Category : Local News

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BOTSWANA High Court judge, Justice Mpaphi Phumaphi, has retired after 42 years in the legal profession. Justice Phumaphi was appointed by the...

  Tefo Tefo The High Court will today hear a case in which the Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) wants its suspension lifted by the Independent...

  Tefo Tefo A lawyer representing 11 former members of the Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) National Executive Committee (NEC), on Monday urged the High Court...

  Billy Ntaote THE main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) has pledged support for next month’s stay-away organised by ‘Concerned Non-State Actors’ to pressure government...

  Pascalinah Kabi THE LESOTHO Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) will not back down on its plan to award 50-year compensation to communities affected by Phase...

  Billy Ntaote HEALTH Deputy Minister Liteboho Kompi this week told the National Assembly that the ministry is mulling mandatory medical circumcision for infants to...

  Limpho Sello THE United States government, through its US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), on Tuesday awarded eight local organisations with grants...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Lesotho Labour Council (LLC) members will celebrate Workers’ Day in Teyateyaneng on Monday next week. The LLC comprises the Independent Democratic Union...

  Tefo Tefo ACTING Court of Appeal President Justice Ian Farlam yesterday reserved judgment to Friday next week in a case in which the government...

  Tefo Tefo A LOCAL company that supplies protective clothing to the government, Smally Trading Company, on Tuesday lost a court bid to nullify the...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Advocate Thulo Hoeane has made an about-turn on his decision to quit the case of double ritual murder suspects, Lehlohonolo Scott and...

  Billy Ntaote Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Law and Public Safety yesterday recommended security for Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) officials due to...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE family of slain former army commander, Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao on Sunday called on the government to implement the Southern African Development...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli Scores of All Basotho Convention (ABC) supporters descended on Qoaling on Sunday to show support for the constituency’s exiled Member of Parliament...

  Staff Reporter POLICE are still investigating the killing of a well-known Mafeteng taxi owner, who was gunned down in cold blood on Saturday evening....

  …as BNP leader meets party supporters for crucial indaba ahead of elections Keiso Mohloboli LADYBRAND-Exiled Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele ‘Maseribane was talking...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane St Boniface High School yesterday suspended a teacher who allegedly murdered his pregnant former student-turned-lover last week. A source at the Maputsoe-based...

  Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health teamed up with World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to launch the Inactivated...

  . . . as some people refuse to cooperate with enumerators Limpho Sello THE 2016 Population Census has been extended to 30 April 2016...

  Limpho Sello A Chinese civil construction company, Sinohydro Corporation Lesotho, yesterday presented prizes to students who excelled in last year’s Grade Seven examinations. The...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli PROMINENT businesswoman and pastor ’Maposholi Leonia Mosothoane has lashed out at the police for sending heavily armed members of the Special Support...

  …As cop describes horrific crime scene Pascalinah Kabi They are sitting together and occasionally whispering to each other as Tuesday’s session gets underway in...

  Advocate Hoeane accuses judge of bias as he announces he will no longer represent Scott and his mother ’Malehlohonolo    Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Justice Teboho...

  Tefo Tefo THE Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP) is still fighting for a seat in the National Assembly. The party on Monday urged the...

  Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Thesele ‘Maseribane and his deputy, Joang Molapo, face a tough battle to retain their positions at the...

  Tefo Tefo The High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a case in which suspended Court of Appeal President Justice Kananelo Mosito wants judges’...

  Billy Ntaote Retšelisitsoe Lesale was elected inaugural Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) Youth League president at the party’s elective conference held in Maseru on...

  Keiso Mohloboli REFORMED Congress of Lesotho (RCL) Secretary General ‘Mamolula Ntabe has scoffed at claims that the party was on the verge of collapse...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli Lawyers representing one of the 17 soldiers detained at Maseru Maximum Security Prison for suspected mutiny are threatening legal action after the...

  Limpho Sello A CALL has been made to prioritise lowering HIV infections among adolescents. According to Ministry of Health Adolescent Health Programme Manager, Mathato...