Category : Local News

  Limpho Sello Maseru-based Chabeli Mohatlane says he will donate prosthetic devices to three needy people as a way of giving back to the community....

  Pascalinah Kabi GOVERNMENT has undertaken to re-establish the National AIDS Commission (NAC) “by the end of this year” to coordinate programmes aimed at eradicating...

  Billy Ntaote SENATORS have urged politicians to stop unnecessary fighting and ensure a conducive environment for investment. The Senators are also worried about corruption...

  Rethabile Pitso VODACOM Lesotho (VCL) yesterday donated 100 computers to the National University of Lesotho (NUL) as part of a cooperation agreement between the...

  Brian Chiwanza Double ritual murder suspect Lehlohonolo Scott yesterday sent a chilly warning to police officers who continue to “harass” him in prison. The...

  Keiso Mohloboli Defence Minister Tšeliso Mokhosi says mutiny suspect, Lance-Corporal Toma Nehemia Jobo, remains in Maseru Maximum Security Prison “by choice”. The Court of...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane GOVERNMENT will today ink a deal worth M1 billion to refurbish Moshoeshoe I International Airport, Public Works and Transport Minister Tšoeu Mokeretla...

  Billy Ntaote Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Law and Public Safety has ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to reduce passport charges “within a month”....

  Pascalinah Kabi HLOTSE-Frail, thirsty and walking slowly and with great difficulty, 80-year-old ‘Malemea Makepe looks at the clear sky and shakes her head in...

  Billy Ntaote PROMINENT lawyer, Attorney Tumisang Mosotho, launched an online petition on Saturday calling for the abolition of the M500 000 interest-free loans given...

    Billy Ntaote Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing on Monday told parliament that South African President Jacob Zuma “only laughed” when he asked him...

  Tefo Tefo MAKHOAKHOENG Principal Chief Tumane Thaabe Matela on Monday pleaded with High Court judge Justice Tšeliso Monaphathi to dissolve his marriage on the...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli The Lesotho Mounted Police Service is set for a massive shakeup next week, sources close to the matter told the Lesotho Times...

Billy Ntaote The government has paid M32 million to First National Bank (FNB) which members of the Eighth Parliament still owed the institution when their...

  Motsamai Mokotjo Disgruntled taxi operators yesterday walked out of a meeting called by Public Works and Transport Minister Tšoeu Mokeretla. The minister had also...

    Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A Thetsane family is in shock and both husband and wife cannot forgive themselves for the brutal killing of their five-year-old...

  Rethabile Pitso THE Roads Directorate (RD) on Tuesday held a one-day stakeholders workshop in Maseru to formulate a strategy to curb encroachments on the...

  Billy Ntaote A CALL has been made for the National Assembly to harmonise constitutional and customary laws to protect young girls from child marriage...

  Pascalinah Kabi WITH an anxious expression on his face, a National Health Training College (NHTC) male student yesterday ran around frantically yelling: “Fire, fire,...

  Billy Ntaote SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation chairperson and Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, this week dispatched a six-member team to...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli The government this week relieved Mothabathe Hlalele of his post as Cabinet Principal Secretary (PS). Mr Hlalele was given his marching orders...

  Tefo Tefo LANCE-Corporal Toma Nehemiah Jobo is still languishing in Maseru Maximum Security Prison despite last week’s Court of Appeal ruling ordering his release....

  …as lawyer claims investigators are forcing Scott to implicate top politicians in his escape Brian Chiwanza and Tefo Tefo Double ritual murder suspect Lehlohonolo...

  Tefo Tefo THREE South African judges arrived in Maseru yesterday to preside over a case in which Court of Appeal President Kananelo Mosito wants...

    Billy Ntaote A bid by opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) to have a list of their grievances read in the House failed yesterday...

  Billy Ntaote All Basotho Convention (ABC), Basotho National Party and Reformed Congress of Lesotho members living in exile in South Africa want Director of...

  Billy Ntaote A BILL seeking to operationalise the Human Rights Commission was tabled in the National Assembly on Monday. The Human Rights Commission Bill...

  Tefo Tefo THE Constitutional Court is today expected to hear a case in which Court of Appeal President  Justice Kananelo Mosito seeks to quash...

  Pascalinah Kabi SIXTEEN immigrants from around the world yesterday took the oath of allegiance to become Lesotho citizens at the Ministry of Home Affairs...

  Billy Ntaote National University of Lesotho (NUL) student leaders are divided over what action to take following Sunday’s savage beating by the military. Soldiers...