Category : Local News

MASERU — Mohau ‘Whitehorse’ Thakaso, a cntroversial businessman and sports personality, says he is going to stand as an independent in next year’s general election....

MASERU — The Lesotho Teachers Trade Unions (LTTU) will next month hold an elective congress that will look into teachers’ conditions of service in Lesotho....

MASERU — It is three days before Christmas but the mood doesn’t feel like it. There is an eerie silence enveloping Maseru. The usual hype...

MASERU — A new wood efficient fuel stove to assist rural communities with their heating needs while conserving wood was launched recently in Maseru. Known...

MASERU — The Disaster Management Authority (DMA) has warned of heavy rains between this month and March. “We are expecting lots of rain and storms...

MASERU — Opposition MPs walked out of parliament in protest over the National University of Lesotho (Amendment) Bill 2011. The MPs said they felt “cheated...

MASERU — There was drama in the courtroom on Monday when a well-known lawyer was jailed for four days for contempt of court following a...

MASERU — Morou Development Limited, the company that owns Pioneer Shopping Mall, is selling shares to the public. According to the prospectus the public offer...

MASERU — Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Monday warned civil servants to avoid corruption if they want to stay out of jail. Mosisili was speaking...

MASERU — The Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to hold a special...

MASERU — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Lesotho has given the country the thumbs up over the way the government handled the Extended...

MASERU — A couple from Sehlabeng in Berea district appeared in the magistrate’s court on Monday to face charges of assaulting their neighbour. Motlalepula Leqala...

MASERU — Police have warned the public of a gang of conmen masquerading as traffic police officers in Maseru. The gang is targeting pedestrians, the...

MASERU — A senior official in the defence ministry who is facing charges of corruption was rewarded with a diplomatic post, parliament’s Public Accounts Committee...

The decision to launch an investigation follows a heated meeting between the Chief Justice and the judges at his chambers last Friday. The meeting, which...

MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho has urged Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili to set up a tribunal to investigate serious allegations of corruption and...

MASERU — Traffic came to a standstill along the Main North 1 road near Maqalika Dam on Saturday night when a group of naked women...

MASERU — A group of MKM creditors has told a judge to recuse himself from a case in which they want the company’s liquidation stayed....

MASERU — The High Court on Monday dismissed an application by three members of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) to compel the ruling party’s...

MASERU — Newly elected Basotho National Party (BNP) Youth leader, Tšeliso Lesenya, says the league faces a mammoth task in uniting the faction-ridden party ahead...

MASERU — Trade unions have rejected the National University of Lesotho (Amendment) Bill 2011 saying it is a self-serving piece of legislation designed to punish...

MASERU — Government secretary, Tlohang Sekhamane, is locked in a bitter fight with two ruling party cadres over who should represent the ruling Lesotho Congress...

MASERU — High Court judge Justice ‘Maseshophe Hlajoane yesterday ordered Home Affairs Minister Lesao Lehohla to decide whether a protest being organised by a coalition...

MASERU — Parliament on Tuesday unanimously rejected a damning Public Accounts Committee (PAC) special report that was tabled a fortnight ago. The report, which revealed...

MASERU — Between 2010 and 2011 the government lost M81 million through illegal old age pension claims. This is according to a special report tabled...

MASERU — Police in Butha-Buthe are investigating four officials in the district’s local government offices who are suspected to have looted more than half a...

MASERU — Ts’ehlo Phits’ane’s was outraged by the quality of food that his girlfriend had prepared for him. He alleged that the food was badly...