News

  …women lead fight for compensation from govt, Chinese contractor Pascalinah Kabi | Mohalenyane Phakela THE securing of investment for a large-scale project is usually...

Ntsebeng Motsoeli | Limpho Sello THREE more Coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths so far in the country...

  Ntsebeng Motsoeli A LEADING teachers’ union has called on Education and Training Minister, Ntlhoi Motsamai, to immediately announce a comprehensive plan for the reopening...

  Limpho Sello DILLI-DILLI Health Centre has defied all odds by being named best health institution in terms of offering quality service by the Lesotho...

Bereng Mpaki EMPLOYEES from Standard Lesotho Bank’s (SLB) human capital unit on Tuesday completed the remaining construction of a hall at Morapeli Disabled Centre in...

as the ABC’s NEC insists DPM Mokhothu should step down if charged with human trafficking Mohalenyane Phakela THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) says Deputy Prime...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court was this week turned into a battleground as lawyers representing Vodacom Lesotho and the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) sought...

Mohalenyane Phakela LAW and Justice Minister Professor Nqosa Mahao has won his constitutional application to stop former Acting Chief Justice ‘Maseforo Mahase and Attorney General...

  Pascalinah Kabi NEWLY appointed Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Mphasa Mokhochane and his fellow commissioners say they are raring to go after their swearing-in...

  Limpho Sello ALL governing structures must collaborate in fighting early childhood and forced marriages, First Lady Masekoalane Majoro has said. Ms Majoro said this...

as Mahao withdraws “show cause”, abandons bid to oust him Mohalenyane Phakela THE director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Advocate...

Pascalinah Kabi THE director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO), Advocate Mahlomola Manyokole, has suspended the anti-graft body’s principal anti-corruption prosecutor,...

Bereng Mpaki LETŠENG Diamonds and the Patising communities must jointly conduct an investigation into the mine’s safety of its slime dams, a United States (US)...

  Mohalenyane Phakela TREASON and murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and his co-accused soldiers have been handed a boost by Chief Justice...

says AD leader’s alliance with Thabane won’t get him back to power, says Moleleki should be charged with treason against Thabane’s first govt.  ’Marafaele Mohloboli...

Pascalinah Kabi MAFETENG villagers are up in arms with the government for allegedly failing to compensate them for their land which will be the construction...

Pascalinah Kabi THE government is forging ahead with the grossly inflated M2, 8 billion project to build a 70-megawatt (MW) solar power generation plant at...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli LESOTHO has recorded a rise in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks with over 100 cases being recorded in Leribe, Mokhotlong and Butha-Buthe...

as facilities crumble barely two years after “refurbishment” by Chinese company  Pascalinah Kabi MOSHOESHOE I International Airport, the country’s only international airport, faces forced closure...

Pascalinah Kabi THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) has begun investigations into the grossly inflated M2, 8 billion deal awarded by the government...

Mohalenyane Phakela THE trial of two police officers accused of murdering Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) auditor, Thibello Nteso, took an unexpected twist this week amid...

  Pascalinah Kabi ACTING Auditor General Monica Besetsa has called on all principal secretaries (PSs) to strictly adhere to the public procurement regulations, failing which...

’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has accused the government of “double standards” by seeking to have him prosecuted for treason alongside Development...

’Marafaele Mohloboli DESPITE a ban on political rallies and huge gatherings as part of measures to fight the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, low level rallies are...

  Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli, will spend his fourth Christmas behind bars at the Maseru Central Correctional Institution...

  Mohalenyane Phakela THE government had to move fast to get rid of former Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Commissioner Thabang Mothepu because the institution had...

Bereng Mpaki THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) was yesterday shut down to prevent the likely damage of infrastructure by students who were protesting against...

Pascalinah Kabi A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation has alleged that thousands of local ex-miners with occupational lung diseases are at greater risk of contracting Coronavirus (Covid-19) due...

Limpho Sello PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro has called for concerted efforts to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), saying a recent study by the Commonwealth organisation had...

Nthatuoa Koeshe FIRST Lady Masekoalane Majoro has revealed that she is a victim of gender-based violence (GBV). Ms Majoro said as a woman in patriarchal...