Category : Local News

—As tax entity recognizes compliant taxpayers  Moroke Sekoboto  IN a move to improve public awareness, Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) has capacitated the media on its...

Hopolang Mokhopi  LOCAL non-profit organization, Partners In Health (PIH) Lesotho, has joined the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), marking a significant step towards reinforcing its commitment...

  …claims he was fired for refusing to conceal Lipolelo Thabane’s murder  …as he denies murdering PC Khetheng  Moorosi Tsiane / Hopolang Mokhopi  FORMER Commissioner of...

  accuses DPP of abuse of power . . .  “In September 2024, the RFP made arrangements with Ntaote to supply them with fertilizers and...

  …It has no funds to import electricity posing a severe risk to consumers and the economy  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) is in...

 – top Ukranian journalist speaks in Lesotho Mohloai Mpesi THE Eurasia Democracy Initiative (UDI) director, Peter Zalmayev, contends that the likelihood of a swift resolution to...

  —Riled by his “incompetency, dishonesty”  —Over failure to issue them with proper identity documents  Mathatisi Sebusi  BASOTHO migrants working and studying in South Africa want...

  …as at least 20 Basotho get charged weekly for contravening SA migration laws  Moorosi Tsiane  FOR ‘Mamosenki Letsie, a 33-year-old mother, crossing the border...

  Mohalenyane Phakela  RENOWNED business mogul and leader of the St. Paul’s African Apostolic Church, Bishop Thakadu David Ramela, has refuted claims that he is...

  Mohloai Mpesi  FUNDS saved from international travel reductions should be redirected towards combating youth unemployment through job creation, internships, vocational training, mentorship programs, and entrepreneurship...

  —claims it will introduce a wholly new trajectory to Lesotho’s politics  Mohloai Mpesi  LEBOHANG Thotanyana, the leader of the newly formed and registered political...

  Mathatisi Sebusi  MINISTRY of Energy Principal Secretary, Tankiso Phapano, has distanced himself from allegations of financial mismanagement surrounding the Ha Belo electrification project, which...

  Mohloai Mpesi  Former Minister of Energy, Professor Nqosa Mahao, has labelled the ministry’s Principal Secretary, Tankiso Phapano, a “prime suspect” in the ongoing corruption allegations...

  Seithati Motsoeneng  IN a significant step towards addressing climate change, Lesotho has launched two ambitious initiatives: the Resilient Landscape Restoration (ROLL) and the Integrated...

Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) has asked Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) board chairperson, Lehlomela Stephen Phakisi, to resign from his cushy post for allegedly violating the Authority’s conflict of interest policy. Mr...

  Mohloai Mpesi OMBUDSMAN, Advocate Tlotliso Polaki, has ordered internal investigations into rogue members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) and Lesotho Mounted Police Service...

…as parly committee recommends project be re–tendered Mohloai Mpesi THE corruption plagued M184 million Moshoeshoe I International Airport refurbishment project has hit yet another snag after a parliamentary committee this week recommended...

  Mohloai Mpesi THE Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) has suspended 10 employees pending investigations into allegations of dishonesty and misconduct. The employees, all Customs Inspectors,...

  Moroke Sekoboto LESOTHO must embrace clean technologies to ensure its energy security, economic resilience, and environmental sustainability, Energy Minister, Mohlomi Moleko, has said. Mr...

  From 6 to 8 March 2025, hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds joined Basotho on the Moshoeshoe Walk from Leribe to Thaba Bosiu. The...

…as docket “mysteriously” disappears from court Moorosi Tsiane THE theft case against Peka constituency legislator, Mohopoli Monokoane, failed to resume yesterday after the court was informed...

  Hopolang Mokhopi A BEREA prosecutor, Lefu Penane, who faces criminal charges of soliciting a M1500 bribe, is challenging the decision by the Director of Public...

…questions government’s commitment to dumpsite rehabilitation  Mathatisi Sebusi / Seithati Motšoeneng  THE community of Ha Tšosane has lost faith in the government’s promise to rehabilitate a local...

Mohloai Mpesi / Mohalenyane Phakela  BUSINESSMAN Bothata Mahlala has confirmed he is in the process of forming a new political party after initially denying that he would...

Hopolang Mokhopi  TABLES have turned on retired soldier, Colonel Thato Phaila, who has gone from being a Crown witness in high-profile cases against his former...

Rwanda celebrating International Women’s Day under the theme – “Empowered Women, Stronger Nation” On this International Women’s Day, HE Emmanuel Hategeka, Rwanda’s High Commissioner to...