Category : Local News

Staff Reporter  ASPIRING scholars have until Saturday to apply for the prestigious Moshoeshoe I Scholarship offered under Econet’s HigherLife Foundation.  This scholarship, now in its...

…despite govt threatening a ‘no work no pay’ policy  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Ministry of Public Service has threatened not to pay health workers who have...

Mohloai Mpesi  THE inability of successive governments to last their full five-year terms had contributed immensely to skyrocketing levels of corruption in Lesotho, the Directorate on...

Mohloai Mpesi  NEWLY appointed Commissioner of Police, Borotho Matsoso, has been warned not to get entangled in politics if he is to discharge his mandate...

…But LEC boss labels the probe a “smear campaign”  Mathatisi Sebusi  THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) says it is probing a senior...

Mohloai Mpesi  PRIME Minister, Sam Matekane’s cabinet has made history by being the first to fully declare its members’ assets to the Directorate on Corruption...

Mathatisi Sebusi  CLERK to the National Assembly, Fine Maema, has, on behalf of parliament, directed the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development, to implement...

…but gvt berates ABC leader for consorting with the gangs  Moroke Sekoboto  ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Nkaku Kabi, wants the government to immediately reverse...

  AUDITOR General ‘Mathabo Makenete is concerned by the continued failure of government officials to comply with public financial management laws and regulations.  Ms Makenete,...

…confirms soldiers met with Metsing before raiding police stations  Moorosi Tsiane  RETIRED soldier, Brigadier (Brig) Ntlele Ntoi, has confirmed that senior soldiers met with former...

Letsatsi Selikoe  TOBACCO remains a major cause of various non-communicable diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, resulting in millions of preventable deaths worldwide.  It...

Lesotho Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) in undergoing change management. The initiative which commenced in 2021 is under the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project Phase...

…vows to continue strengthening relations with Lesotho  Staff Reporter  THE United States (US)’s Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has contributed immensely towards Lesotho’s efforts to provide...

Letsatsi Selikoe  First National Bank (FNB)-Lesotho and the Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO), recently marked Africa Day by assembling small businesses from the northern parts of...

 A team of Chinese medical specialists offered free medical consultations and health screenings to community members from over ten villages within the Lesotho Highlands Water...

  THE Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) launched its 2024 financial literacy campaign with sessions in five villages in Mokhotlong this May.   The campaign, initiated...

Mathatisi Sebusi  A senior prisons official stands accused of threatening inmates against testifying truthfully at an ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the torture and assault...

…while Basotho are also banned from listening to famo music  Mohloai Mpesi  MEDIA practitioners will now be charged criminally should they continue to report about...

…recommends swift construction of new police stations  …suspects chained to a pole due to lack of cells   Mathatisi Sebusi  THE government must draw up a...

Letsatsi Selikoe  HA TS’EPE, a rural community in Leribe district, recently commemorated World Communications Day, with the unveiling of a M3 million communications tower connecting...

‘Mathatisi Sebusi  HIGH profile inmates kept in the maximum security wing of the Maseru Central Correctional Institution (MCCI), can escape anytime due to mediocre security...

…while their clients are treated as holy cows ‘Mathatisi Sebusi FRIDAY’s commemoration of the Zero Discrimination Day by the United Nations, was a grim reminder...

Mathatisi Sebusi Seven years ago, 23 years old Mpho* from Ha Thamae in Maseru ran away from home after having a fallout with her mother....

after his gvt bans the Famo groups  brands them as terrorists  as the groups vow to fight ban  Mohloai Mpesi  THE infamous Famo gangs – accused of...

Staff Reporters  PRIME Minister Sam Matekane has kickstarted the process to establish a tribunal to impeach Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate (Adv) Hlalefang Motinyane, from office. ...

…as he narrates how police tortured him until he soiled himself  Moorosi Tsiane  MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Tšeliso Mokhosi, broke into tears while testifying...

Moorosi Tsiane  LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela, faces more than M2 million worth of lawsuits from two men who claim to have been...

Mohloai Mpesi  FOR Acting Commissioner of Police, Mahlape Morai, policing was never her first career port of call.  But her quest for a good challenge...