Category : Local News

MASERU — Two opposition parties have accused ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party of assaulting their supporters in rural areas as tensions rise ahead...

MASERU — The three cabinet ministers who were fired by Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili this week are victims of the fierce political battles that have...

MASERU — Ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party secretary general Mothetjoa Metsing says he is seeking legal opinion to determine whether the party should...

MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Pakalitha Mosisili says the ruling party is in “serious trouble” following an aborted special conference last weekend....

MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) chairperson, Thabang Pheko, says Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s statements on Sunday destabilised the party. “On Sunday, he...

MASERU —  Justice John Lyons’ term as judge of the Commercial Court has been extended by another year. Speaking at the official opening of the...

MASERU — Lectures finally resumed at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) on Monday after a three-month closure. The troubled university was shut down on...

MASERU — Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa yesterday appealed to warring ruling party factions to regard Lebaka Bulane’s death as “oil that should soothe our...

MASERU — Political party leaders yesterday questioned the criteria the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)  used to share the M2.7 million earmarked for parties eligible to...

MASERU — Twenty-eight students from the National Health Training College (NHTC) on Monday received US$6 000 (M42 000) from a United States-based charity organisation, Friends...

MASERU — Three Roma police officers appeared in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court to face a charge of corruption. The three were remanded to next Wednesday...

MASERU — Police are investigating a case in which two men were hammered to death in Ha-Makopela last week. A police report said the deceased...

MASERU — A 27-year-old woman from Ha-Tsolo was allegedly raped before being brutally killed last Saturday. Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the woman appeared to...

MASERU — Hearing the news of your child’s death is every parent’s nightmare. For ’Masekake Sebapo the dreaded news came on the night of December...

MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) will tomorrow finally hold a special conference to decide the fate of its national executive committee...

MASERU — A businessman had to run for his life on Sunday after some villagers from Koalabata pelted his house with stones because they suspected...

MASERU – The chairman of the opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC), Sello Machakela, is suing his own party after it barred him from contesting this...

MASERU — The Court of Appeal on Monday ruled that the Basotho Congress Party and the Basutoland Congress Party are one and the same entity...

MASERU — The main opposition All Basotho Convention (ABC) has endorsed primary election results for National Assembly candidates in 33 of the country’s 80 constituencies....

MASERU — Unemployed construction workers have accused a top South African construction company of hiring foreigners while sideling locals to work at the new Maseru...

MASERU — A family dispute over who should bury a Mohale’s Hoek businessman spilled into the High Court this week. As the row rages the...

MASERU — A Chinese national was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years in jail for trafficking three Chinese women to work as sex slaves in...

MASERU — A Mafeteng principal chief is alleged to have blocked the burial of two people at gunpoint last week saying they did not have...

MASERU — Two men are recovering in hospital after they were beaten by an angry mob for allegedly robbing a supermarket in Pitseng, Leribe, on...

MASERU — The Ministry of Health will on Monday launch a national immunisation campaign against cancer of the cervix for girls between the ages of...

By Teboho Molapo and Bongiwe Zihlangu MASERU — Finance Minister Timothy Thahane yesterday awarded a three percent salary increase to civil servants. But in an...

MASERU — Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa last week summoned South Africa’s High Commissioner to Lesotho Happy Mahlangu after he criticised his comments that the...