Category : Local News

Mohloai Mpesi  THE Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL) is seeking to position the country within South Africa’s expanding Special Economic Zone (SEZ) network by pursuing closer cross-border...

…to strengthen accounting profession  Seithati Motsoeneng  THE Lesotho Institute of Accountants (LIA) and Botho University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening accounting...

Rethabile Pitso  INSTITUTIONS of higher learning have been urged to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) responsibly, with speakers at a Higher Education Summit emphasising that the technology should...

Moroke Sekoboto  PROMINENT marketing strategist, Tšokolo Makeka, has launched a campaign to unify, professionalise and regulate Lesotho’s marketing industry.  This after representing the country at the prestigious Africa Top 100 Chief...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has chastised the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning over its use of the Contingencies Fund to finance what the Auditor-General says were non-emergency...

Moorosi Tsiane  FORMER Military Intelligence chief, retired Major General (Maj-Gen) Tumo Lekhooa, has accused former Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Chief Thesele Maseribane and former Police Commissioner Khothatso Tšooana of being behind the...

A Monarch of service, unity and hope  AS Basotho celebrate the 63rd birthday of His Majesty King Letsie III, the occasion offers an opportunity not...

Silence Charumbira ANC national chairperson and Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe called for deeper cooperation between Rwanda and South Africa, saying stronger...

…as accounts employee resigns after probe into theft begins Moorosi Tsiane A former Scott Hospital accounts employee is under police investigation for allegedly siphoning more than M350,000 from...

  …as PAC probes M524 million processed outside IFMIS Mohloai Mpesi THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) came under intense scrutiny yesterday after lawmakers accused...

  Seithati Motšoeneng THE government has urged Basotho not to panic over forecasts of an emerging El Niño weather pattern, stressing that while the coming...

  …as they recount sexual abuse, hunger and harsh working conditions  Bokang Mofoka  SHEPHERDS from across Lesotho have laid bare the harsh realities of their lives, describing abuse,...

  Mohloai Mpesi  THE Ministry of Finance and Development Planning’s Department of Debt has come under fire after failing to account for a M119.64 million discrepancy in the...

  …as he claims Matekane’s SA citizenship undermines response to xenophobia  ‘Makananelo Manamolela  BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has accused Prime Minister Sam Matekane and his ministers of failing to...

  …as they launch Personal Finance Management Programme Moroke Sekoboto THE Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) and the National University of Lesotho (NUL) have intensified...

…as it marks 30-year anniversary Staff Reporter AS part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) has launched the third edition of its annual...

  …Hails relations with Lesotho as Communist Party of China (CPC) marks 105 years of resilience Moroke Sekoboto CHINA has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting peace, development, cooperation...

Moorosi Tsiane PROMINENT lawyer, Advocate (Adv) Fusi Sehapi, has launched an unprecedented bid to be elevated to the higher silk status in legal practice dubbed King’s...

Hopolang Mokhopi TWO former court clerks are standing trial on corruption-related charges after allegedly defrauding the Thaba-Tseka Magistrates’ Court of more than M321,000. Matieho Theoho (52) of...

Staff Reporter THE Mpulule Political Summit (MPS) has weighed in on the growing plight of Basotho reportedly being expelled or targeted in South Africa, arguing...

…despite court order blocking her removal from office  …as gvt is accused of defying the judiciary again  Mohloai Mpesi / Moorosi Tsiane / Ithabeleng Qhasho  THE government has once again been accused of defying...

…and unified migration system  Mohloai Mpesi  LEADER of the Opposition, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has called for the free movement of goods and services across Africa, arguing that a single African currency...

  …pours cold water on Lehata’s best loser model  Mohloai Mpesi  FORMER Prime Minister, Pakalitha Mosisili, has criticised efforts to amend the National Assembly Electoral Act of 2011 to abolish the Proportional...

  …effectively questions court’s impartiality in dealing with cases involving its leader, Prof Mosito  Moorosi Tsiane  THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) has publicly expressed dissatisfaction with...

  …over plight of Basotho migrants in South Africa  Ithabeleng Qhasho / Rethabile Pitso  BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has accused Prime Minister Sam Matekane of failing to...

  Ithabeleng Qhasho  VETERAN statesman and former Speaker of the National Assembly, Sephiri Enoch Motanyane, has officially launched his book, Lesotho Politics and Society: Some Personal Experiences (1958–2020).  The book launch...

…as Court of Appeal dismisses Student Union’s urgent application  Moorosi Tsiane  THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) Student Union’s last-ditch bid to halt the inauguration of the university’s...

  …defends track record  CONSTRUCTION giant, Unik Construction Engineering Lesotho, has strongly rejected allegations of incompetence, poor workmanship and unfair business practices.  The company this week issued a...

Dr Bjorn Lomborg  LESOTHO stands at a crossroads. Economic fundamentals have improved, inflation has eased, and access to schooling has expanded, improving prospects for the...

  THROUGHOUT history, many great empires have not fallen because of invading armies or economic collapse. They have crumbled from within, undone by betrayal, unchecked desire and...