Category : Local News

By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — Former Water Affairs Minister, Timothy Thahane, has refuted allegations that he was planning to defect from his party, the Lesotho...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Home Affairs Principal Secretary Retšelisitsoe Khetsi, accused of accepting M5 million in bribes from the controversial Israel firm Nikuv...

By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Lancers Inn employees have been on strike since Monday, demanding a 30 percent wage increment. The workers, whose salaries range...

Staff Reporter MASERU — The controversy surrounding the alleged arrest of Lehlohonolo Scott is refusing to die down. Two authoritative sources have told the Lesotho...

 By Nat Molomo MASERU — Two Standard Lesotho Bank employees have appeared in court over charges of defrauding the bank and its depositors of more...

By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — Tšepong employees yesterday threatened to go on strike if their management does not review their salaries to match those of...

By Letuka Chafotsa MASERU — A meeting of Principal Chiefs was yesterday left deeply divided over whether a girl child can take over chieftainship. The...

By Nat Molomo MASERU — Napo Majara, the chief of Sekamaneng in Berea, has been slapped with a two-week prison sentence for contempt of court....

By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has released some recruits after authorities found that they were over-qualified for their positions, while...

By Boitumelo Koloi MASERU — About 70 percent of food consumed in the country is imported from South Africa and Lesotho’s Trade Ministry seeks to...

By ’Mathabana Kotelo MASERU — Volatile Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) revenue could be a threat to the smooth implementation of the National Strategic Development...

By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — ‘Masello (not her real name) is a nurse in a remote health centre in rural Mohale’s Hoek. She has been...

By ‘Mantoetse Maama MASERU — ‘Malerato Lehlabaphiri, 29, and her lover Monnakhotla Chaoane, 22, were yesterday remanded in custody after appearing briefly before the Botha-Bothe...

By Ntsebeng Motsoeli   MASERU — A female detainee was recaptured on Monday just a few minutes after attempting to escape Maseru Central Prison. The...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU —  Former Home Affairs Principal Secretary Retšelisitsoe Khetsi has appeared in court over allegations that he accepted M5 million in bribes...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Minister Mophato Monyake’s disclosure that ritual murderer suspect Lehlohonolo Scott had been arrested with the help of  private investigators in...

By Nat Molomo MASERU — A judge presiding over the fraud case involving former Mines Minister Monyane Moleleki and four others this week accused them...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane, facing charges of bribery, could not have misused the “impoverished” country’s “few millions” after...

By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Motorists say that the Maseru City Council (MCC)’s decision to introduce charges on city parking lots was uncalled for. Steve...

By Limpho Sello MAFETENG — Communities in Mafeteng are still smarting from a massive downsizing by PNT Textile firm that saw about 3 000 people...

By ’Mantoetse Maama MASERU — A Mohale’s Hoek man is suspected to have repeatedly raped and impregnated a 15-year-old girl over a period of two...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU —  Lehlohonolo Scott, Lesotho’s most wanted suspected mastermind behind some of the most gruesome ritual murders ever reported in the country,...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Former Minister of Energy and Water Affairs Timothy Thahane, who was this week fired from his cabinet post, will again...

By Billy Ntaote MASERU — The coalition government’s decision this week to fire Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs Minister Timothy Thahane is a bold and...