Category : Local News

QACHA’S NEK — A heavily armed gang storms this rural cattle post at Lebakeng in Qacha’s Nek district taking the guard by surprise. Startled, the...

MASERU — What a week it has been for the Lesotho Times. It was always going to be a hectic week especially after breaking the...

THABA-TSEKA — Two donkeys, a cow and a M300 monthly pension from the government is what separates Manthabiseng Tšoeu, 66, and her seven grandchildren from...

MASERU — An officer who is facing court martial for breaching the army’s code of conduct yesterday urged the Constitutional Court to strike down some...

MASERU — Some disgruntled members of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party have formed a new party. The Baphuthi Congress Lesotho (BCL) was...

MASERU — Only 25 lisente. That is what workers at Lesotho Sandstone Enterprise in Teyateyaneng, about 40km north of Maseru, are earning to produce a...

MASERU — The trial of four men who are facing seven counts of murder was yesterday postponed to today after one of the lawyers withdrew...

MASERU – A local transport company that is embroiled in a dispute with one lawyer is suing the Law Society of Lesotho for allegedly turning...

MASERU — The trial of two parents who are facing charges of sexually molesting their 16-year-old daughter took a new twist on Monday when the...

MASERU — Communities in Maputsoe say they are living in fear of an armed gang that has been terrorising villagers in recent weeks. A member...

MASERU – A Quthing woman escaped being raped last week after biting the finger of a man who attempted to rape her. Police spokesperson Masupha...

MASERU — The principal secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mohale Sekoto, was found dead in his office yesterday morning. Police confirmed...

MASERU — Individual voters can now sue the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and petition the courts to order it to reallocate parliamentary seats, according to...

MASERU — A former senior army officer is suing army commander Lt Gen Thuso Motanyane for M4.2 million for unfair dismissal from the Lesotho Defence...

MASERU — Moments before he was shot dead the late managing director of Astoria Bakery, Thabo Phohleli, was asked to close his eyes and pray,...

MASERU — The Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) lost its right to receive funding from government because it no longer represents all trade...

MASERU — A Thaba-Tseka businessman will forever rue his decision to answer the call of nature when he was robbed of M100 000 in a...

MASERU — The government says it will stop a local business tycoon from operating his tar processing business in a residential area in Maseru South...

MASERU — Government will this year drastically cut down on the number of students to be sponsored for studies at the National University of Lesotho...

MASERU — Opposition political parties yesterday said they wanted the local government elections scheduled for September 10 postponed because preparations are behind schedule. Speaking at...

MASERU — MPs want principal secretaries and chief accounting officers that approved supplementary estimates for the 2006/2007 fiscal year without following proper procedure to appear...

MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has called on the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) women’s league to work hard to change the law that...

MASERU — The police are investigating a brick moulding company in Quthing after two of its employees died on May 23 when a sand concave...

MASERU — An international consultancy firm hired by government to help re-define Lesotho’s anti-corruption strategy started consultations with various groupings this week. De Speville and...

MASERU — Last week’s High Court judgment to liquidate MKM might have brought relief to thousands of people but for the liquidators the battle has...

MASERU — MKM lawyers say they have applied for a stay of execution of acting High Court judge John ’Musi’s May 18 judgment to liquidate...

MASERU — The iconic Basotho Shield, Maseru’s key tourism information centre, was burnt to ashes in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The burning of...