Category : Local News

Hopolang Mokhopi THE Lesotho Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Sports, Arts and Culture, has launched the Tourism Sector Accreditation...

. . . AfDB’s latest report on Lesotho advises Mohloai Mpesi POLITICAL instability and the politicisation of security institutions have been identified as the major...

  Moroke Sekoboto  HIS Majesty King Letsie III has paid tribute to the late former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Police,...

…says suspension of Motinyane is “unconstitutional”  Moorosi Tsiane  THE Law Society of Lesotho (LSL) has escalated its fight to have the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Hopolang Mokhopi  TŠEPO Lipholo, the 51-year-old leader of the Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM), has been taken into custody and charged with sedition.  He appeared before...

Moorosi Tsiane  THE Minister of Law and Justice, Richard Ramoeletsi, has hailed the launch of the Index of the Laws of Lesotho (1800–2024) as a...

…Mohobo tipped to take over  Mohloai Mpesi/Hopolang Mokhopi  THE Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela, will retire from the military on 30 August...

  . . . Union fumes over diverted salaries, pay cuts  . . . 400 sent on forced leave  Moorosi Tsiane  MOTHAE Mine, owned by...

Mohloai Mpesi  DEPUTY Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara has declared a State of Disaster to tackle Lesotho’s soaring youth unemployment rate.  Ms Majara made the declaration...

  …says Lesotho aims to turn natural resources into engines of economic development  Leemisa Thuseho  HIS Majesty King Letsie III has called for the urgent...

  Mohloai Mpesi THE Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) owes the Lesotho Electricity Generation Company (LEGCO) over M70 million, Parliament has heard. LEC Managing Director, Nathaniel...

  Mohloai Mpesi SOLDIERS deployed to Mokota-koti in Hleoheng, Leribe, to curb rampant livestock theft and other crimes, are accused of wrecking marriages instead of...

…slams Magistrate Letsika for “unlawful” remand Moorosi Tsiane EMBATTLED Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Reverend Tšepo Lipholo, is not backing down in his bid for...

. . . as economic growth slows . . . public spending remains unsustainable Moroke Sekoboto AMIDST rife unemployment in Lesotho, the International Monetary Fund...

  Moroke Sekoboto THE Road Fund has handed over the Automated Traffic Justice System (ATJS) to the justice sector, comprising the Judiciary, the Lesotho Mounted...

  … Law Society challenge deferred to 4 August Moorosi Tsiane THE Prime Minister’s suspension of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hlalefang Motinyane, marks...

  Moroke Sekoboto THE Senate of Lesotho and the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) have taken a major step toward enhancing democracy, transparency, and public...

  Seithati Motsoeneng THE culinary arts and hospitality institute, Dona@Balos, has pledged its support to the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). The two parties signed...

Moorosi Tsiane THE Transformation Resource Centre (TRC)’s Director, Peshoane Tsikoane, has officially been cleared of the sexual assault charges that have haunted him since 2022....

  Imagine the following ghastly scenario. Ntate Sam (the Prime Minister) and his fellow coalition travellers decide they want to fire our hard working and...

Rejects plea to withdraw illegal suspension  As criminal justice system now stands in total paralysis  DPP rejects her suspension  Gvt locks her out of office and vindictively cancels her...

  … Correctional Service Command said to be in the dark   Hopolang Mokhopi  THE government has “unprocedurally” hired 21 officers for the Lesotho Correctional Service...

…absolves Kamoli and eight other accused soldiers  Moorosi Tsiane  LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Mojalefa Letsoela, has made a startling revelation that...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) leader, Dr Tšepo Lipholo, is facing charges of incitement, provocation of peace, and contempt for allegedly disrespecting the...

  Moroke Sekoboto  HIS Majesty King Letsie III is expected to pardon at least 240 inmates this year to mark the 200th anniversary of the...

 …accuses her of abusing the courts by recycling a dismissed case  Moorosi Tsiane  THE government has accused Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Hlalefang Motinyane of...

Hopolang Mokhopi  A 49-year-old Maseru man, Tšosane Lethoko, has been remanded in custody after appearing before the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on charges of raping a...

—PAC declares PS overstepped his mandate Mohloai Mpesi   THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has concluded that the February 2025 suspension of Mokheseng Mokuoane, Project...