Category : Local News

Last week, a tripartite dialogue reflecting on relations between government, civil society and European Union (EU), was held in Lesotho. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond my...

MASERU – A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) team visits Lesotho on April 27 to ramp up pressure on political players to finalise electoral reforms...

MASERU – Home Affairs Minister Lesao Lehohla (pictured above) has exhorted foreigners granted Basotho citizenship to actively participate in the country’s politics. He said this...

MASERU — A senior member of the Basotho Congress Party (BCP) has approached the High Court to force the party leadership to hold an elective...

MASERU — Police have arrested a 40-year-old Lithoteng woman who allegedly eloped with her boyfriend, leaving her 12-year-old mentally ill daughter to suffer sexual abuse...

MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) presidential aspirant Majara Molapo is demanding fresh elections as a precondition for engaging in talks with a party rival...

MASERU — A police constable convicted of possessing marijuana spent close to a year in jail before a High Court judge realised he had been...

MASERU — A Mazenod man appeared in court yesterday for allegedly shooting dead a senior policeman at a guest house after suspecting him of having...

MAPUTSOE — Sitting behind a sewing machine at a textile factory for up to 10 hours a day has been ‘Manthabiseng*’s routine for the past...

MASERU – The government’s plan to freeze recruitment for the current financial year opened a Pandora’s box in parliament on Tuesday. Opposition political parties attacked...

MASERU – The independence of the Court of Appeal is under threat, according to Justice Michael Ramodibedi. Speaking at the opening of the first session...

MASERU — The Lesotho Court of Appeal will on April 20 deliver judgment in a case in which army captain Bulane Sechele is challenging a...

MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane this week tabled a Bill in Parliament that seeks to regulate operations of financial institutions in the country. The...

MASERU — A 24-year-old man allegedly involved in a M2 million copper cable heist was found dead in a police cell at Police Headquarters in...

MASERU — Law Society of Lesotho president Zwelakhe Mda is stepping down from the organisation after nine years at the helm. Mda announced the decision...

What the hell is happening on our roads? There is total havoc as construction workers dig up the road, fill it up with gravel, dig...

MASERU — Basotho National Party (BNP) veteran Majara Molapo has vowed to continue with his court case challenging the legitimacy of the newly-appointed executive committee...

MASERU — A 65-year-old woman has her head-butting skills to thank for fending off a rape attempt by a man old enough to be her...

MASERU – The divisions within the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) have spilled into its election partner, the National Independent Party (NIP). The development could...

JOHANNESBURG — Over 200 men and women of all persuasions — from ward councillors, villagers, MPs and the clergy — who packed Kopanong Hotel Conference...

MASERU – The High Court yesterday postponed to April 11 a case in which Majara Molapo is challenging the validity of the Basotho National Party...

MASERU – Newly-elected Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele ’Maseribane has extended an olive branch to losing candidates saying they should all join him to...

MASERU — The Maseru Magistrate’s Court yesterday heard how an octogenarian clergyman allegedly asked for the murder of a church member in a bid to...

MASERU — The Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) wants government ministers and MPs to be paid equal pay. LPC president Kelebone Maope made the remarks while...

MASERU — A top lawyer is facing eviction from his offices in Maseru after he allegedly refused to pay rent to a local company. The...

MASERU — A Ha Tsolo vendor who claims he survives on selling marijuana because he cannot do normal work due to his disability has been...

MASERU – Three members of warring famo music gangs appeared in court last Tuesday to answer charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms....

MASERU – The government has recalled all Lesotho Embassy staff and their families from war-torn Libya as the situation in that country deteriorates. Foreign Affairs...