Category : Local News

MASERU – She says she was raped. He denies the charge. But he admits biting and tearing a piece of her ear during a scuffle....

MASERU — The auditor-general’s report for the 2007/08 financial year has revealed why the much-hyped Know Your Status (KYS) campaign failed. The KYS campaign was...

MASERU — Students at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) began writing their exams on Monday after management awarded striking lecturers a 10 percent pay...

MASERU — Death at a funeral. That’s what happened when a graveside quarrel between two relatives in Ha-Hlalele village in Maseru became fatal a fortnight...

MASERU — A Semonkong man was on Monday imprisoned for 15 years after he was found guilty of raping his 16-year-old daughter. His wife, who...

MASERU — She has claimed that he beat her up and police are investigating him. He has denied that he ever beat her up and...

MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane says 2011 will be yet another tough year for Lesotho as revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu)...

MASERU — A former personal secretary to former minister Lebohang Nts’inyi says allegations that the ex-minister benefited from the M600 000 donated for youth projects...

MASERU — The government this week resumed deducting money from civil servants’ salaries who owe moneylenders. The resumption of the deductions is taking place in...

MASERU – “I will fight this battle to finality.” Those were Mohau Thakaso’s words after his attempt to personally prosecute PC FM’s managers and directors...

MASERU — Two women aged 23 and 25 years are in police custody for allegedly recruiting and trafficking young girls as sex workers. Police spokesperson...

MASERU — Popular radio station People’s Choice FM (PC FM) is in a serious financial crunch because its bank accounts have been frozen. The four...

MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth committee for the Stadium Area constituency wants former minister Lebohang Nts’inyi      to account for a M600...

MASERU — Mohau Thakaso’s bid to have People’s Choice FM (PC FM) radio station managing director and eight others charged with perjury failed when the...

MASERU — A 25-year-old man from Hlotse killed his 22-year-old wife with a spear before attempting to commit suicide. The incident happened at the couple’s...

MASERU — Thirty percent of all students who sat for the Junior Certificate exams last year failed, according to results released this week. Assistant Minister...

MASERU — Popular famo music producer Daniel Rampipi, 42, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Mafeteng last Thursday. The killing comes barely three...

MASERU — It was a trap well-executed which saw a corrupt passport officer caught red-handed for soliciting a bribe. Tlalane Matamane had informed the police...

MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) executive committee is on a charm offensive to clean its image ahead of a special conference which...

HLOTSE — It was a horrific scene. Seven graves were washed away in a landslide in Leribe’s Sebothoane village on Monday afternoon. The landslide, caused...

MASERU — Metsing Lekhanya’s reign as leader of the troubled Basotho National Party (BNP) came to an abrupt end on December 18, 2010. A vote...

MASERU — Thousands of people are battling to register and re-register vehicles because the traffic department is yet to replace the system which was destroyed...

MASERU — Veteran educationist Colin Macdonald has been awarded the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) title by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The award, which...

MASERU — She woke up in the morning and realised she had been raped. But the problem was that she did not know who had...

MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s controversial MP Libe Moremoholo has been slapped with a 12-month gag order not to speak to the media....

MASERU — Ah, what a year it has been for our politicians. 2010 was a year in which an alliance was broken, a ruling party...

MASERU — The ousting of Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Metsing Lekhanya last weekend gives the 51-year old party a rare opportunity to rebrand itself...

MASERU — Natural Resources Minister Monyane Moleleki (pictured) says there is nothing wrong with the government allowing foreign investors to come and use Basotho’s “cheap...

MASERU — The rift within the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party widened this week with speculation that party treasurer, Popane Lebesa, had resigned...

MASERU — Now you can send you classified adverts to the Lesotho Times through your mobile phone. That’s because the Lesotho Times has partnered with...