Category : Local News

  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...

  Limpho Sello WORLD Vision Lesotho (WVL) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have partnered with the Ministry of Social Development in a week-long...

  Limpho Sello World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director Mary Njoroge says the Government of Lesotho has shown great commitment towards ensuring the dream of...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane and Mohau Serabele Maputsoe-based Ace Apparel International fired 900 workers this week for taking part in an illegal strike. The workers downed...

  Billy Ntaote The leadership of the opposition alliance holds a crucial meeting in Ficksburg, South Africa, today to chart the way forward following the...

  Pascalinah Kabi THE World Bank has given Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) the thumbs-up. However, the bank has called on the government to resolve...

  Billy Ntaote The opposition yesterday embarked on a campaign aimed at forcing government to implement Justice Phumaphi’s recommendations. A six-member delegation comprising All Basotho...

  Billy Ntaote A GROUP of “concerned citizens” told the Senate Petition Committee this week that the government’s decision to pay off M32 million members...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli NATIONAL Assembly Speaker, Ntlhoi Motsamai, has requested the All Basotho Convention (ABC) to nominate one of its Members of Parliament (MPs) to...

  Rethabile Pitso STANDARD Lesotho Bank (SLB) staff have donated school supplies and groceries to vulnerable kids at the Save the Children Centre in Maseru....

  Tefo Tefo Retired South African judge, Justice Ian Gordon Farlam (77), has been appointed Acting President of the Lesotho Court of Appeal. His appointment...

  Tefo Tefo FORMER Energy Minister Timothy Thahane wants to be acquitted of the fraud charges he is facing before the High Court. Dr Thahane...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Lesotho People’s Congress (LPC) leader, Molahlehi Letlotlo, has dismissed claims that he had formed a new party due to a bitter power-struggle...

  JOHANNESBURG – A man who raped a pregnant woman will spend the rest of his days behind bars after being convicted and sentenced to...

  Billy Ntaote Basotho National Party (BNP) spokesperson Machesetsa Mofomobe says the police’s decision to summon him over a protest march which took place in...