Category : Local News

MASERU — Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla has ruled out recalling parliament to deal with the border crisis saying Lesotho should wait for President Jacob...

MOKHOTLONG — A 28-year-old man from Letšeng in Mokhotlong was sentenced to six years in prison for illegal possession of diamonds on July 11. Police...

TAUNG — Former trade minister Mpho Malie is embroiled in a dispute with the headman of Mats’oareng over a piece of land in Mohale’s Hoek....

MASERU — Twenty four MPs from the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and Lesotho Workers Party (LWP) say they will soon petition Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili...

MASERU — The registrar of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, ‘Mathato Sekaoi, is under siege from her juniors who accuse her of...

MASERU — The registrar of the High Court and the Court of Appeal ‘Mathato Sekoai says allegations made by her deputy are not true. She...

MASERU — Five opposition MPs yesterday marched in Maseru to demand the removal of Lesao Lehohla as home affairs minister. The MPs accused Lehohla, who...

MASERU — Veteran Radio Lesotho presenter Motlatsi Ncholu’s troubles are not yet over as the prosecution has filed court papers in the High Court in...

MASERU — The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) youth league will hold a conference to elect new leaders next month amid serious factional fights...

MASERU — The Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) wants the directors of the troubled MKM and the now defunct Millennium Goal Society to face criminal...

MASERU — The opposition Basutoland African Congress (BAC) party wants the director-general of the anti-corruption directorate, Leshoele Thoahlane, to resign. The BAC accused Thoahlane of...

MASERU — The Commercial Court has ordered a local lawyer to demand every cent received and spent by Makhoabe Mohaleroe and his son Pule Mohaleroe...

MAFETENG — A 32-year-old Mafeteng man shot himself to death after he found his 23-year-old girlfriend in bed with another man last Saturday. Police spokesman...

MASERU — A 25-year-old prisoner was found dead in his cell at Leribe police station last Tuesday morning. The man, whose name was not revealed...

MASERU — A 26-year-old Maseru man who is facing charges of sexually assaulting and robbing an American Peace Corps volunteer was this week denied bail...

MASERU — South Africa will with effect from today only grant six-month travel permits to Lesotho citizens classified as frequent travellers to the neigbouring country....

MASERU — Three army officers were on Tuesday jailed after they were found guilty of killing a police officer during political disturbances that rocked the...

MASERU — A defence lawyer has opposed an application by a state prosecutor asking the High Court to accept incriminating statements made by eight accused...

Ruling brings long-running court battle to an end   MASERU — The long-running row over the ownership of a transport firm ended on Tuesday after...

MASERU — The Ministry of Home Affairs plans to introduce a system that will make it possible for people who have applied for passports to...

MASERU — She took a piece of a birthday cake to a gardener at the family home. But the gardener was not satisfied with the...

MASERU — Joale Nkoale and his family in Peka, Leribe, about 60 kilometres north of Maseru, are still in shock. His son, Ntsoeta Nkoale, 14,...

… describes ABC leader’s unity government calls as ‘loose talk’   MASERU — Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla yesterday described as “loose talk” calls by...

MASERU — Re-elected Basotho National Party (BNP) secretary general Ranthomeng Matete has distanced himself from the faction opposed to the former ruling party leader Metsing...

 Litigants will not need legal representation   MASERU — The Ministry of Justice plans to bar lawyers from the planned small claims court in a...

MASERU — A Maseru woman is suing a National Assembly clerk for M2 million for allegedly being involved in an adulterous relationship with her husband....

MASERU — A magistrate’s court has ruled that Maseru lawyer Haae Phoofolo was free to proceed with his claim for payment from retired politician Chaltin...

MOKHOTLONG — Villagers in Lipohong in Mokhotlong last Friday handed in nine illegal firearms as the police stepped up efforts to clear illegal firearms. Police...

MASERU — The deputy director in the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Thabiso Makintane, died in Maseru last Saturday after a short illness. Mankitane,...

MASERU — A local newspaper, The Guardian, has folded after only two weeks on the streets due to financial problems, the Lesotho Times has learnt....