Category : Local News

  Pascalinah Kabi Lesotho’s HIV-prevalence rate has increased from 23 percent to 25 percent, according to the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) report released yesterday....

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane THE opposition alliance has called on the government to “come to its senses” by speedily implementing the SADC Commission of Inquiry recommendations...

  Pascalinah Kabi Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said Lesotho was going to look into decriminalizing same-sex relationships to stop the spread of HIV....

  A 20-year-old Thaba-Tseka woman will spend the next six months in jail after the court found her guilty of infanticide. Deputy police spokesperson Lerato...

  Keiso Mohloboli THE family of slain former army commander, Maaparankoe Mahao, says the government is adding more pain to their late relative’s wife and...

  Keiso Mohloboli The Democratic Congress (DC) was yesterday expected to begin probing infighting within its Youth League. The investigation is being conducted by a...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli THE High Court trial of three senior police officers and a businesswoman charged with bribery has been postponed to 16 – 18...

  Limpho Sello EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Lesotho Dr Michael Doyle has urged the government to create a unified social safety net scheme to...

  Pascalinah Kabi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Keketso Monaheng, says the famo turf-war which has claimed dozens of lives and left scores of people...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Justice ’Maseshophe Hlajoane will on 26 August 2016 deliver judgment in a case in which the Cooperative Lesotho Limited (Co-op Lesotho) Board...

  Rethabile Pitso UNITED States Ambassador to Lesotho Matthew Harrington yesterday urged 15 Basotho youths participating in this year’s Mandela Washington Fellowship Programme for Young...

  Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Bidvest will continue providing government with fleet services until 2020 after its contract was extended by four years this week, the Lesotho...

  Billy Ntaote Sixteen soldiers detained in Maseru Maximum Security Prison for suspected mutiny were allegedly denied food on Sunday and Monday morning as punishment...

    …Opposition tells Americans Keiso Mohloboli THE opposition alliance yesterday told American officials that the government was “afraid” to implement the SADC Commission of...

Keiso Mohloboli Democratic Congress (DC) deputy leader, Monyane Moleleki, has finally broken his silence over allegations he met All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane...

  …accuses Danish government of sponsoring a local NGO to conduct a study he says undermines Lesotho’s sovereignty Keiso Mohloboli Democratic Congress (DC) deputy leader...

  ’Marafaele Mohloboli               FORMER Commissioner of Police Kizito Mhlakaza yesterday took the witness stand in the trial of...

  POLICE are investigating a case in which a Qacha’s Nek man is accused of raping a three-year-old girl. Deputy police spokesperson Senior Inspector Lerato...

  Pascalinah Kabi A MOHALE’S HOEK man accused of raping a four-year-old girl is set to appear in court on 17 June 2016. According to...

  Bereng Mpaki A high-powered South African delegation led by President Jacob Zuma is expected in Maseru today to meet Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili over...

  Billy Ntaote The American government will continue to support Lesotho’s fight against HIV/AIDS through its President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). According to...

  Limpho Sello THE Maseru City Council (MCC) has organized a number of activities in the buildup to Lesotho’s 50-year independence anniversary on 4 October...

    Mohalenyane Phakela FOR visual artist, Sebastian “TsekzArtz” Tsekiso, drawing and painting are lifelong passions that are slowly but surely becoming a viable career...

  Billy Ntaote Civic groups falling under the ‘Alliance of Non-State Actors’ have rejected “blanket statements” issued by the Prime Minister’s office in response to...

    Keiso Mohloboli and Billy Ntaote A LEAKED audio clip in which Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) spokesperson Teboho Sekata makes disparaging remarks about...

  …blocks suspension of Land Administration Authority Legal and Registry Services Director, Tšeliso Makhaphela Lekhetho Ntsukunyane Land Administration Authority (LAA) Legal and Registry Services Director,...

  Keiso Mohloboli The wife of former Public Works and Transport Principal Secretary Lebohang Phooko was burnt to death in her Ha Leqele home on...