Category : Local News

  AFTER a two-week hiatus, I guess we should start this instalment with a multiple-choice quiz. How would you best describe Rantelali Shea, the Lesotho...

MASERU — The agriculture ministry will have a “crisis” stakeholders’ meeting on the state of the agricultural sector and food security in Lesotho from June...

MASERU — The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has reversed its decision to fire nurses and their assistants who went on strike last Monday...

MASERU — Police confiscated fake R200 notes worth R93 000 from five men in Butha-Buthe last week. The three Basotho and two South African men...

MASERU — DHL Lesotho has introduced pre-noon import deliveries backed by on-time guarantees, the courier company has announced. This follows a move by DHL Express...

MASERU — Veteran Radio Lesotho presenter, Motlatsi Ncholu, who was facing a charge of sexual harassment, is finally a free man after the crown lost...

MASERU — A 26-year-old man from Ha-Molungoa was this week slapped with an eight-year jail term by the Maseru Magistrate’s Court for raping a 29-year-old...

MOHALE’S HOEK — Mpharane is usually a very quiet place. People here talk about cattle diseases, the rains and the harvest. Politics is discussed in...

MPHARANE — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) government has run down the country because its leaders are more concerned with enriching themselves than...

MASERU — The management of Boliba Savings and Credit (BSC) says some members of the co-operative are plotting with the government to shut down the...

MASERU — In a rare show of unity opposition and ruling party MPs this week ganged up and pushed for the political editor of the...

  MASERU — Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla yesterday paid tribute to the late Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) governor Motlatsi Matekane saying he did...

MAFETENG — A senior education officer for Mafeteng district, Thabang Lesenya, has appeared in court to answer charges of fraud. The charge sheet indicates that...

MASERU — A Maseru man, Nyakasela Tetsa, is suing Police Commissioner ‘Malejaka Letooane for M49 591 after he was assaulted by two police officers two...

MASERU — Six schools in Maseru took part in a tree planting and cleaning campaign at Lesotho High School last Friday. The campaign was organised...

MASERU — A 48-year-old man from Ha-Jobo in Thaba-Bosiu was on Tuesday slapped with a 15-year jail term without an option of a fine for...

MASERU — A senior Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) official, Sam Mashinini, on Saturday lambasted factory owners in Lesotho for paying “pitiable” salaries...

 MASERU — Two magistrates on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of defeating the ends of justice after they set free an alleged fraudster five...

METOLONG — There are rumblings of discontent in Metolong, a village about 30 kilometres north-east of Maseru. Metolong is the site of the giant Metolong...

MASERU — The executive and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have played a major role in undermining the administration of justice, an opposition MP has...

MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili yesterday said youths have a key role to play in the development of the country. Mosisili was speaking at...

MASERU — Opposition MPs drove Youth Minister ‘Mathabiso Lepono to the brink of tears with hostile responses after she announced the launch of the National...

MASERU — A former accountant of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), Peggy Thakeli, will spend the next eight years behind bars after the Court...

MASERU — A Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldier will spend the next decade in prison after the Court of Appeal on Friday upheld his two...

MASERU — A 64-year-old man from Ha-‘Masana last week told the Maseru Magistrate’s Court that the 160 marijuana plants that police had found in his...

THABA-BOSIU — It all started as an experiment in 1997. Pule (not his real name) was just 12. An experimental sip of the ‘holy waters’...

MASERU — A National Security Services (NSS) secret agent and his wife were on Tuesday each sentenced to four years in prison for robbery. The...

MASERU — The Road Safety Department says it will today launch a new driver training and examination system in an effort to reduce fatalities on...

MASERU — Khauhelo Ralitapole, the leader of the Basutoland African Congress (BAC), says she is stepping down “to make way for new blood”, the Lesotho...

MASERU — Parliament this week agreed to postpone the local government elections by twelve months after it passed the Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2010. The...