Category : Local News

Bereng Mpaki THE government’s intention to impose a tourism levy from 1 July 2022 without proper ground work could compound the Covid-19 ravaged sector’s woes,...

  ..as the ABC bigwigs seek to close ranks ’Marafaele Mohloboli WHEN all else fails, human beings have been known to seek divine intervention, either...

Senate Lerotholi FORMER First Lady, ‘Maesaiah Thabane says she will continue with the charity work that she started years ago. Ms Thabane became Lesotho’s First...

Bongiwe Zihlangu | ‘Marafaele Mohloboli UPON winning power, one of the first tasks of a Democratic Congress (DC) government will be to engage South Africa...

’Marafaele Mohloboli | Bongiwe Zihlangu BASOTHO Action Party (BAP) leader, Nqosa Mahao, has laid into Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro and his deputy, Mathibeli Mokhothu, over...

judge blames shoddy police investigations for the acquittal Moorosi Tsiane LOCAL Government and Chieftainship Affairs Minister, Lehlohonolo Moramotse’s murder-accused son, Thabo Moramotse, is a free...

Bereng Mpaki THE National Assembly has approved a new law aimed at combating cybercrimes. The Computer Crimes and Cyber Security Bill, 2022, was approved on...

Staff Reporters THE big day has finally arrived. Today all roads lead to ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre for the official signing ceremony of a US$300 million...

Mohalenyane Phakela | Bereng Mpaki THE long-awaited northern division of the High Court in Leribe will be officially opened on Monday. Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro...

Limpho Sello THE Ministry of Health’s director general of health services, Nyane Letsie, has once again been accused of maladministration and corruption. Some health workers...

Pixabay Love it or hate it, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. The world has begun to embrace cryptocurrencies as an exchange currency and not just...

“MCC Compact II will empower women and youths, “Law enforcement agencies lack capacity to conduct credible investigations, “FBI has helped digitise 70 000 criminals’ fingerprints...

Moorosi Tsiane/ Mohalenyane Phakela JUDGEMENT in Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Paseka Mokete’s application for discharge in his sexual assault trial will be delivered on...

…as family of murdered businesswoman fights for justice Staff reporters A distraught and grief-stricken family has given Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli an ultimatum to explain...

  Bongiwe Zihlangu The National Assembly has approved a new law aimed at economically empowering women married under customary law. Styled the Laws of Lerotholi...

‘Marafaele Mohloboli THE Basotho Action Party (BAP) leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao has promised his supporters a better Lesotho should he be voted into power in...

. . . Thaba-Tseka villagers still in shock after gruesome attack ’Marafaele Mohloboli IN yet another incident of gender-based violence that has left a Thaba-Tseka...

  LESOTHO Tourism Development Corporation (LTDC) last month appointed Dr Retselisitsoe Nko as its chief executive officer. In this interview Nko chats to Lesotho Times...

Bereng Mpaki The public should brace itself for a significant hike in public transport costs. This after the government averted a crippling nationwide taxi strike...

suspects corruption “messed up” state case, warns rampant killings will continue “as long as criminals walk free”. Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Justice minister Kelebone Maope has...

  Silence Charumbira OPPOSITION Basotho Action Party (BAP) secretary general, Lebohang Thotanyana, says the government must urgently ensure that Lesotho’s diamonds are locally processed to...

. . . four decomposing bodies recovered at the North West mine Staff Reporters SIXTY Lesotho nationals have been arrested by South African police for...

…his decomposed corpse discovered barely two weeks after his wife’s brutal murder  ‘Marafaele Mohloboli  A QOALING man, who went missing a few days before the cold-bloodied...

  …cold-bloodied killing speaks to worrying escalation of murders by uniformed forces ’Marafaele Mohloboli IT never rains but pours for vulnerable and defenceless Basotho women...

says more than 100 000 have joined, says a BAP govt will lift Lesotho form its dependence on other countries Marafaele Mohloboli MORE than 100...

  Moorosi Tsiane PROMINENT businessman Tšeliso Nthane’s trial and acquittal on murder charges is a story that has got tongues wagging since it happened over...

Limpho Sello HIV-positive mothers in Quthing have, since February this year, been struggling to access pediatric cotrimoxazole suspension and are on the verge of exposing...

Bereng Mpaki THE South African High Court has postponed all cases related to Fazer Solar’s fight with the government over the latter’s alleged breach of...

  Nthabiseng Libate/Tokelo Khausela CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in ESwatini were recently in the country to draw lessons from Lesotho as they continue their fight...

  Staff Reporter UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Lesotho, Maria E Brewer, on Friday led embassy staff on a climb up the historic Thaba Bosiu...