Category : Local News

  WITH less than two days to go before the closing date for Lesotho Special Permits (LSP) applications, the Migrant Workers Association of Lesotho (MWA...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane A FRANTIC bid by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s (LCD) elders committee to end a fierce feud pitting party Secretary-General Selibe Mochoboroane...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) legislator for Mosalemane constituency, Sam Rapapa, has shot down speculation he is leaving the party to follow the...

  Limpho Sello BASOTHO nationals illegally living in South Africa have been making frantic efforts to meet the fast-approaching 31 December 2016 deadline to apply...

  MUCH like the year before, 2016 was very eventful in the history of the Mountain Kingdom. The year started off with the government declaring...

  Tefo Tefo BASOTHO National Party (BNP) spokesperson Machesetsa Mofomobe will appear again before the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday next week to face charges of...

  Mokhotlong police have banned the use of firecrackers ahead of the New Year celebrations, in a bid to ensure public safety and clamp down...

  THREE murder cases were reported in Mohale’s Hoek district during Christmas weekend. The Police Officer Commanding Mohale’s Hoek police, Superintendent Api Letsie, said in...

  Limpho Sello TEACHERS’ unions are considering industrial action in a bid to force government to address their concerns, which include poor working conditions and...

  Tefo Tefo NIKUV International Projects says an “incident” for which the Israeli company has been convicted of bribery in its home country, occurred “at...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy’s (LCD) elders committee has stepped into the fray pitting Secretary-General Selibe Mochoboroane and deputy leader Tšeliso Mokhosi...

Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) says it has lined up several initiatives aimed at curbing incidents of crime and accidents which usually...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane CIVIC groups falling under the Alliance of Non-State Actors (ANSA) have called for another “massive” protest march meant to pressurise the government...

  Limpho Sello LESOTHO Blood Transfusion Services (LBTS) has called on Basotho to donate blood to save lives during the festive season when demand will...

  . . . as Israeli firm is convicted of bribing former PS Tefo Tefo THE recent conviction of Nikuv International Projects for bribing a...

  Limpho Sello HEALTH delivery in the country is set to improve after the Chinese government pledged 200 million yuan (about M400 million) for the...

  Mohalenyane Phakela UNDERSTANDING the conditions of children with learning and cognitive disabilities such as autism is key to ensuring they don’t become outcasts in...

  Mohalenyane Phakela DIVERSIFIED hardware chain, Builder’s City, this week brought smiles to the faces of vulnerable children at Beautiful Gate Children’s Home after donating...

  Staff Writer PRIME Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s government has sharply rebuked the United States over its insistence that Lesotho should implement major reforms to ensure...

  Billy Ntaote THE European Union (EU) has warned Lesotho risked forfeiting more development partner support due to the “slow progress” in the implementation of...

  Staff Writer EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Lesotho, Dr Michael Doyle, says the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the 28-nation bloc and Southern African...

  Billy Ntaote THE tripartite opposition bloc has vowed to boycott Lesotho Reforms Programme (LRP) meetings arguing the “minority government” no longer had the legitimacy...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has accused the United States government of interference in Lesotho’s domestic affairs and attempting to influence...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) has been hit by serious infighting between camps led by Secretary-General Selibe Mochoboroane and deputy leader...

  THE Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has again deferred a vote on the reselection of Lesotho for a second compact “until governance concerns have been...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE leader of newly-established Alliance of Democrats (AD) party, Monyane Moleleki says apart from the name change, his agreement with former premier...

  Pascalinah Kabi THE Ministry of Social Development says some parents and guardians are complicit in forcing thousands of vulnerable children into commercial sex work....