Category : Local News

  Billy Ntaote ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) boss Thomas Thabane and Democratic Congress (DC) deputy leader Monyake Moleleki have finally agreed on a coalition arrangement...

Staff Writer THE United States (US) government says a determination on Lesotho’s eligibility for free trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)...

  Billy Ntaote NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Ntlhoi Motsamai’s indefinite adjournment of parliamentary sittings on Tuesday has ignited the ire of opposition legislators who say the...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli FORMER National Assembly speaker Sephiri Motanyane says his successor, Ntlhoi Motsamai, erred in asking 13 opposition members of parliament (MPs) to “show...

  Pascalinah Kabi THE Lesotho Blood Transfusion Services (LBTS) has expressed concern over the countrywide depletion of stocks of blood in its banks, saying this...

  Tefo Tefo LAWYERS representing the Speaker of the National Assembly Ntlhoi Motsamai and the Attorney General King’s Counsel Tšokolo Makhethe have made an undertaking...

  Billy Ntaote CHURCH leaders under the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) have met representatives of the feuding Democratic Congress (DC) factions to call for...

  DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) deputy leader Monyane Moleleki has lambasted Prime Minister Pakalitha for his stance that congress and nationalist parties were like oil and...

  Tefo Tefo POLICE Senior Inspector Matona on Monday refuted evidence led in the High Court that his colleague, Inspector Mofolo instructed him to assemble...

  Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO leads countries in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of condom use among women between the ages 15 – 24 years; a sign...

  Limpho Sello SOCIAL Development Minister Molahlehi Letlotlo says government will intensify investigations and compile information on crimes against children as part of strategies aimed...

  Bereng Mpaki THE 2016 edition of Vodacom Lesotho Foundation’s programming competition Code4Development Hackathon has unearthed two outstanding solutions that have the capacity to solve...

  Pascalinah Kabi AN international non-profit health organisation, Jhpiego will intensify its voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) programme starting tomorrow in Hlotse in the Leribe...

. . . orders party indaba to take ‘harsh, disciplinary measures’ Billy Ntaote DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, has called for an...

  Billy Ntaote DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) deputy leader Monyane Moleleki has vowed to hold the national budget “at ransom” in the National Assembly until government...

  Billy Ntaote DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) deputy leader Monyane Moleleki says the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) will patiently wait for National Assembly Speaker Ntlhoi...

  Billy Ntaote THE opposition’s numerical strength in the National Assembly will be put to the test this week as it seeks to pass a...

  Tefo Tefo A POLICE officer who investigated a double murder case in Qacha’s Nek yesterday narrated to the High Court how he discovered two...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli OUTSPOKEN politician Bokang Ramatšella was this week called in by police for questioning over remarks he made last Friday on Thaha-Khube FM...

  Pascalinah Kabi MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – His Majesty King Letsie III has appealed to world leaders to urgently address climate change issues, saying the poor...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane BLUE Cross of Lesotho (BCL) faces an uncertain future as it stands to lose out on M4.5 million budget support from the...

  Tefo Tefo THERE were heated exchanges in the High Court on Tuesday in the double murder trial of Lehlohonolo Scott and his mother ‘Malehlohonolo,...

  Limpho Sello THE British government says it is committed to increasing cooperation with Lesotho in various social and economic spheres to strengthen bilateral relations....

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE have launched investigations into the fatal shooting of 37-year old famo musician Taemane Clement Moeko from Pulane in Teyateyaneng. Police spokesperson...

  Bereng Mpaki THE proposed temporary closure of Facebook and Twitter by the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) is politically-motivated and meant to avoid accountability. This...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE battle for the control of the Democratic Congress (DC) has scaled new heights with the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) serving...

Billy Ntaote THE High Court will today hear a case in which the tripartite opposition bloc is seeking to block its Members of Parliament’s (MPs)...

  . . . as coalition youths join outcry over AGOA ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE youth leagues of two parties in the governing coalition, including Prime...