Category : Local News

MASERU — High Court judge Thamsanqa Nomncongo this week lashed out at crown and defence lawyers for delaying proceedings in the trial of eight police...

MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho has banned 65 lawyers from practising for failing to pay their annual subscription fees to the organisation. The...

MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) last night tried to distance itself from the mess surrounding the allocation of proportional representation seats, sources who...

MASERU –– The Labour Appeal Court on Monday ordered Fahhida Cash & Carry to pay M405 000 to a group of former workers who were...

QEME  ––  All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, on Sunday said the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was not a neutral arbiter in the dispute...

MASERU — A new aviation company on Monday introduced domestic flights to ferry passengers throughout Lesotho. The Mountain Airways Company will also provide cross-border flights...

MASERU — Lesotho’s only Sunday paper hits the streets this weekend, heralding a new era for the country’s nascent media industry. The Sunday Express will...

MASERU –– Two local firms are suing the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs for awarding a contract to supply...

MASERU –– The talks to resolve the dispute between government and the opposition over proportional representation seats were postponed yesterday after the mediator said he...

  MASERU — ‘Maretsélisitsoe Lethata (pictured) is a desperate woman. Her debts are mounting and those that she owes are baying for her blood. “The...

QUTHING — Two security guards who barred patients from entering a government clinic were last week slapped with five-year jail terms each or pay a...

MASERU — A Maseru man, Nkoli Malia, appeared in the High Court last week to answer charges of murder and attempted murder. Malia allegedly shot...

MASERU –– All Basotho Convention (ABC) party leader, Tom Thabane, says he is disappointed with the way the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has handled...

MAFETENG — A 29-year-old man from Khilibiting Ha Ramathalea was arrested last week in connection with the murder of the area chief. The 83-year-old chief...

MASERU –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last weekend said he will not shift his position on the allocation of proportional representation (PR) seats in parliament....

MASERU –– Basotho National Party (BNP) leader, Metsing Lekhanya, says he will soon have national rallies to persuade former supporters that have defected to other...

Civil servants say loan deductions unlawful MASERU — A group of civil servants is demanding that the treasury department stops deducting their salaries to pay...

MASERU — About 320 jobs are at risk at Raytex Garments textile firm because the company is facing serious viability problems. The company which is...

MASERU — Officers from the National Security Service (NSS) were on Tuesday ordered out of the home of All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Tom Thabane,...

MASERU — All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, says the stay-away called by the opposition had failed “because the people let us down by...

Analysts say ABC didn’t do its homework   MASERU –– The stayaway called by opposition parties flopped because the timing was wrong and the planning...

Daring thieves raid, slaughter beasts on spot as owners sleep   MASERU –– Mokone Motemekoane got the shock of his life last Saturday when he...

MASERU — Communications Minister Mothetjoa Metsing yesterday said the government is committed to transforming the media sector in line with international trends. Speaking at a...

MASERU — Taxi operators are worried the stay-away called by the opposition might not only cost them thousands of maloti in revenue but their vehicles...

MASERU — The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) national executive committee has lashed out at the opposition for capitalising on the Sir Ketumile Masire’s report...

MOHALE’S HOEK –– Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili last Sunday told ruling party supporters in Mohale’s Hoek to ignore next week’s stay-away that has been called...

MASERU –– Nurses at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital are set to down tools in protest over poor pay and working conditions. Sources at the hospital...

MASERU — A group of about 100 opposition supporters yesterday marched in the streets of Maseru and handed a petition to the Independent Electoral Commission...

MASERU — Suspended deputy police commissioner Motsotuoa Ntaote is not yet off the hook despite his acquittal on fraud charges last month. The state has...

MAFETENG — A 30-year-old man from Likhoele Ha Lempetje in Mafeteng was arrested this week for allegedly killing his pregnant wife. Mafeteng Criminal Investigation Division...