Category : Local News

    Lekhetho Ntsukunyane The family of slain former army commander, Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao, has written a letter to Police Commissioner Molahlehi Letsoepa, demanding an...

  …as two Butha-Buthe supermarkets go up in flames Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Deputy Police Commissioner Keketso Monaheng has vowed to end the wave of violent crime...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli A Ha Thetsane family has expressed disappointment over a civil case they opened against Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital which has been pending...

  Tefo Tefo A High Court official who was suspended on full pay four years ago resumed work this work. Thabang Mohafa found himself in...

  Tefo Tefo Prominent Maseru lawyer, Attorney Khotso Nthontho, was yesterday slapped with an additional charge of fraud following his arrest for alleged perjury last...

  Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) has secured M9 million for its emergency plan of action to address the food insecurity challenges...

  Staff Writer THE United States has committed $50 000 (around M768 000) towards improving access to safe drinking water and providing hygiene education in...

  Keiso Mohloboli THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is maintaining a tough line on the government and demanding the implementation of “each” of the...

  Keiso Mohloboli A military doctor based at Makoanyane Hospital was arrested by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) on Thursday last week for allegedly insulting...

  Keiso Mohloboli THE Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the agency through which the United States has channeled more than US$10 billion in aid to developing...

  Bereng Mpaki WORLD Trade Organisation Director-General Roberto Azevêdo says Lesotho should foster the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure sustainable economic development....

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) management says it will always act in the best interest of its patients and will not “unnecessarily”...

  Billy Ntaote All Basotho Convention (ABC) deputy leader Tlali Khasu has urged the government to consider suspending the recruitment of new security staff and...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli Police are investigating the cause of a horrific car-crash that claimed the lives of six passengers on Tuesday morning in Mafeteng. According...

  . . . as Commonwealth adviser concludes Lesotho mission Billy Ntaote and Motsamai Mokotjo Lesotho missed numerous “golden opportunities” to implement recommendations made in...

  Pascalinah Kabi The European Union (EU) has given Lesotho M35million for drought relief. The money is for projects to be implemented by the United...

  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...