Category : Local News

  Tefo Tefo A Mafeteng resident is demanding M170 000 for torture he allegedly suffered at the hands of Mafeteng police officers four years ago....

  Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO is facing an acute blood shortage which has resulted in relatives of hospital patients being left with no option but to...

  Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) Youth League President ‘Machere Seutloali, who made history last weekend when she became the first female to occupy...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli DETECTIVE Senior Inspector Motlatsi Mapola has called on communities to stop listening to famo music whose provocative lyrics trigger violence, which results...

  Limpho Sello THE Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), in conjunction with Books for Lesotho International, on Monday donated English novels and set books to SefateSaBophelo...

  Pascalinah Kabi ‘Malibuseng Moeketsi was left in a state of shock when she was retrenched by a Maseru-based international humanitarian aid organisation at the...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE government has lost millions of maloti after construction of King Letsie III’s new palace was stopped because its design did not...

  Tefo Tefo A three-member tribunal established to investigate tax-evasion allegations against Court of Appeal President, Justice Kananelo Mosito, began its work on Monday this...

  Keiso Mohloboli The follow-up meeting between the government and leadership of the opposition which had been expected to take place this week could not...

  BerengMpaki AFRISAM Lesotho yesterday announced a landmark partnership deal with a local company, Cement Industries Limited, towards the construction of Lesotho’s first cement factory....

  Tefo Tefo The prosecution has withdrawn corruption charges against former Finance Minister Timothy Thahane relating to a wool and mohair project contract awarded to...

  Limpho Sello THE Botswana government has donated 60 tonnes of food aid to Lesotho as part of efforts to alleviate the food insecurity caused...

’Marafaele Mohloboli The opposition alliance says it has decided to return to parliament “to work for the common good of our people”. The legislators turned...

  Billy Ntaote THE National University of Lesotho’s (NUL) Non Academic Workers Union (NAWU) has laid into Education and Training Minister Dr Mahali Phamotse for...

  Keiso Mohloboli Former Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) deputy secretary general, Matšeliso Tuoane, says she decided to resign from the party because of pressure...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli TWO Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) members, say they identified one of their alleged police attackers during an identity parade held at...

  Tefo Tefo HIGH Court judge Justice Teboho Moiloa this week refused to grand an interim order that would have allowed 38 appellants sacked by...

  Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health yesterday signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with private medical practitioners to collaborate in assisting vulnerable groups....

  Staff Writer THE parliamentary portfolio committee on the Economic and Development cluster has called on the government to stop employing a template approach to...

  Pascalinah Kabi Former Arsenal Football Club star Puling Puling was shot dead on Monday night at his Qoaling home, allegedly following a land dispute....

  Tefo Tefo Prominent Maseru businessman Ashraf Abubaker appeared before the Maseru Magistrate’s Court this week facing 24 counts of tax-evasion. Mr Abubaker is charged...

  MASERU–The World Food Programme (WFP) has started distributing unconditional cash to 10,000 people affected by the El Niño-induced drought in Mohale’s Hoek district. A...

  Keiso Mohloboli Foreign Affairs and International Relations Minister Tlohang Sekhamane and his Home Affairs counterpart Advocate Lekhetho Rakuoane yesterday met with the leadership of...

Billy Ntaote GOVERNMENT ministers, members of parliament, principal secretaries, ministry directors and other public officers are now required by law to declare their assets, interests,...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE governments of Lesotho and China will today sign an agreement to remove visa requirements for official passport holders travelling between the...

  Bereng Mpaki The European Union (EU) has decided not to disburse 26.85 million euros (about M460.65 million) meant to support Lesotho’s national budget. The...

  Rethabile Pitso The Lesotho Flour Mills (LFM) has been reported to the Directorate of Dispute Prevention and Resolution (DDPR) by 43 senior staff who...

  Bereng Mpaki CONSUMERS should brace themselves for an increase in electricity charges following the Lesotho Electricity Company’s (LEC) proposal for a 25.4 percent tariff...

  Motsamai Mokotjo PUBLIC Works and Transport Minister Tšoeu Mokeretla says cases of corruption in the issuance of public vehicle permits should be nipped in...

  Tefo Tefo A case in which prominent lawyer, Attorney Khotso Nthontho, is facing perjury charges before the Maseru Magistrate’s Court has been postponed to...